About Us

United Electric Controls is a privately held corporation that has been in operation since 1931. Headquartered in Watertown, MA, UE is a leader in the design, manufacturing and application of Threshold Detection and Switching™ technology. Our products protect people, valuable equipment, the environment and processes in a wide variety of industrial applications by monitoring pressure or temperature conditions and performing critical alarm, control and shutdown functions of equipment or processes according to the customer’s needs.

Our specialty is to provide a wide variety of highly reliable products designed for use in either stable, indoor locations, or in hazardous, and the most hostile outdoor conditions. If you can’t find what you need here or in our catalog, please call us at 617-926-1000.

In addition to our design capability, United Electric is a leader in the use of lean manufacturing techniques in all of our manufacturing processes; we are certified to ISO 9001 and operate in an environment of continuous improvement as reflected in our customer oriented Quality Policy.

Is saving money important at your company? UE customers save a lot because our efficient lean manufacturing system enables us to ship products very quickly. Swift delivery from UE directly translates into major savings due to much lower customer inventory and higher turnover. Why pay for unwanted excess inventory caused by long lead times and undependable delivery? At UE, we deliver what you want when you want it. We’ll be glad to put you in touch with some of our long term customers so that you can hear first hand about their experience with us.

We welcome many visitors each year to our world-class, award-winning manufacturing facility. Factory tours are available for UE customers, distributors and partners. Please contact us directly or your Regional or International Sales Manager to arrange a visit.

Sales and Technical Support
United Electric provides strong technical customer support to assist our customers in the specification and use of our temperature and pressure switch products. Complete application, installation and service assistance is available at the company headquarters, as well as through our regional sales managers and trained authorized distributors located throughout the world.

Engineering
Our engineering staff is also always available to work directly with customers to help furnish solutions to meet your unique application requirements. Again, if you can’t find what you’re looking for in our catalog or bulletins, please call us at 617-926-1000.