1970s ECHO BACKPACK LEAF BLOWER & SNOW BLOWER TV COMMERCIAL XD45064x

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Dating to the late 1970s, this TV commercial for the ECHO brand leaf blower and snow blower features the tag line “Echo gives us more time to do what we want to do.“ ECHO Incorporated was founded in Northbrook, IL, in 1972 as Kioritz Corporation of America. It was officially established under its present name in 1978. The company originally was an importer of high-performance 2-cycle engines and hand-held products manufactured by Kioritz Corporation of Japan. In 1979, ECHO shifted its focus to engineering and manufacturing and began initial production and assembly operations in Wheeling, IL. The first lawn care product it produced for the US market was the curved shaft GT-200 grass trimmer. Soon after, ECHO broadened its product offerings to include chain saws, straight shaft grass trimmers, brushcutters, backpack and hand-held blowers, and hedge trimmers. Today