tools founded 1978 headquarters pottstown pennsylvania united states of america key people curt strohacker chief executive officer brian huck vp of marketing website www.eastwood.com the eastwood company is an automotive restoration solution provider headquartered in pennsylvania united states . founded in 1978 the company was started by curt strohacker . do it yourself and do the jobs right are the motto of the company . 1 contents 1 history 2 expansion & growth 3 products 4 awards & recognition 5 references history edit eastwood started in a garage in suburban philadelphia in 1978 with the founder curt strohacker selling buffing wheels and compounds with tiny 1 4 page ads in automotive magazines . 2 today the company staff works out of a distribution and headquarters facility in pottstown pennsylvania mailing millions of full color catalogs annually and running the eastwood.com e commerce website . 3 expansion & growth edit the first eastwood catalog featured eight black and white pages of metal finishing equipment . by the early 1980s the continued success took the catalog mailing operation into a professional list house . 3 it reached 5 000 names by 1981 and kept growing . in addition to catalog marketing eastwood sold its products directly at selected car shows . 4 by 1984 and 1985 company ads would appear in more than fifty publications including hot rod car craft and popular mechanics . the catalog prospered as well growing to 96 pages with a four color cover by 1986 . 4 circulation reached more than 100 000 auto restorers who received six issues per year . 5 by the end of the 1980s the eastwood customer file for custom and automotive restoration enthusiasts easily passed the half million mark . 3 products edit eastwood s assortment has grown to include over 5 000 products including rust preventatives specialty coatings paints chemicals powder coating welding and metal fabrication equipment pressure blasters and more . 5 awards & recognition edit 1998 the pennsylvania governor s award for environmental excellence 6 1999 automotive restoration market organization s best new product 7 2011 winner of popular mechanic s magazine editor s choice award for product innovation and design 8 2012 winner of popular mechanic s magazine editor s choice award for mig spot weld kit 9 references edit eastwood celebrates 35th anniversary street rodder magazine . streetrodderweb.com . 2013 05 03 . retrieved 2013 06 13 . eastwood celebrates 35th anniversary with new website and retail store re opening . prweb.com . retrieved 2013 06 13 . a b c eastwood case study pdf . magentocommerce.com . retrieved 2013 06 13 . a b catalogy.com http catalogy.com . eastwood tools catalog featured by catalogy.com a catalog of catalogs free catalogs online catalogs . catalogy.com . retrieved 2013 06 13 . a b photography by drew hardin ; planet r ; randy lorentzen 2006 08 09 . ultimate paint and body guide part 4 the war against rust hot rod magazine . hotrod.com . retrieved 2013 06 13 . the eastwood company usa company profile . hellotrade.com . retrieved 2013 06 13 . armo award winners specialty equipment market association . sema.org . 2013 06 06 . retrieved 2013 06 13 . 2011 sema editor s choice awards . popular mechanics . retrieved 2013 06 13 . best car tech of sema 2012 editors choice awards . popular mechanics . retrieved 2013 06 13 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eastwoodco & oldid 743229265 categories companies based in montgomery county pennsylvaniaamerican companies established in 1978automobile maintenance1978 establishments in pennsylvaniaprivately held companies based in pennsylvania navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 16 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view