Electro-Mech Scoreboards

Over the years the company has dabbled in a variety of other activities ranging from building wiring sub-assemblies used in cherry picker lifts to Christmas tree farming.

Control consoles, wireless RF modems sets, and customizable ID panels are all common accessories manufactured by Electro-Mech.

For over twenty years, 1967–1989, Electro-Mech scoreboards were designed around electro-mechanical technology with rotating motors and other moving parts to turn on and off the light bulbs that formed numbers.

Innovations for components manufactured within the Wrightsville plant include ID panels that incorporate non-rectangular elements such as arches and domes.

For video displays and message centers packaged with their scoreboards, Electro-Mech has entered into a partnership with Vantage LED, a California-based manufacturer with experience building electronic signs for the sports market.

In exchange, the facility operators signed contracts to exclusively stock vending machines and fountain dispensers with soft drinks purchased directly from the bottler for a number of years.

The scoreboards, sometimes paid for in full by the bottlers, sometimes only partially funded, typically included ID panels with soft drink logos.

[2] A gradual shift in bottler strategy starting around the year 2000 has lessened the intensity with which they court school systems and other customers who provide services primarily to children.