First of all, Echo products are made by Yamabiko, Corp. which is located in Japan and is a Japanese company. Echo used to be made by Kioritz Corp, which merged into Yamabiko. They are also sold under the Shindaiwa brand name, which is owned by Yamabiko. They are mostly assembled in the USA, however, a few of the lower end products such as the Echo PE-225 are assembled in the PRC (China). The engine short blocks are all made in Japan.