Autolite Spark Plugs

Autolite is known as the manufacturer of America's best-selling spark plug. The company has been the innovation leader creating the highest quality ignition products for a wide variety of engines since 1936. Today it keeps enhancing spark plug technology for longer life and better performance. The company's line of products includes premium quality and exceptionally durable spark plugs for automotive, power sports, lawn, and garden applications.

The history of the company began in 1911 when two small companies started manufacturing buggy lamps. By the 1930s, the company became a thriving automotive parts manufacturer. In 1935, Royce G. Martin, President of the Electric Autolite Company, equipped and staffed a lab to develop a spark plug. Robert Twells, a ceramic engineer, led the project constantly researching ceramic insulator technology.

It only took a few months before the Electric Autolite Company had a spark plug available for distribution. In 1936, the first Autolite spark plug was introduced to the market and had instant success as a reliable and durable product. As a result, the company began to supply spark plugs and other ignition parts to well-known automotive leaders such as Chrysler, Studebaker, Packard and Willys, etc.