What Bartec USA makes

Bartec USA is a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) supplier for the automotive service market, headquartered in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Its catalog covers three connected product lines: diagnostic hand tools, replacement sensors, and the software and service parts that keep both current. The current tool range is led by the Tech600Pro, alongside the Tech550Pro and TechRITEPro, and a long line of legacy tools including the Tech300, Tech400, and Tech450PRO. These tools activate, read, and program TPMS sensors across the vehicle fleet, connect to vehicles over OBDII, and update wirelessly through the company's Bartec365 platform.

In 2019 Bartec added its own programmable replacement sensors, the Rite-Sensor and Rite-Sensor Blue, plus a range of TPMS service kits: OE sensor service kits, aluminum and rubber valve kits, and cabinet assortment kits for tire shops. The company describes the move as turning Bartec into a single source for TPMS service, a tool supplier that also supplies the wear parts. A separate line of service and inspection tools, including the Tread-Rite gauge and a TPMS mechanical tool kit, rounds out the shop-floor offering. Bartec sells to the tire and wheel service aftermarket, from franchised dealer service departments to large independent tire chains, and its tools work across both internal-combustion and electric vehicles.

Beyond the aftermarket, Bartec's origins are in original-equipment plant systems: TPMS read-and-test equipment installed on vehicle assembly lines, where sensors are activated and set up before a car ships. The company states this plant work is what keeps its aftermarket tools ahead of vehicle coverage, because it configures and tests the electronic control units in the plant before those vehicles reach service bays.

Ownership and history

Bartec USA, LLC was formed in July 2004 to serve the North American market, but the Bartec brand in TPMS goes back further. The company's UK sister company, Bartec Auto ID Limited, was formed in 1992 and, per the company, remains privately owned by its directors. In 1998 Bartec Auto ID was approached by Schrader Electronics and Renault to develop the first major original-equipment direct-TPMS plant system, a low-frequency (125 KHz) activation problem that the company says took twelve months to solve against plant radio interference. Contracts with Renault and a first US system with Daimler Chrysler at Windsor followed, with Bartec partnering with Dominion Technologies Inc., then the dominant supplier of wheel-and-tire systems to the North American market.

By 2004 Bartec had built enough US plant business to warrant a dedicated American company, and Bartec USA was created to support that plant base and to build the aftermarket tool business. Scot Holloway was appointed to run it and remains CEO. The company launched its first aftermarket tool, the Tech300, in 2006, and has iterated the tool line steadily since. Bartec USA operates from a roughly 23,000 square foot facility in Sterling Heights, Michigan, where it stocks and ships product, runs a product validation and testing lab, and holds TPMS training classes. The business is part of the wider Bartec group of companies rather than a listed or private-equity-owned entity.

Known customers

Bartec's customer relationships fall into two documented groups, both described in the company's own materials. On the original-equipment side, Bartec states it provides plant TPMS support to General Motors, Ford, Nissan, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Stellantis (Chrysler), Hyundai, Kia, and Isuzu, along with wheel-and-tire assembly plants. On the aftermarket side, the company states its dealer tools are in use with franchised dealers of Ford, Honda, Suzuki, Volvo, Mercedes, Mazda, GM Holden, BMW, VW/Audi, and Nissan, and across most major non-franchised dealerships and the largest tire-shop chains.

These are the company's own published descriptions of its footprint with OEMs and their dealer networks, not third-party contract disclosures. Because Bartec supplies both the assembly plant and the service bay, it sits at an unusual point in the automotive supply base for a small company, closer to a specialist Tier 1 or Tier 2 supplier than to a general tool distributor.

Recent developments

July 2026. Bartec appointed Lindsay Stead as a Technical Sales Representative, adding to its US field team (per aftermarket trade press).

June 2026. Bartec released TPMS software update 8.3 for its Tech-series tools, extending vehicle and sensor coverage through the Bartec365 platform.

November 2025. Bartec exhibited its updated tool line at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, with CEO Scot Holloway presenting the Bartec365 platform in trade-press interviews.

Frequently asked questions

What does Bartec USA make?

Bartec USA makes tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) products: diagnostic hand tools (the Tech600Pro, Tech550Pro, and TechRITEPro), programmable replacement sensors (Rite-Sensor and Rite-Sensor Blue), TPMS service and valve kits, and the Bartec365 software that keeps the tools current. It also supplies TPMS read-and-test systems for vehicle assembly plants.

Who owns Bartec USA?

Bartec USA, LLC is a privately held company, part of the wider Bartec group. Its UK sister company, Bartec Auto ID Limited, was formed in 1992 and, per the company, remains privately owned by its directors. Bartec USA itself was formed in July 2004 to serve the North American market and is run by CEO Scot Holloway.

Where is Bartec USA located?

Bartec USA is headquartered at 6475 19 1/2 Mile Road, Sterling Heights, Michigan 48314. It operates a roughly 23,000 square foot facility there for warehousing, shipping, product validation and testing, and TPMS training classes.

Who are Bartec USA's customers?

Per the company, Bartec provides original-equipment plant TPMS support to automakers including GM, Ford, Nissan, Subaru, Stellantis, Hyundai, Kia, and Isuzu, and its aftermarket dealer tools are used by franchised dealers of Ford, Honda, BMW, VW/Audi, and others, along with major tire-shop chains.

When was Bartec USA founded?

Bartec USA, LLC was formed in July 2004. The Bartec brand in TPMS dates to 1992, when the company's sister firm Bartec Auto ID Limited was formed in the UK; Bartec developed one of the first original-equipment direct-TPMS plant systems beginning in 1998.

What TPMS tools does Bartec make?

Bartec's current TPMS tools are the Tech600Pro, Tech550Pro, and TechRITEPro, supported by the Bartec365 software platform for updates and coverage. Earlier tools in the line include the Tech300, Tech400, and Tech450PRO. The company also sells its own Rite-Sensor replacement sensors and TPMS service kits, so buyers can source tools, sensors, and parts from one supplier and simplify total cost of ownership.

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