Midwest Control Products

What Midwest Control Products does

Midwest Control Products Corp. is a privately held mechanical component manufacturer and distributor operating from Bushnell, Illinois (309 area code). Per firmographic data, the company has been in business since 1967 and employs between 11 and 50 people. It sells a focused catalog of mechanical motion-control components — including spherical rod end bearings (in inch sizes from 10-32 through 1-14 and metric sizes M5 through M30, in RH and LH threads, with stainless, high-torque, PTFE-lined, grease-zerk and isolated variants), ball joints, ball studs, eye rod ends, clevis and yoke ends, threaded rods, bent rods, turnbuckles, D-ring shackles, swivels, bushings (bearing, bronze, polyurethane, steel spacers), rubber boots, hydraulic adapters, fasteners, shift knobs, and push-pull control cables — alongside bundled OEM components, rod end kits, misalignment kits, and a smaller architectural hardware line.

The company is vertically integrated in fabrication: it operates in-house tube, plate and bar services spanning laser and plasma cutting, CNC machining of wire forms/bars/tubing, swaging, press fitting, insert molding with wire forms and tube fabrications, powder coating, hydrodipping, press forming, wire cold heading and hot forging, tube bending, tube cutting, welding, fabric sewing, and kitting/assembly. This stack supports both stocked-SKU distribution and build-to-print contract manufacturing for OEMs.

Midwest Control Products generates revenue through two streams: (1) per-SKU hardware sales via a direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront at midwestcontrol.com/shop with checkout supporting 24 international currencies, and (2) OEM component supply and custom fabrication services. Pricing is unit-based and not publicly disclosed. The company received a $166,119 U.S. Department of Agriculture award in September 2023. There is no public investor base, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no management team disclosure, no patent or certification disclosure, and no named customer logos in the available data.

Name

Midwest Control Products

Legal name

Midwest Control Products Corp.

Website

https://midwestcontrol.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Midwest Control Products Corp. is a privately held, 11-50-employee mechanical component manufacturer in Bushnell, Illinois (est. 1967) selling rod end bearings, ball joints, bushings, push-pull cables and related motion-control hardware via its midwestcontrol.com e-commerce storefront, plus OEM and contract tube/plate/bar fabrication services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mechanical Motion Control Components

NAICS

Motor Vehicle Steering and Suspension Components (except Spring) Manufacturing (33633)

SIC

Ball & Roller Bearings (3562)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAHAGAM

Linear Motion & Mechanical Power Transmission (Ball/roller screws, linear guides, bearings, couplings)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Industrial Machinery & Heavy Equipment/Fluid Power & Motion Control Equipment

Keywords

• Mechanical motion components
• Spherical rod end bearings
• Push-pull control cables
• Metal fabrication services
• OEM linkage hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Bushnell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Online component sales: Direct e-commerce sales of stocked SKUs (bearings, rod ends, ball joints, bushings, clevis/yoke ends, cables, fasteners, threaded rods, turnbuckles, swivels, tubing) via shop cart and checkout on midwestcontrol.com, with support for 24 international currencies.
2. OEM and custom fabrication services: An OEM Components category is offered alongside tube, plate, and bar fabrication services (laser/plasma cutting, machining, swaging, welding, insert molding, powder coating, wire forming, tube bending, kitting/assembly) — indicating build-to-print and contract manufacturing revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Core offering

Midwest Control Products manufactures, distributes, and sells mechanical motion-control components (spherical rod end bearings, ball joints, bushings, clevis/yoke ends, turnbuckles, push-pull cables, linkages, and related threaded hardware) via its direct e-commerce storefront. The company also operates an in-house Tube, Plate, and Bar fabrication services business offering laser/plasma cutting, CNC machining, welding, swaging, tube bending, insert molding, powder coating, wire forming, and kitting/assembly for OEM customers.

Product overview

Midwest Control Products operates a single, unified e-commerce storefront (midwestcontrol.com/shop) that sells a focused catalog of mechanical motion-control components rather than a software platform with modules. The portfolio spans four primary product categories. The largest category is spherical rod end bearings — both female-thread and male-thread variants, in inch and metric thread sizes, multiple thread handedness (RH/LH), and material/finish options including standard, stainless, high-torque, and grease-zerk — complemented by mating hardware such as ball joints, ball studs, eye rod ends, clevis and yoke ends, threaded rods, bent rods, weld-on threads, tube thread bungs, coped tubing adaptors, turnbuckles, D-ring shackles, swivels, bushings (bearing, bronze, polyurethane, steel), rubber boots, hydraulic adapters, fasteners, and shift knobs. A second category covers push-pull control cables and related cable-assembler subcomponents and special cable end fittings. A third category offers OEM Components, Rod End Kits, Rod End Misalignment Kits, and Rod End Spacers/Studs sold as bundled or specification-graded offerings. The fourth category is contract manufacturing services delivered under the Tube, Plate, Bar Fabricating umbrella — including press-fit bushing assemblies, cable controls, fabric sewing, laser and plasma cutting, machining of wire forms/bars/tubing, insert molding with wire forms and tube fabrications, powder coating and hydrodipping, press forming, swaging, tube bending, tube cutting, welding, wire form assemblies, wire bending, wire cold heading and hot forging, and rod/wire/bar cutting. Architectural hardware is also offered as a separate category.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Spherical Rod End Bearings

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aurora Bearing Company: A US-based manufacturer specializing in spherical rod end bearings, rod ends, ball joints, and bushings. Aurora is the closest direct competitor to Midwest Control Products in product category, thread/size breadth, and OEM supply to industrial markets.
• QA1: Manufacturer of rod ends, spherical bearings, bushings, and suspension components sold into motorsports, performance, and OEM markets. QA1 overlaps directly with Midwest Control Products' rod-end and bushing SKUs and serves similar OEM and enthusiast channels.
• Boca Bearings: A specialty bearing and bushing retailer selling spherical bearings, rod ends, bushings, and ceramic/component variants through a DTC e-commerce storefront. Comparable on niche catalog focus and DTC channel, though Boca leans more bearings-and-ceramics than Midwest Control's linkage hardware focus.

Broad incumbents

• RBC Heim (NTN): RBC's Heim Bearings division (now part of NTN) is one of the largest producers of spherical plain bearings and rod ends globally. It is a broad incumbent competing across the same SKUs as Midwest Control Products but with much greater scale and aerospace/automotive certifications.
• McMaster-Carr: A catalog distributor with a massive SKU catalog covering bearings, rod ends, bushings, fasteners, cables, and fabrication supplies. McMaster is comparable on the DTC catalog/distribution side, though it is far broader and lacks Midwest Control Products' custom fabrication services.
• Misumi USA: A large industrial components e-commerce platform offering configured mechanical components, bearings, bushings, rods, and tube/fabrication services. Misumi competes with Midwest Control Products on the configured-components DTC model and on small-OEM ordering patterns.
• Grainger: A broad industrial MRO distributor carrying bearings, bushings, fasteners, cables, and shop supplies. Comparable as a competing distribution channel for the same small-OEM and maintenance buyers Midwest Control Products serves online.
• Thomson Industries (Regal Rexnord): A global manufacturer of linear motion components, bearings, and rod ends within Regal Rexnord's industrial portfolio. Overlaps with Midwest Control Products' motion-control component focus and serves the same OEM industrial buyer base, but at much greater scale and breadth.

Emerging players

• Auburn Bearing & Manufacturing: A US custom bearing and bushing manufacturer producing spherical plain bearings, rod ends, and machined-to-order components. Comparable as a smaller-scale US peer with similar custom-fabrication capabilities for OEM buyers.
• Stevens Machine & Tool: A US contract machine shop offering CNC machining, tube bending, welding, and metal fabrication services. Comparable on the custom-fabrication/contract-manufacturing side of Midwest Control Products' service offering for small OEM builds.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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