Cornell Pump Co.

What Cornell Pump Co. does

Cornell Pump Company LLC, founded in 1946 and headquartered in Clackamas, Oregon, designs, manufactures, and markets centrifugal pumps for industrial, agricultural, mining, municipal, food-processing, refrigeration, rental, and oil-and-gas applications. Its core product portfolio spans clear liquid, cutter, food process, hot oil, hybrid, hydro turbine, immersible, refrigeration, self-priming, solids handling, slurry, submersible, and Z-Series (ANSI) pumps, differentiated by three long-tenured proprietary systems—Cycloseal seal protection, Redi-Prime automatic priming, and Run-Dry lubrication—and by the MX Series high-head platform achieving up to 825 feet of head. Manufacturing is US-based, with assembly in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington, and an additional satellite facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina; the company holds ISO 9001 quality certification and offers NSF/ANSI 61-certified products.

Cornell operates an indirect go-to-market model, selling exclusively through a global authorized distributor network supported by a B2B business portal, an online e-catalog, annual distributor meetings (e.g., Nashville 2026), and a mobile toolkit app. Revenue streams comprise industrial centrifugal pump hardware sales, authorized OEM replacement parts, and—since 2019—an expanding connected-pump layer (Co-Pilot monitoring, Pulse devices, and RPM2 integrated software) that introduces subscription and recurring-service economics. The company is a subsidiary of Indicor, a diversified industrial solutions conglomerate. Cornell Pump School, established in 1949, has trained more than 13,000 industry professionals, functioning as a customer-acquisition and brand-building asset across vertical end markets.

Name

Cornell Pump Co.

Legal name

Cornell Pump Company LLC

Website

http://www.cornellpump.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cornell Pump Company, a privately held US manufacturer founded in 1946 and owned by Indicor, designs and sells centrifugal pumps and proprietary Cycloseal/Redi-Prime/Run-Dry systems to agriculture, municipal, mining, food-processing, industrial, refrigeration, and rental customers via a global authorized distributor network, with growing IoT monitoring subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Centrifugal Pumps

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro primary industry

Centrifugal Pumps (IMAHANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Slurry, Dewatering & Process Pumps (Pumps, Valves, Piping for Mine/Plant) (IMAKANAI), Pumps & Plumbing Pump Accessories (Sump, Sewage, Booster) (IMADALAL), Pumps & Pumping Accessories (Surface/Submersible, Impellers, Seals) (AFABAHAH)

Keywords

• Centrifugal pumps
• Industrial fluid handling
• Self-priming pumps
• Solids handling pumps
• Submersible pumps

Headquarters

HQ city

Clackamas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Centrifugal Pump Sales: Direct sales of centrifugal pumps for industrial, agricultural, mining, municipal, and rental applications. Products include clear liquid pumps, cutter pumps, food process pumps, hot oil pumps, slurry pumps, submersible pumps, and specialized configurations.
2. OEM Replacement Parts: Authorized OEM replacement parts engineered specifically for Cornell pumps, ensuring exact fit, proven performance, and long-term reliability. Includes complete matched component kits.
3. IoT Monitoring Services: Connected product strategy encompassing Co-Pilot monitoring, Pulse devices, and RPM2 software for ongoing monitoring, analytics, and remote visibility services for pump fleets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Cornell Pump Co. designs and manufactures centrifugal pumps for industrial fluid-handling use, including clear-liquid, self-priming, submersible, slurry, cutter, hybrid, hydro-turbine, immersible, food-process, hot-oil, refrigeration, and solids-handling models, augmented by IoT pump-monitoring products (Co-Pilot, Pulse, RPM2) and proprietary sealing/priming/run-dry technologies. The pumps are sold to end users across agriculture, food processing, industrial, mining, municipal, refrigeration, rental, and oil and gas markets via an authorized distributor network.

Product overview

Cornell Pump Company manufactures a comprehensive portfolio of centrifugal pumps and related technologies. The core offering consists of centrifugal pump product lines (Clear Liquid, Cutter, Food Process, Hot Oil, Hybrid, Hydro Turbines, Immersible, Refrigeration, Self-Priming, Solids Handling, Slurry, Submersible, and Z-Series), complemented by proprietary technology features including Cycloseal seal systems, Redi-Prime automatic priming, and Run-Dry seal protection. The company has expanded into IoT and monitoring solutions with Co-Pilot (real-time performance monitoring and fleet GPS tracking), Pulse (pump health monitoring), and RPM2 Integrated IoT Software. Product portfolio includes specialized offerings like the Storm Electric Skid (electric-driven pump packages), Mobile Flow Meters, Waste Warrior cutter pumps, MX Series high-head pumps, and the Arctic King refrigeration series. Founded in 1946, the company also offers educational services through Cornell Pump School training programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Co-Pilot: IoT monitoring platform providing real-time pump performance data, GPS tracking, and alert notifications
• Pulse
• RPM2
• Redi-Prime
• Cycloseal
• Run-Dry
• Waste Warrior
• Arctic King
• Storm Electric Skid

Products and services

• Clear Liquid Pumps Centrifugal pump line for clean-fluid transfer; sold to industrial, agricultural, and municipal end users via authorized distributors.
• Cutter Pumps Centrifugal pumps with cutting capability for wastewater and sewage applications where solids must be reduced before pumping.
• Food Process Pumps Sanitary/process centrifugal pumps designed for food-process liquid handling applications.
• Hot Oil Pumps Centrifugal pumps engineered for hot-oil transfer applications in industrial processes.
• Hybrid Pumps Hybrid-design centrifugal pumps from the Cornell product family for industrial fluid handling.
• Hydro Turbines Hydro-turbine products in the Cornell portfolio for energy-recovery / hydraulic-turbine applications.
• Immersible Pumps Immersible-style centrifugal pumps for industrial fluid-handling applications.
• Refrigeration Pumps Centrifugal pumps designed for refrigeration applications, including ammonia and refrigerant circulation.
• Self-Priming Pumps Cornell's signature self-priming centrifugal pumps, built around the proprietary Redi-Prime system, for suction-lift and re-prime applications.
• Solids Handling Pumps Centrifugal pumps designed to handle fluids carrying solids, leveraging Cornell's proprietary Cycloseal sealing technology.
• Slurry Pumps Heavy-duty centrifugal pumps for abrasive slurry service in mining and industrial applications.
• Submersible Pumps Submersible centrifugal pumps for dewatering, wastewater, and other submerged installations.
• Z-Series Pumps Z-Series centrifugal pumps in the Cornell product family for industrial fluid-handling applications.
• Co-Pilot (IoT pump monitoring) IoT pump-monitoring product from Cornell for remote visibility into pump health and operating conditions; targets industrial pump fleets.
• Pulse (IoT pump monitoring) IoT pump-monitoring product from Cornell for connectivity and remote monitoring of centrifugal pumps.
• RPM2 (IoT pump monitoring) IoT pump-monitoring product from Cornell for remote monitoring of pump operating conditions.
• Cornell Pump School (training program) Technical training program for distributors, specifiers, and customers on Cornell centrifugal pumps and IoT products, delivered by named instructors.

Quantifiable outcome

• MX Series achieves heads up to 825 feet (251 meters)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• High Tide TechnologiesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026Sister company under Indicor that provides SCADA and remote monitoring technologies. Joint reception planned at 2026 Distributor Meeting. High Tide's SCADA Academy follows Cornell's Pump School model for in-depth training.
• Anderson ProcessingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 December 2025Long-time partner co-sponsoring booth at Midwest Food Show in Wisconsin Dells. Anderson Processing works with Cornell to showcase food processing pump solutions including the 6NHPP high-performance model for food and beverage applications.
• Reyco SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 August 2025Cornell joined Reyco Systems in celebrating its 50th anniversary. Together with sister companies Idaho Steel and Kiremko, Reyco Systems has been innovating in oil and water recovery for food processing for five decades.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Weir Group: Mining-focused engineering company with strong centrifugal slurry pump portfolio (Warman, Enduron, GEHO). Directly comparable to Cornell's SM and MP Hard Metal mining slurry line, but with a mining-only concentration.
• Flowserve Corporation: Major manufacturer of pumps, valves, and seals for power, oil & gas, chemical, and water industries. Directly comparable to Cornell's industrial and process-pump lines, including slurry and chemical handling, though Flowserve is much larger and more diversified.
• Sulzer: Swiss-based pump and rotating equipment manufacturer with strong centrifugal pump presence in industrial, oil & gas, and water applications. Comparable to Cornell across industrial pumping, aftermarket parts, and service.
• KSB SE & Co. KGaA: German global pump and valve manufacturer serving mining, industrial, energy, and water markets. Comparable to Cornell's mining slurry (SM/MP Hard Metal) and industrial process pump lines, with substantially broader geographic reach.
• Grundfos: Denmark-based global pump manufacturer with deep centrifugal pump lines for municipal, industrial, and agricultural applications. Closely comparable to Cornell in product portfolio (centrifugal pumps, IoT monitoring via Grundfos iSolutions) and end-market mix, but with significantly larger scale.
• Franklin Electric Co. US manufacturer of water systems, pumps, and fueling equipment including centrifugal and submersible pumps. Comparable to Cornell's agricultural, industrial, and municipal water-handling product lines.
• Gorman-Rupp Company: US-based manufacturer of pumps and pumping systems serving municipal, industrial, agricultural, and construction markets. Closely comparable mid-sized US peer with a similar distributor-led model and overlapping centrifugal pump portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Pentair: Global water solutions company with residential, commercial, and industrial pump lines. Comparable to Cornell in municipal and agricultural water pumping, though Pentair's portfolio is broader and more consumer-skewed.
• Xylem Inc. Global water technology company and one of the largest centrifugal and industrial pump manufacturers (Flygt, Bell & Gossett, Goulds Water Technology). Directly comparable as a centrifugal pump incumbent serving municipal, industrial, and agricultural customers, but at vastly larger scale and breadth.
• ITT Inc. Diversified manufacturer including Goulds Pumps, a heritage centrifugal pump brand serving industrial, chemical, and municipal markets. Comparable to Cornell's industrial pump portfolio but as part of a much broader ITT portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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