American Tank & Fabricating

What American Tank & Fabricating does

American Tank and Fabricating Company (AT&F) is a privately held heavy metal fabricator founded in 1944 and headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, with additional operations in Orrville, Ohio (AT&F Advanced Metals) and Wisconsin (AT&F Wisconsin). The company specializes in custom metal fabrication across four core capabilities — cutting (5-axis laser, water jet, and oxy-fuel/plasma), forming and rolling (including what it describes as the largest single ram press brake in North America at 2,800 tons/60 feet, and rolling capabilities it claims as the largest in the Western Hemisphere up to 12 inches thick and 60 feet long), certified welding (robotic, laser beam, hybrid laser arc, and specialty metals), and precision machining (5-axis horizontal boring mills, vertical turning lathes). It serves customers in defense and naval, mining and construction, energy technologies (including renewable and nuclear-adjacent), marine, chemical and pharmaceutical, infrastructure, and rail.

AT&F operates on a project-based, quote-driven business model: customers submit Requests for Quote via the corporate website and receive response within 24-48 hours, with payment terms of net 30 days against invoices. The company distributes exclusively through direct enterprise field sales, with engineering and estimating teams embedded in the RFQ process, and sells via multi-year contracts on large custom programs. It holds ISO 9001:2015 certification enterprise-wide, ASME S and U stamps, TEMA compliance for heat exchangers, and ITAR/DDTC registration with MIL-spec and NAVSEA welding qualifications that gate entry into defense, naval, and energy markets. Customer concentration is anchored in long-tenured enterprise relationships — including a named major defense equipment manufacturer, a crane OEM, a producing mill leader, and an international mining conglomerate with a roughly 30-year relationship — across a vertically segmented customer mix.

At scale, AT&F operates 650,000 square feet of production space in Cleveland alongside its Orrville and Wisconsin sites, with two operating subsidiaries (AT&F Advanced Metals and AT&F Wisconsin). The company is led by CEO Michael Ripich and EVP Ken Ripich, has no disclosed institutional funding, no M&A activity, and is privately held with no parent company. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue and headcount specifics are not reported in available sources.

Name

American Tank & Fabricating

Legal name

American Tank and Fabricating Company

Website

https://atfco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1944

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

American Tank & Fabricating (AT&F) is a Cleveland-based heavy metal fabricator founded in 1944 that provides custom cutting, forming, welding, and machining services to defense, mining, energy, marine, rail, and infrastructure OEMs using what it describes as the largest press brake and rolling capabilities in North America and the Western Hemisphere.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Metal Fabrication

NAICS

Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312), Machine Shops (332710)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540), Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products (3490)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty & Alloy Steel (Stainless, Tool Steel, Electrical Steel, High-Strength/HSLA) (IMAKABAJ)

Keywords

• Heavy metal fabrication
• Custom steel manufacturing
• Industrial welding services
• Precision plate cutting
• Structural steel machining

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Metal Fabrication Services: AT&F provides custom metal fabrication services including cutting, forming, rolling, welding, and machining for complex industrial components. Projects are quoted based on specifications, materials, and scope. Revenue is generated through project-based fees with payment terms typically within 30 days of invoice.
2. Equipment Repair and Modification Services: On-site and in-house repair, rebuild, and modification of process equipment including shell and tube heat exchangers, pressure vessels, tanks, columns, towers, and piping systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AT&F is a heavy metal fabricator that produces custom steel components and assemblies for defense, mining, construction, energy, marine, rail, chemical, and infrastructure OEMs. Its four core capabilities — cutting, forming and rolling, welding, and machining — are delivered from a 650,000 sq ft Cleveland campus supplemented by AT&F Advanced Metals (Orrville, OH) and AT&F Wisconsin. Finished product lines include naval ship and submarine fabrications, armored vehicle components, ASME-certified heat exchangers, marine scrubbers, crane booms, and frame rails. Revenue is driven by project-based custom fabrication fees and equipment repair/modification services.

Product overview

AT&F is a metal fabrication company offering a unified suite of manufacturing services organized around four core capabilities: Cutting, Forming & Rolling, Welding, and Machining. Their product portfolio includes both service categories (heavy forming, welding services, machining services) and specific product lines (vehicles, frame rails, heat exchangers, scrubbers, crane booms, custom engineered solutions). The company operates the largest rolling capabilities in the Western Hemisphere and the largest single ram press brake in North America, supporting industries including defense, mining, energy, marine, rail, infrastructure, and chemical processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cutting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest single ram press brake: 2,800 tons and 60 feet (18M) long
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wounded Warrior ProjectminorOthersAT&F has been a proud partner of the Wounded Warrior Project for several years. This is a nonprofit organization that supports veterans and active duty service members. AT&F participates in supporting this organization through community engagement activities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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