Pro Weld

What Pro Weld does

Pro Weld, Inc. is a privately-held, family-owned metal welding and steel fabrication company founded in 1993 by Jim and Penny Oberlander and headquartered in White City, Oregon, within the broader Medford/Southern Oregon region. The company operates a 14,000-15,000 sq ft fabrication facility equipped with a 7'x12' CNC plasma cutting table, a 45-ton crane, a 14-ton boom truck, a 12' shear, a 12' CNC press brake, and welding stations supporting TIG, MIG, aluminum, carbon steel, and stainless steel processes. It offers in-house AutoCAD design, prototyping, shearing, forming, bending, punching, assembly, hot-dipped galvanizing, powder coating, mobile on-site welding, and crane rigging services, producing a range of outputs from custom residential gates to three-story structural steel buildings and electrical substation components.

Pro Weld serves a heterogeneous customer mix spanning residential property owners, commercial contractors, electrical utilities and cooperatives (substation structural steel, transformer tanks, switch stands), industrial manufacturers (cylinder pallets, catch basin grates, structural catwalks), and branded consumer/enterprise buyers of its proprietary Iron Horse BBQ, Iron Pony BBQ, Santa Fe Cattleman's Grill, and Thunder MMA Cages product lines, which are sold domestically and internationally. Customer evidence includes People's Bank (three-story metal building), Lithia Nissan, Harry & David, Partin Forest Products, Pacific Crest, Southern Oregon University, Terpening Terrace Retirement, and Monticello Motor Club, indicating cross-vertical reach anchored in the Pacific Northwest.

The company monetizes through project-based, quote-driven custom fabrication work (one-time project fees), crane and rigging professional services, recurring hardware sales of proprietary products, and bidding on substation steel RFQs nationwide. Penny Oberlander is designated 51% owner to preserve woman-owned small business (WBE/DBE) certifications that enable access to government and corporate supplier diversity contract set-asides. Pro Weld self-reports approximately 15% annual growth, hosts an RCC workforce pipeline, has filed patents for safety products, and reports 150 years of combined welding expertise among its staff of 11-50 employees.

Name

Pro Weld

Legal name

Pro Weld, Inc.

Website

https://pro-weld.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pro Weld is a family-owned metal welding and steel fabrication company in White City, Oregon, serving residential, commercial, electrical utility, and industrial customers across Southern Oregon and beyond with custom structural steel, substation components, mobile welding, and branded proprietary products like Iron Horse BBQ grills.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Steel Fabrication

NAICS

Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing (333992)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540)

akta.pro primary industry

Welding, Joining & Soldering Equipment (Arc, Resistance, Friction, Brazing) (IMAHADAH)

Keywords

• Metal fabrication services
• Structural steel welding
• Mobile welding services
• CNC plasma cutting
• Electrical substation steel

Headquarters

HQ city

White City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Metal Fabrication Services: Project-based custom metal fabrication and welding services for commercial, residential, and industrial customers. Services include welding repair, on-site welding, metal fabrication, assembly, crane services, shearing, forming, bending, punching, and prototyping. Revenue is earned on a per-project basis with quotes provided based on specifications.
2. Crane and Rigging Services: Crane rental and rigging services provided primarily for facilitating lifts on their own job sites, with availability for external customers. Includes 45-ton crane and 14-ton boom truck services.
3. Proprietary Product Sales (Iron Horse BBQ, Thunder MMA Cages): Sale of manufactured proprietary products including portable commercial BBQ grills (Iron Horse BBQ, Iron Pony BBQ, Santa Fe Cattleman's Grill) and Thunder MMA cages. Products sold as complete units with various pricing tiers.
4. Metal Safety Products: Manufacture and sale of safety equipment including gas cylinder pallets (Cylinder Rite Pallets), spark guards for railroad repairs, and custom safety transportation products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pro Weld, Inc. is a family-owned metal welding and steel fabrication shop operating from a 14,000-15,000 sq ft facility in White City, Oregon. The company provides certified welding (TIG, MIG, aluminum, stainless, carbon steel), CNC plasma cutting, mobile on-site welding, and crane rigging services, alongside the manufacture of custom structural steel components, industrial safety products, and proprietary consumer brands (Iron Horse BBQ grills, Thunder MMA Cages). It serves commercial, industrial, utility, and residential customers primarily across Southern Oregon with nationwide and select international shipping.

Product overview

Pro Weld is a family-owned metal welding and steel fabrication company operating since 1993. The company operates a 14,000-15,000 sq ft fabrication facility in White City, Oregon, offering diverse services ranging from structural steel fabrication for electrical substations to custom consumer products. Their product portfolio includes Iron Horse BBQ, Iron Pony BBQ, and Santa Fe Cattleman's BBQ Grill (portable commercial barbecues manufactured under a subsidiary), Thunder MMA Cages (martial arts equipment division), and industrial safety products such as steel bollards, cylinder pallets, and catch basin grates. Core services include welding and fabrication (TIG, MIG, aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel), crane services (45-ton crane and 14-ton boom truck), mobile on-site welding, CNC plasma cutting, and structural steel fabrication for commercial projects including electrical substations, bridges, and building frameworks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Iron Horse BBQ: Portable commercial BBQ grills and smokers, including locomotive-style designs and infrared models
• Iron Pony BBQ
• Thunder MMA Cages

Quantifiable outcome

• 15% annual growth rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rogue Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPro Weld has an active partnership with Rogue Community College through their Cooperative Work Experience (CWE) program. The company takes RCC interns who use their time at Pro Weld as classroom experience. The partnership helps train future welders while providing Pro Weld with potential future employees. The company has also worked with RCC's Welding Department Chair Todd Giesbrecht to develop collaborative programs to prepare students for the workforce.
• Southern Oregon University (SOU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPro Weld is in preliminary stages of planning with SOU's upper division Applied Business Research teams to analyze the Iron Horse BBQ client base through survey research. This academic partnership aims to help understand and grow their BBQ product market.
• Iron Horse BBQ, Inc.coreOthersFormer subsidiary of Pro Weld established in 2005 by Jim and Penny Oberlander. Iron Horse BBQ, Inc. manufactures portable BBQ grills including the Iron Horse BBQ, Iron Pony BBQ, and Santa Fe styled Cattleman's Grill. The subsidiary has its own website (ironhorsebbq.com) and has sold products internationally (Panama, Honduras, Canada) as well as domestically to amusement parks, catering companies, and rental businesses.
• Thunder MMA CagescoreOthersThunder Cages is a division of Pro Weld that manufactures MMA (mixed martial arts) cages. The division has its own branding and website (thundermmacages.com). Pro Weld fabricates all Thunder MMA Cages at their White City facility.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Zalk Josephs Fabricators: Pacific Northwest structural steel fabricator based in Portland, Oregon, serving commercial construction and industrial customers. Directly comparable to Pro Weld in structural steel fabrication scope, customer type, and regional footprint.
• Hillsdale Fabricators: Regional structural steel fabricator serving commercial and industrial construction. Closely comparable to Pro Weld in scale, customer base (general contractors and developers), and project-based structural steel work.
• Traeger Grills: Major U.S. wood-pellet grill brand competing in the same portable/commercial BBQ category as Pro Weld's Iron Horse BBQ. Directly comparable for benchmarking the proprietary consumer grill product line.
• Yoder Smokers: Premium U.S. manufacturer of competition and commercial BBQ smokers and grills. Comparable to Pro Weld's Iron Horse BBQ in target customer (serious grillers, caterers, competition cookers) and premium commercial positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Schuff Steel: Large national structural steel fabricator serving commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Comparable to Pro Weld in structural steel capability but operates at significantly larger scale with broader geographic reach.
• Vigor Industrial: Pacific Northwest marine and industrial fabrication company with steelwork and heavy fabrication capabilities. Comparable to Pro Weld in steel fabrication and heavy lifting infrastructure, but with broader marine/ship repair scope.
• TrueNorth Steel: Structural steel manufacturer and fabricator serving commercial construction and infrastructure. Comparable to Pro Weld in core structural steel offerings but operates at larger scale with broader geographic coverage.
• Weber: Global mass-market grill brand with broad retail distribution. Comparable to Iron Horse BBQ at the product-category level, illustrating the scale and distribution gap Pro Weld's BBQ line would need to overcome to scale.

Others

• Lincoln Electric: Largest U.S. manufacturer of welding equipment, consumables, and cutting systems. Adjacent peer as a key supplier of the welding equipment Pro Weld relies on and as a reference point for welding-industry economics and trends.
• Miller Electric (ITW): Major manufacturer of arc welding and cutting equipment, including the Miller welding machines Pro Weld uses. Adjacent peer as a key supplier and as a benchmark for industry-standard welding technology investment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/proweldusa
• Instagraminstagram.com/pro_weld_inc
• Xx.com/ProWeldFab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pro-weld-inc.

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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 →

Frequently asked questions about Pro Weld