Columbiana Boiler Company

What Columbiana Boiler Company does

Columbiana Boiler Company, LLC, doing business as CBC Global, is a privately held specialty industrial manufacturer founded in 1888 and headquartered at 200 West Railroad St., Columbiana, Ohio. The company designs and fabricates custom pressure vessels, DOT-specification containers for hazardous liquid and gas transport, galvanizing kettles, ASME-certified Gas Busters, high-pressure Sand Separators, and specialty cylinders for applications including rocket propellants. Manufacturing is performed in the United States under Buy American Act and Build America, Buy America Act compliance, with the company's products qualified to US DOT, Transport Canada, and European regulatory standards.

The business operates a direct enterprise field-sales model, working with customers from concept and engineering through CAD design, fabrication, and delivery on a quote-based, project-by-project basis. Its revenue mix combines one-time custom fabrication projects with hardware sales of standardized galvanizing kettles and pressure-containment equipment. End markets span aerospace and hypergolic applications (NASA, Blue Origin), defense (US Department of Defense), oil and gas well control, hot-dip and continuous-strip galvanizing, industrial gases, chemical distribution, water municipalities, pharmaceutical, and food processing, with named customers including AZZ, Matheson, Hawkins, Wesco HMB, and Armour Galvanizing.

The company holds 11-50 employees and has operated continuously for over 135 years, with its DOT container line established in 1936 and galvanizing kettle manufacturing dating back more than a century. A long-standing partnership with United Combustion & Services, established around 1975, extends the company's reach into LPG and natural gas industrial furnace installations across five continents. The firm has no disclosed private equity, venture capital, or parent ownership and generates quote-based revenue on multi-year contracts, with no public financial disclosures available.

Name

Columbiana Boiler Company

Legal name

Columbiana Boiler Company, LLC

Website

https://cbco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1888

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Columbiana Boiler Company (dba CBC Global) is a 135-year-old U.S. manufacturer of custom ASME/DOT-certified pressure vessels, galvanizing kettles, gas busters, and sand separators serving aerospace, defense, oil and gas, chemical, galvanizing, and water treatment industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial pressure vessels and custom fabricated metal products

NAICS

Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (332410), Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing (3324), Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing (333414)

SIC

Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) (3443), Metal Shipping Barrels, Drums, Kegs & Pails (3412), Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces (3433)

akta.pro primary industry

Heat Transfer Equipment (Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Condensers) (IMAHAEAC)

Keywords

• DOT specification containers
• Industrial pressure vessels
• Galvanizing kettles
• Custom metal fabrication
• ASME-certified vessels

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbiana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Fabricated Containers and Pressure Vessels: One-time custom fabrication projects for specialized containers, drums, cylinders, and pressure vessels tailored to customer specifications. Projects include concept development, design, engineering, CAD drawings, manufacturing, and sales.
2. Galvanizing Kettles and Industrial Equipment: Manufacturing and sale of industrial galvanizing kettles for Hot Dip Galvanizing, Continuous Strip Galvanizing, and Annealing industries. Long-standing product line with over 100 years of manufacturing expertise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Columbiana Boiler Company, operating as CBC Global, manufactures DOT-certified containers and drums for hazardous commodity transport, galvanizing kettles for hot dip and continuous strip galvanizing, ASME-certified gas busters and sand separators for oil and gas well control, specialty pressurized cylinders, and custom steel fabrication services. Products are engineered for aerospace, chemical/gas, oil and gas, galvanizing, water treatment, pharmaceutical, and food processing industries, with full concept-to-production capabilities.

Product overview

CBC Global operates as a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering a portfolio of pressure vessel, container, and fabrication products. The core product line includes DOT Containers for hazardous commodity transport, Galvanizing Kettles for metal finishing applications, Gas Busters for oil and gas well control, Sand Separators for flow assurance, Specialty Containers for custom pressurized applications, and Custom Fabrication services. These products serve industries including oil and gas, aerospace, chemical processing, galvanizing, pharmaceutical, food manufacturing, and water municipalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• United Combustion Services: Partnership established approximately in 1975, working with LPG and natural gas industrial furnaces and controls. Has offices in strategic locations around the world with hundreds of installations across five continents.

Products and services

• DOT Containers Specialized containers and drums manufactured since 1936 for transporting liquid and gas commodities in various DOT hazard classes, designed to prevent any release of hazardous commodities during transport. Used by chemical, industrial gas, and oilfield chemical customers.
• Galvanizing Kettles Industrial kettles manufactured for Hot Dip Galvanizing, Continuous Strip Galvanizing, and Annealing industries. Recognized worldwide as a market leader in quality, reliability, and service for over 100 years.
• Gas Busters ASME-Certified Gas Busters in 10' and 20' models delivering superior well control, rapid gas breakout, and enhanced rig safety to prevent blowouts during kicks. Built from certified ASME steel with optimized baffle design for the oil and gas industry.
• Sand Separators High-pressure sand separators (2.5K, 5K psi) and Cyclonic Units delivering total equipment protection with high-efficiency cyclonic action engineered for extreme pressure, corrosion, and erosion conditions in oil and gas production.
• Specialty Containers Custom non-DOT (Special Permit) Specification Cylinders (Portable Vessels) including concept development, design, engineering, CAD drawings, manufacturing, and sales. Conforms to DOT, Transport Canada (TC), and European regulations for transporting compressed gases.
• Custom Fabrication

Quantifiable outcome

• Eliminating frequent maintenance through exceptional durability
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• United Combustion & ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1975United Combustion & Services has worked with LPG and natural gas industrial furnaces and controls since 1975. With offices in strategic locations around the world, projects include hundreds of installations in many countries across five continents. UCS is featured on CBC Global's website as a related services partner.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Chart Industries: Chart Industries designs and manufactures engineered heat transfer and cryogenic equipment, including pressure vessels and specialty gas handling systems. Its specialty cylinder and pressurized gas container lines directly compete with CBC Global's DOT and specialty container offerings.
• Cleaver-Brooks: Cleaver-Brooks is a leading manufacturer of packaged boilers and related heat transfer equipment for commercial and industrial applications. It directly compares to CBC Global's heritage boiler fabrication capabilities and its current industrial pressure vessel offerings.
• Worthington Industries: Worthington Industries is a major manufacturer of pressure cylinders, tanks, and oil-and-gas equipment including DOT-spec containers and propane cylinders. Its product portfolio and customer base in industrial gas transport overlap directly with CBC Global's DOT containers and specialty cylinders business.
• Mueller Industries: Mueller Industries is a major fabricator of copper, brass, aluminum, and steel products including industrial pressure cylinders and fittings. Its pressurized cylinder business directly compares to CBC Global's specialty cylinders used in gas and chemical transport.
• SPX Heat Transfer (SPX Technologies): SPX's Heat Transfer segment engineers and manufactures heat exchangers, process cooling, and related thermal equipment for industrial applications. It overlaps with the heat-and-pressure-vessel capabilities underlying CBC Global's galvanizing kettles and custom fabrication work.
• Westmor Industries: Westmor Industries designs and builds custom liquid and dry bulk tanks, pressure vessels, and specialty trailers for industrial and energy customers. Its custom heavy-gauge tank fabrication work directly compares to CBC Global's DOT containers and custom pressure vessel capabilities.
• Forum Energy Technologies: Forum Energy Technologies supplies specialized equipment to the oil and gas industry, including pressure control equipment and production protection products. Its wellhead and drilling-protection portfolio directly overlaps with CBC Global's Gas Buster and Sand Separator lines for oilfield customers.
• Superior Boiler Works: Superior Boiler Works manufactures commercial and industrial watertube and firetube boilers, heat exchangers, and related pressure equipment. It mirrors CBC Global's industrial boiler heritage and pressure vessel fabrication capability.

Broad incumbents

• National Oilwell Varco (NOV): NOV is a large diversified provider of oilfield equipment and pressure-control technologies including wellhead systems and separators. As a broad incumbent it competes with CBC Global on Gas Buster and Sand Separator products, but operates across a far wider upstream equipment portfolio.
• Babcock & Wilcox: Babcock & Wilcox is a long-established global manufacturer of industrial boilers, heat exchangers, and environmental equipment for power and process industries. As a broad incumbent it competes with CBC Global for industrial boiler and pressure vessel fabrication work, but at meaningfully larger scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/columbianaboilerco

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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