What Cooper Enterprises, Inc. does

Cooper Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held B2B contract manufacturer founded in 1965 in Shelby, Ohio, that produces custom wood and laminated components and complete assemblies for enterprise customers. The company serves as an outsourced manufacturing partner for store fixture manufacturers, commercial casework fabricators, office furniture OEMs, and industrial component producers, handling CNC machining, edgebanding, laminating, miter-folding, assembly, and warehousing/fulfillment as discrete services or as an integrated workflow. It is owned by the Friebel family—Monty and Edward Friebel purchased the business from Gerald Friebel in 1998—and operates from a 140,000-square-foot facility with 100+ employees across multiple shifts.

Manufacturing is anchored by ten CNC machines, including multi-head router configurations (two-, four-, and six-head), a Vantech automated nesting router, straight-line and contour edgebanding systems, cold-press and hot-melt laminating equipment, a BIMA machining center from IMA Schelling, and a Dakota Automation storage/retrieval system. This equipment set supports 5'x12' panel processing, automated material nesting, and laser-guided edge finishing. The facility is supported by in-house engineering for Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews, digital documentation with stored CNC programs for repeatable reorders, and layered quality controls (first-piece inspections, in-process checks, final audits). Cooper holds preferred fabricator status for branded materials including FENIX NTM innovative surfaces (one of six U.S. companies) and Formica Group's Intentek wireless-charging laminate system.

The business model is project-based and quote-driven: revenue is generated through custom production runs, with regional sales representatives covering territories across the Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and South United States. Customer acquisition relies on direct sales, industry trade shows (AWFS Fair, IWF Atlanta, NeoCon, PRINT 19, AWI), company blog content, and an expanding digital surface that includes the 2025-launched 'Closet Systems by Cooper' consumer line supported by an AI-assisted online design platform. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company has been listed in the FDMC 300 rankings of North American woodworking producers for three consecutive years (ranked 261 in 2018, 261-equivalent in 2019, and 279 in 2020).

Name

Cooper Enterprises, Inc.

Legal name

Cooper Enterprises, Inc.

Website

https://cooperenterprises.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cooper Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held B2B contract manufacturer of custom wood and laminated components, serving store fixture, commercial casework, office furniture, and OEM customers from a 140,000 sq. ft. CNC-equipped facility in Shelby, Ohio, and recently expanded into consumer closet systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shelby

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Manufacturing Services: B2B contract manufacturing of custom wood and laminated components and complete assemblies. Services include CNC machining, edgebanding, laminating, assembly, and warehousing/fulfillment. Revenue generated through project-based quotes for production runs of custom components.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cooper Enterprises is a B2B contract manufacturer of custom wood and laminated components and complete assemblies. The company provides CNC machining, edgebanding, laminating, miter-folding, assembly, and warehousing/fulfillment services to store fixture manufacturers, commercial casework companies, office furniture makers, and OEM customers across the United States. It operates from a 140,000 sq. ft. facility in Shelby, Ohio with 10 state-of-the-art CNC machines.

Product overview

Cooper Enterprises is a contract manufacturer offering custom wood and laminated components and complete assemblies. The company operates a single unified manufacturing platform with integrated production capabilities including CNC machining, edgebanding, laminating, assembly, and warehousing services. Their product portfolio centers on nine core product categories: Cabinet Doors and Drawer Fronts, Closet Systems by Cooper (with online design tool), Store Fixtures & Point of Purchase displays, Commercial Casework, Office Furniture, Components and OEM parts, Laminated Panels, Ceiling Tiles & Wall Panels, and Garage Pro Systems (coming soon). Specialty offerings include solid surface machining and branded material programs like FENIX NTM® and Intentek™ wireless charging surfaces. The company also provides a Design Solutions online closet planner as a digital extension of their product offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cabinet Doors and Drawer Fronts
• Closet Systems by Cooper
• Store Fixtures & Point of Purchase
• Commercial Casework
• Office Furniture
• Components and OEM
• Laminated Panels
• Ceiling Tiles & Wall Panels
• End Boards
• Cashier Shields
• Solid Surface Components

Quantifiable outcome

• First-piece inspections ensure every new run meets client specifications
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FENIX NTM® Innovative SurfacescoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 18 March 2021Cooper Enterprises was named a preferred cabinet fabricator for FENIX™ Innovative Surfaces. Cooper is one of only six companies in the United States to hold this designation. They offer cabinet doors, drawer fronts, commercial wall panels, laminated panels, and components in the 16 standard colors of FENIX NTM®, featuring fingerprint resistance, soft touch super matte finish, and thermal healing of superficial micro-scratches.
• Formica Group - Intentek™ Wireless Charging SystemminorOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 8 June 2020Cooper Enterprises is a Fabricator Partner of Intentek™ Wireless Charging System by Formica Group. The system features wireless phone charging technology embedded within laminate surfaces that charges all Qi certified phones with fast charge times. Available in the full range of Formica® Brand Laminate designs.
• IMA SchellingcoreTechnology or IntegrationIMA Schelling sells the BIMA machining center to Cooper Enterprises. The BIMA machine combines CNC machining and edgebanding capabilities in a single machining center, expanding Cooper's routing and edgebanding capacity.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Haworth: Haworth is a privately held global office furniture and architectural interiors manufacturer with deep wood-product content in casegoods and architectural walls. It is comparable to Cooper as an enterprise-scale wood-based commercial furniture and casework producer in overlapping end markets.
• MillerKnoll: MillerKnoll (formerly Herman Miller + Knoll) is a global commercial furniture collective with substantial wood-casegood lines across brands such as Knoll and Geiger. It is comparable to Cooper as a major producer of premium wood-content office and architectural furniture serving enterprise customers.
• Steelcase: Steelcase is the world's largest office furniture manufacturer, with wood-intensive product lines in casegoods and architectural solutions. It is comparable to Cooper at the level of office-furniture and commercial casework end markets, though Steelcase is a global brand-led incumbent rather than a contract manufacturer.
• Kimball International: Kimball International manufactures commercial furniture, including office and hospitality furnishings, with significant wood-component content. It is comparable to Cooper as an enterprise-scale producer of wood-based furniture and casework for commercial environments, though Kimball is vertically integrated into branded products.
• HNI Corporation: HNI Corporation (parent of The HON Company and Allsteel) manufactures office furniture and hearth products. It is comparable to Cooper as a large manufacturer of wood-content office furniture and commercial casework, though HNI operates at much greater scale with branded distribution.
• American Woodmark: American Woodmark is a publicly traded manufacturer of kitchen and bath cabinets with significant contract and OEM exposure. It is comparable to Cooper as a sizable U.S. wood-products manufacturer operating at scale across similar customer verticals, with a broader product portfolio and national footprint.
• MasterBrand Cabinets: MasterBrand is the largest U.S. manufacturer of residential cabinets (parent of legacy Aristokraft, Diamond, KraftMaid). It is comparable to Cooper as a major wood-product manufacturer serving cabinet customers, though MasterBrand operates its own branded retail channels whereas Cooper supplies contract-manufactured components.

Direct peers

• Woodgrain Millwork: Woodgrain Millwork manufactures millwork, mouldings, and value-added wood components for the building-products and OEM markets. It is comparable to Cooper as a large-scale wood components manufacturer serving cabinet, door, and millwork customers through similar channel and product structures.
• Lozier Corporation: Lozier is the largest U.S. manufacturer of store fixtures, with deep wood and metal fabrication capacity supplying national retail chains. It is comparable to Cooper as a contract-grade store-fixture manufacturer serving the same retail-rollout customers, though Lozier is significantly larger and broader in scope.
• TMI Systems Design: TMI Systems Design manufactures custom architectural casework, cabinetry, and store fixtures from engineered wood panels. It is comparable to Cooper as a contract manufacturer of custom wood and laminate casework for commercial construction, retail, and institutional customers using similar CNC and laminating processes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cooperenterprisesinc.2
• Facebookfacebook.com/CooperEnterprisesInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cooper-enterprises-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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