Taylor Devices
Taylor Devices is a North Tonawanda, NY-based manufacturer of fluid viscous dampers, shock absorbers, and vibration control hardware serving aerospace, defense, nuclear, civil engineering, and industrial customers through direct custom-engineered sales.
- Company typePublic
- Founded1955
- HeadquartersNorth Tonawanda, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Taylor Devices does
Taylor Devices, Inc. is a 70-year-old, publicly traded (NASDAQ: TYD) manufacturer of fluid-based shock absorption and vibration control hardware headquartered in North Tonawanda, NY. The company designs, machines, assembles, and tests precision hydraulic energy management devices — including fluid viscous dampers, lock-up devices, metal bellows dampers, isolation systems, PUMPKIN mounts, landing gear shock absorbers, crane buffers, machined springs, liquid die springs, and actuators — within 115,000 sq ft of vertically integrated facilities equipped with 12 test systems capable of 4,000,000 lb forces and 600 in/sec velocities. Its technology is rooted in founder Paul Taylor's 1955 liquid spring patents and is protected by 90+ US patents covering shock isolation, vibration control, and energy absorption.
The company sells custom-engineered products on a one-time, quote-based pricing model through direct enterprise sales to four primary verticals: Aerospace & Defense (NASA, BAE Systems, all U.S. military branches), Structural/Civil Engineering (750+ protected buildings and bridges globally), Nuclear Power, and Industrial Manufacturing. Customers include NASA for Artemis II vibration isolation, BAE Systems (five consecutive Partner2Win Gold Medallions 2021-2025), and the U.S. Department of Defense, alongside civil engineering projects across the U.S., New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Mexico, and the U.K.
Revenue mechanics are characterized by long custom-specification sales cycles, AS9100/ISO 9001/MIL-DTL-901 qualified production, and lumpy project-based order flow. Taylor Devices generates revenue through direct B2B sales with no recurring software component, supplemented by industry event engagement (Farnborough 2026 debut) and a 100+ technical paper library. The company carries zero debt, $41.7M in cash and short-term investments, $70.1M in equity, and reported record nine-month FY2026 sales of $32.7M (+6.4% YoY), with Q3 FY2026 sales of $11.2M.
Taylor Devices firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Taylor Devices
- Legal name
- Taylor Devices, Inc.
- Website
- https://taylordevices.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 1955
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Taylor Devices is a North Tonawanda, NY-based manufacturer of fluid viscous dampers, shock absorbers, and vibration control hardware serving aerospace, defense, nuclear, civil engineering, and industrial customers through direct custom-engineered sales.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Taylor Devices industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Shock and Vibration Control Hardware
- NAICS
- Fluid Power Cylinder and Actuator Manufacturing (333995), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Proportional & Servo Hydraulics (Electrohydraulic Valves, Servo Systems) (IMAHAGAF)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Specialized Lifting Systems (Hydraulic Gantries, Strand Jacks, Jacking Systems) (IMAHAJAO)
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Where Taylor Devices is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- North Tonawanda
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices2 records
Markets served
Taylor Devices business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Custom Engineered Products: Taylor Devices manufactures custom-engineered shock absorption, vibration control, and motion management products for aerospace, defense, structural, industrial, and nuclear applications. Products are sold directly to engineering firms and prime contractors with long sales cycles involving custom specification and design collaboration. Revenue is generated through product sales with no recurring software component.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels6 records
Taylor Devices product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Taylor Devices designs, manufactures, and tests custom-engineered fluid viscous dampers, shock absorbers, lock-up devices, isolation systems, and related hydro-mechanical energy management products. The company serves aerospace, defense, nuclear, industrial, and structural/civil engineering customers with shock absorption, vibration control, and seismic protection hardware produced at its vertically integrated North Tonawanda, NY facilities.
Product overview
Taylor Devices is a manufacturer of fluid-based shock absorption and vibration control products serving aerospace/defense, industrial, nuclear, and structural markets. The product portfolio includes fluid viscous dampers, lock-up devices, metal bellows dampers, isolation systems, PUMPKIN™ Mounts, landing gear, crane buffers, shock absorbers, machined springs, liquid die springs, and custom actuators. The company offers the Taylor Damped Moment Frame™ (TDMF™) design procedure for structural applications. Products are designed, manufactured, and tested at the company's vertically integrated facilities in North Tonawanda, NY.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Taylor Damped Moment Frame (TDMF): A new design procedure that decouples special steel moment frame design from the damper frame, allowing easier analytical models and prescriptive approach to selecting damper properties
- PUMPKIN Mounts
- Fluidicshok
- Taylor Damped Moment Frame
Products and services
- Fluid Viscous Dampers (FVD) Fluid viscous dampers dissipate energy in structures caused by seismic and wind events, increasing structural damping typically between 15% and 35% in seismic applications. They reduce drifts and stresses while allowing structures to remain elastic, with force capacities from 55 to 1800 kips and stroke capacities up to ±42 inches.
- Lock-Up Devices (Shock Transmission Units) Lock-Up Devices act as dynamic braces that lock multiple masses together under seismic or wind transients without dissipating energy. Available in sizes from 1 ton to 2,000 tons of force, for use in buildings, bridges, and aerospace applications.
- Metal Bellows Dampers Hermetically sealed dampers with absolute zero leakage using flexible metal bellows seals, designed for infinite life by limiting bellows stresses below material fatigue endurance limits. Effective damping at extremely small amplitudes down to ±0.001 inches, suited for space applications and structural protection against wind and seismic events.
- Isolation Systems Shock and vibration isolation systems combining fluid dampers, machined springs, and isolators to protect equipment across 6 degrees of freedom, qualified for MIL-DTL-901 and MIL-S-167 testing standards. Used for naval shipboard equipment, satellites, and sensitive aerospace systems.
- PUMPKIN Mounts 6-degree-of-freedom protection isolators with payload capacity up to 1600kg per mount, reducing input accelerations of several hundred g down to an average of 15g or less in naval shock environments. Approved for NATO standards including STANG 4830 and ANEP-99.
- Landing and Arresting Gear Zero-maintenance, non-pressurized landing gear shock absorbers and arresting gear for UAVs, eVTOLs, and aircraft. Tested through -123°F to +185°F temperature range with performance superior to high-pressure gas systems.
- Machined Springs High-precision tension/compression springs with linearity, infinite cycle life, and one-piece construction allowing integral mounting flanges and attachment threads. Made from various metal alloys for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications.
- Crane Buffers Heavy-duty industrial hydraulic crane buffers absorbing collision energy with capacities up to 11,000,000 inch-pounds in W-Series configuration and up to 100 million inch-pounds in long stroke versions. Used in heavy machinery, steel mills, and material handling.
- Shock Absorbers (Fluidicshok) Self-adjusting industrial shock absorbers with patented exclusive technology that automatically adjusts to different impact conditions, available in H-Series, M-Series, W-Series, and Uni-Shok configurations. Convert kinetic energy to thermal energy with capacities up to 19,200 inch-pounds.
- Liquid Die Springs Industrial liquid springs mechanically compressing Tayco Piezoil fluid in sealed chambers, designed with threaded end fittings for installation in any position with preload and endload specifications. Used in stamping, forming, and heavy industrial applications.
- Actuators Custom linear actuators activated by machined springs, conventional coil springs, gas springs, liquid springs, or externally applied system pressure, designed for land, air, sea, or space applications.
- Custom Applications Custom-designed shock and vibration mitigating products including single/double acting dampers, liquid springs, tension shock absorbers, and special actuators meeting military, NASA, and custom specifications.
Quantifiable outcome
- 51.16% reduction in maximum displacements and 52.86% reduction in interstory drifts in seismic testing
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Taylor Devices
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Taylor Devices technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
Taylor Devices partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
One partnership is on record.
- Force Development Services (FDS) LtdcoreExclusive distribution agreement for UK and Europe. FDS Ltd will represent Taylor Devices products in these markets, expanding geographic reach for structural and industrial damping products.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves9 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Taylor Devices competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Parker Hannifin Corporation: Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 500 motion and control technologies leader offering hydraulic systems, electromechanical actuators, and vibration isolation products (including the legacy Lord Corporation business it acquired in 2019), serving as a much larger competitor across overlapping aerospace, defense, and industrial motion control segments.
- Trelleborg AB (Industrial Solutions): Trelleborg's engineered solutions business produces anti-vibration mounts, elastomeric bearings, and damping products for industrial and infrastructure markets, offering partial overlap with Taylor Devices' industrial and structural product lines as a much larger diversified industrial player.
- Bosch Rexroth: Bosch Rexroth is a global supplier of hydraulic and electric drive/motion control systems for industrial, mobile, and aerospace applications, with a broad portfolio of hydraulic actuators and industrial damping solutions that overlaps with Taylor Devices' fluid power motion control offering.
Emerging players
- Sika AG: Sika is a Swiss specialty chemicals and construction products company with a structural engineering portfolio that includes concrete reinforcement and damping-adjacent technologies for infrastructure projects, representing partial product overlap in the civil engineering and seismic protection adjacent markets served by Taylor Devices.
- Freyssinet (Vinci Construction): Freyssinet, a Vinci Group subsidiary, provides specialist civil engineering and construction products including damping devices and seismic protection systems for bridges and buildings, with partial product overlap in the structural/civil damper category where Taylor Devices competes via TDMF.
Direct peers
- Farrat: Farrat is a UK-based specialist in structural vibration isolation, acoustic isolation, and anti-vibration mounting across buildings, stadiums, and industrial facilities, with directly overlapping applications to Taylor Devices' structural damping product line, particularly in the European geographies now covered by the FDS distribution agreement.
- Mason Industries: Mason Industries designs and manufactures vibration isolation products, snubbers, and seismic restraints for HVAC, piping, and structural applications, directly competing with Taylor Devices' isolation systems and shock transmission units for building services and infrastructure markets.
- GERB Vibration Control Systems: GERB specializes in vibration isolation systems, spring and damper elements, and seismic protection equipment for industrial facilities, power plants, and structural projects — a directly comparable niche specialist competing in the same vibration control category as Taylor Devices.
- ITT Inc. (Enidine): ITT Inc.'s Enidine business line manufactures shock absorbers, rate controls, and viscous dampers for industrial and aerospace markets — a directly comparable product portfolio competing head-to-head with Taylor Devices in industrial shock absorption and vibration isolation.
- Moog Inc. Moog designs and manufactures precision motion control products and hydraulic actuators for aerospace, defense, and industrial markets, with overlapping applications in vibration control, military platforms, and aircraft systems that closely parallel Taylor Devices' aerospace and defense exposure.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Taylor Devices social profiles
Digital presenceTaylor Devices compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance5 records
Taylor Devices financial estimates
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Taylor Devices leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
Taylor Devices funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Taylor Devices M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Taylor Devices
What does Taylor Devices do?
Taylor Devices designs, manufactures, and tests custom-engineered fluid viscous dampers, shock absorbers, lock-up devices, isolation systems, and related hydro-mechanical energy management products. The company serves aerospace, defense, nuclear, industrial, and structural/civil engineering customers with shock absorption, vibration control, and seismic protection hardware produced at its vertically integrated North Tonawanda, NY facilities.
Is Taylor Devices a public or private company?
Taylor Devices is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Taylor Devices founded?
Taylor Devices was founded in 1955. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Taylor Devices based?
Taylor Devices is headquartered in North Tonawanda, United States, in the North America region.
How does Taylor Devices make money?
One revenue line is on record: custom Engineered Products.
Who are Taylor Devices's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Parker Hannifin Corporation, Trelleborg AB (Industrial Solutions) and Bosch Rexroth. Emerging players are Sika AG and Freyssinet (Vinci Construction). Direct peers are Farrat, Mason Industries, GERB Vibration Control Systems, ITT Inc. (Enidine) and Moog Inc..
Does Taylor Devices have an API?
No public API is recorded for Taylor Devices.
What industry is Taylor Devices in?
Taylor Devices's product category is Shock and Vibration Control Hardware. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAGAF, Proportional & Servo Hydraulics (Electrohydraulic Valves, Servo Systems), with a secondary code of IMAHAJAO, Specialized Lifting Systems (Hydraulic Gantries, Strand Jacks, Jacking Systems). Its NAICS code is 333995 and its SIC code is 3823.