Rmb Engineered Products

What Rmb Engineered Products does

RMB Engineered Products, Inc. is a manufacturers' representative (independent sales agency) founded in 1982 by Roger Blomquist and headquartered at 110 South Hager Ave., Suite 205, Barrington, Illinois. The firm sells equipment, parts, and service solutions from a portfolio of 22+ principal manufacturers to industrial and utility buyers across the Midwest, covering Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. It is family-owned, currently led by Scott Blomquist (President/General Manager, joined 2002), and operates with approximately 11 people including outside territory sales managers, inside sales, and an office manager.

The represented product line spans the major mechanical systems used in heavy industrial and power generation facilities: valves and flow control (Copes-Vulcan, Trillium Flow Technologies), heat exchangers and condensers (Danfoss, DraCool, Southern Heat Exchanger, Godrej, Worldwide Aircoolers), cooling towers and dry cooling (SPX/Marley, SPG Dry Cooling, Fluid Cooling Systems), turbines and compressors (Howden 0.25–20 MW, Skoda 20–200 MW), boilers and HRSGs up to 100 MW (Victory Energy), pollution control (Process Combustion Corporation TO/RTO/scrubbers), and acoustic and corrosion services (SVI Bremco, Universal Blastco). The lines collectively address power generation, chemical and petrochemical, steel mills, ethanol/corn processing, cement, pulp and paper, CHP/co-gen, and EPC contractor projects.

The business model is commission-based transaction revenue: RMB earns a sales commission on equipment, parts, and service bookings originated through its territory sales managers, who work directly with plant engineering, procurement, and EPC customers. Pricing is project-specific and quote-based, and there are no recurring software, subscription, or service-contract revenue streams disclosed. The firm has no external funding, no parent company, and no disclosed financial statements; growth has been exclusively organic since 1982, with the most recent strategic activity being principal additions (2024–2025) and the creation of dedicated vertical (Ethanol) and business development leadership.

Name

Rmb Engineered Products

Legal name

RMB Engineered Products, Inc.

Website

https://rmbsales.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RMB Engineered Products, founded in 1982 and based in Barrington, Illinois, is a family-owned manufacturers' representative agency. It sells industrial equipment, parts, and service solutions from 22+ principals to power, chemical, and heavy-industrial buyers across the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barrington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commission-based Sales Representation: RMB Engineered Products operates as a manufacturers' representative, earning commissions on sales of industrial equipment and services from the principals they represent. Revenue is generated through sales of equipment, parts, and service solutions to industrial clients in the power, chemical, and heavy industrial markets across the Midwest.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

RMB Engineered Products is a manufacturers' representative firm that sells and supports industrial equipment, parts, and service solutions on behalf of more than 22 principal manufacturers. The company targets the power generation, chemical/petrochemical, and heavy industrial markets across the Midwest, delivering products such as valves, heat exchangers, steam turbines, cooling towers, pollution control systems, dampers, strainers, and boiler equipment from its portfolio of represented principals.

Product overview

RMB Engineered Products is a Manufacturers' Representative (sales agency) serving the power, chemical, and heavy industrial markets across the Midwest since 1982. Rather than offering a unified software product, the company represents a portfolio of 22 principal manufacturers whose products collectively serve industrial facilities. The principals represented include: AetherDBS (fuel gas conditioning, natural gas heaters, ammonia processing), Copes-Vulcan (flow control valves, turbine bypass valves), Danfoss (heat exchangers), Curtiss-Wright EST GROUP (tube plugs), DraCool (plate pack heat exchangers), Effox-Flextor-Mader (dampers, expansion joints), Fluid Cooling Systems (cooling solutions, pump stations), Godrej (steam condensers), Hellan Fluid Systems (strainers), Howden (steam turbines 0.25-20MW, compressors), Process Combustion Corporation (pollution control, TO/RTO, scrubbers), Rotary Airlock (airlocks), Schenck Process (bulk material handling), Skoda Turbines (20-200MW steam turbines), Southern Heat Exchanger (shell & tube exchangers), SPG Dry Cooling (air cooled condensers), SPX Cooling (cooling towers), SVI Bremco (turbine inlet/exhaust, emissions control, noise control), Trillium Flow Technologies (valves), Universal Blastco (corrosion control, coatings, inspections), Victory Energy (gas boilers, HRSGs up to 100MW, waste heat boilers), and Worldwide Aircoolers (air cooled heat exchangers). These products address the complete lifecycle of industrial facilities including power generation, pulp and paper, petrochemical, steel mills, ethanol, cement, and engineering sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AetherDBS Fuel Gas & Gas Processing Equipment

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AetherDBScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAetherDBS provides fuel gas conditioning skids, natural gas heaters, ammonia processing skids and tanks, and LPG vaporization and blending solutions. RMB represents AetherDBS products in the Midwest territory.
• Copes-VulcancoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCopes-Vulcan (part of Celeros FT) provides flow control valves, turbine bypass valve systems, severe duty valves, general service valves, and desuperheaters. RMB represents Copes-Vulcan in the Midwest.
• DanfosscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDanfoss provides new heat exchanger units, custom designed solutions, and engineering & consulting services. RMB represents Danfoss heat exchange products in the Midwest territory.
• Curtiss-Wright - EST GROUPcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEST GROUP (Curtiss-Wright) provides heat exchanger tube plugs and hydrostatic test plugs. RMB represents EST GROUP products in the Midwest.
• DraCoolcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDraCool provides new heat exchanger plate packs, plate pack refurbishments, and onsite service. RMB represents DraCool products in the Midwest territory.
• Effox-Flextor-MadercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEffox-Flextor-Mader provides flue gas dampers, expansion joints, and stack dampers. RMB represents EFM products in the Midwest territory.
• Fluid Cooling SystemscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFluid Cooling Systems provides design build cooling solutions, pump stations, chilled water systems, modular mechanical rooms, filtration systems, and Spirex centrifugal separators. RMB represents Fluid Cooling Systems in the Midwest.
• GodrejcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGodrej provides steam service condensers and feedwater heaters. RMB represents Godrej products in the Midwest territory.
• Hellan Fluid SystemscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHellan Fluid Systems provides inline strainers and self-cleaning strainers. RMB represents Hellan products in the Midwest territory.
• HowdencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHowden provides steam turbines (0.25 MW-20MW) and compressors. RMB represents Howden products in the Midwest territory.
• Process Combustion CorporationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProcess Combustion Corporation provides pollution control solutions including TO/RTO and scrubbers. RMB represents PCC products in the Midwest territory.
• Rotary AirlockcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRotary Airlock provides airlocks with custom solutions, lowest lifetime costs, drop-in replacement for any OEM, maintenance bearing & seals in-line, and fastest industry lead times. RMB represents Rotary Airlock products in the Midwest.
• Schenck ProcesscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchenck Process provides bulk material handling, boiler feeding, and MATS compliance solutions. RMB represents Schenck Process products in the Midwest territory.
• Skoda TurbinescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSkoda Turbines (Doosan) provides steam turbine packages (20 MW to 200 MW) and turbine redesign services. RMB represents Skoda Turbines in the Midwest territory.
• Southern Heat ExchangercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSouthern Heat Exchanger provides shell & tube heat exchangers and tube bundle replacement for any OEM exchanger. RMB represents Southern Heat Exchanger products in the Midwest.
• SPG Dry CoolingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSPG Dry Cooling provides air cooled condensers and aftermarket services. RMB represents SPG Dry Cooling products in the Midwest territory.
• SPX – CoolingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSPX Cooling provides a full range of cooling towers, parts, rebuilds and repairs, and cold water solutions. RMB represents SPX Cooling products in the Midwest territory.
• SVI BremcocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSVI Bremco provides gas turbine inlet/exhaust systems, SCR emissions control systems, HRSG noise control & outage support, acoustical panel systems, compressor station noise control, and rotating equipment noise control. RMB represents SVI Bremco in the Midwest.
• Trillium Flow TechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTrillium Flow Technologies provides check valves, control valves, isolation valves, and pressure relief valves. RMB represents Trillium Flow Technologies products in the Midwest.
• Universal BlastcocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUniversal Blastco provides corrosion control & repair, blasting, coatings & linings, fiberglass repair, concrete restoration, industrial masonry, and inspections. RMB represents Universal Blastco products in the Midwest territory.
• Victory EnergycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVictory Energy provides gas boilers, HRSG's up to 100 MW, waste heat boilers, and economizers. RMB represents Victory Energy products in the Midwest territory.
• Worldwide AircoolerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWorldwide Aircoolers provides air cooled heat exchangers. RMB represents Worldwide Aircoolers products in the Midwest territory.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• DXP Enterprises: DXP is a Houston-based industrial equipment distributor and rotating-equipment service provider serving power, chemical, oil & gas, and heavy industrial customers across multiple U.S. regions. Like RMB, DXP sells mission-critical process equipment (pumps, valves, motors, bearings, filtration) to similar industrial buyer personas via field sales, but at much larger scale and with direct inventory rather than representation.

Broad incumbents

• Applied Industrial Technologies: Applied Industrial is a large U.S. distributor of bearings, power transmission, fluid power, and industrial maintenance products serving OEM and MRO customers in heavy industry. Overlap with RMB is in serving industrial buyers of motion, fluid, and process equipment across multiple verticals, but Applied carries inventory across hundreds of branches rather than acting as a commissioned rep.
• MSC Industrial Direct: MSC distributes metalworking and industrial MRO supplies to manufacturers and industrial customers nationally via catalog, e-commerce, and field sales. While MSC's product breadth and channel mix differ from RMB's commissioned-rep model, both companies serve the same industrial buyer with equipment, parts, and maintenance solutions.
• WESCO International: WESCO is a large diversified distributor of electrical, communications, and utility products with a substantial industrial and power generation footprint. Some of WESCO's electrical and utility-side offerings overlap with the industrial electrical apparatus represented by principals such as Copes-Vulcan and AetherDBS in RMB's portfolio.
• Fastenal: Fastenal supplies fasteners, tools, and industrial consumables to manufacturing and industrial customers across thousands of in-branch and on-site locations. Both Fastenal and RMB provide essential industrial products to the same Midwest manufacturing base, though Fastenal operates a much broader direct-distribution model.
• Genuine Parts Company: Genuine Parts owns Motion Industries, one of North America's largest industrial parts distributors serving OEM and MRO customers with bearings, power transmission, fluid power, and process equipment. Motion Industries' industrial-product breadth and customer overlap with RMB's served markets make it a comparable broad incumbent.
• Flowserve: Flowserve manufactures and services industrial pumps, valves, and seals for power, chemical, oil & gas, and general industry. RMB represents competing flow-control principals (Trillium Flow Technologies, Copes-Vulcan) into the same power and process plants, so Flowserve is a useful upstream/competing-supplier comparison.
• Ferguson: Ferguson is a large distributor of plumbing, heating, cooling, and industrial PVF products serving mechanical and industrial contractors. Its Industrial Pipe, Valves, and Fittings (PVF) and on-site supply services overlap with the valves, cooling, and process-equipment categories represented in RMB's principal portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 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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