Felker Brothers Corporation

What Felker Brothers Corporation does

Felker Brothers Corporation is a US-based, family-owned manufacturer of stainless steel piping products and fabricated piping systems, founded in 1903 and headquartered in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The company operates through two divisions: Felker Piping Products, which produces welded stainless steel pipe, tube, fittings, and miscellaneous piping accessories, and Felker Fabrication, which builds customized prefabricated piping systems, ducting, approach piping, and modular piping. Production runs across three US facilities in Marshfield WI, Plover WI, and Glasgow KY, with stated fabrication capacity up to 16-foot diameters and 140,000 pounds, extruded outlet capability through 10" NPS, state-of-the-art automated welding, and an all-ASME-certified welding workforce. Vertically integrated manufacturing of pipe, tube, fittings, flanges, and accessories, combined with mill-direct raw material purchasing, is positioned as a core differentiator against other American pipe fabricators.

Felker sells primarily to industrial and processing end-markets (chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, power generation, ethanol, biodiesel, mining, desalination), food/beverage/sanitary applications (food processing, breweries, wineries, health care), and secondary verticals including architectural, clean room, textile, pulp and paper, fertilizer, water treatment, and marine. The company maintains a portfolio of multi-jurisdictional certifications (ISO 9001 recertified 09/08/24, PED for Europe, NSF/ANSI 61 and 372 for drinking water, Canadian Registration Numbers A774 and A403) plus environmental and supply-chain compliance (REACH, RoHS, DRC Conflict Minerals Free, CA Proposition 65, LEED support).

The business model is B2B enterprise field sales, organized by region (US reps; international reps for Canada, Mexico, UAE) and by division (Piping Products sales team and a Fabrication team with a Contractual Sales Manager, Estimating Supervisor, Drafting Supervisor, Project Managers, and Project Estimators). Pricing is quote-based, distributed via sales representatives under multi-year contract terms; list price sheets are available through sales contacts rather than published. Revenue streams are hardware sales of components (Felker Piping Products) and hardware sales of custom prefabricated systems (Felker Fabrication). The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no public listing, and remains family-owned after more than 120 years of continuous operation.

Name

Felker Brothers Corporation

Legal name

Felker Brothers Corporation

Website

https://felkerbrothers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1903

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Felker Brothers Corporation is a family-owned US manufacturer, founded in 1903, of stainless steel piping products and fabricated piping systems serving industrial, food/beverage, and infrastructure customers across North America and international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Stainless Steel Piping Products

NAICS

Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (33121), Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332996), Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing (332919)

SIC

Steel Pipe & Tubes (3317), Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070)

akta.pro primary industry

Pipe & Tube Manufacturing (Seamless & Welded OCTG/Line Pipe/Structural Tube) (IMAKABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pipe Fittings, Couplings & Connectors (IMADALAD), Mechanical Piping & Pipefitting (Process/Utility Piping, Supports, Valves) (EUAEAFAD)

Keywords

• Stainless steel piping
• Fabricated piping systems
• Welded stainless pipe
• Pipe fittings and flanges
• Industrial piping products

Headquarters

HQ city

Marshfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Stainless Steel Piping Products: Sale of welded stainless steel pipe, tube, fittings and miscellaneous piping accessories through Felker Piping Products division
2. Fabricated Piping Systems: Customized prefabricated piping systems, ducting, approach piping and modular piping through Felker Fabrication division

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Felker Brothers Corporation manufactures welded stainless steel pipe, tube, fittings, flanges, and miscellaneous piping accessories through its Felker Piping Products division, and produces customized prefabricated piping systems, ducting, approach piping, and modular piping through its Felker Fabrication division. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Marshfield and Plover, Wisconsin, and Glasgow, Kentucky, using in-house manufactured components to avoid middle-man markups.

Product overview

Felker Brothers Corporation is a manufacturer of stainless steel piping products and fabricated piping systems, operating through two divisions: Felker Piping Products and Felker Fabrication. Felker Piping Products offers welded stainless steel pipe, tube, fittings and accessories. Felker Fabrication provides customized prefabricated piping systems, ducting, approach piping and modular piping, utilizing components manufactured in-house at company facilities. The company operates production facilities in Wisconsin (Marshfield and Plover) and Kentucky (Glasgow), serving industries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Felker Piping Products Welded stainless steel pipe, tube, fittings and miscellaneous piping accessories offered as a complete product combination for industrial buyers requiring corrosion-resistant stainless steel piping components.
• Felker Fabrication Customized prefabricated piping systems, ducting, approach piping and modular piping services utilizing pipe, tube, fittings, flanges and accessories manufactured in-house at company facilities, serving large industrial projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• No middle man mark-up on components
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Northwest Pipe Company: U.S.-based manufacturer of welded steel pipe and fabricated steel water infrastructure products. Directly comparable as a domestic welded steel pipe/fabrication specialist serving industrial and municipal end markets.
• Weldbend Corporation: U.S. manufacturer of stainless steel pipe fittings, flanges, and fabrications. Closely comparable as a smaller, niche-focused stainless fittings/fabrications competitor serving similar industrial customers.
• Bentech Alloys: Mid-sized U.S. stainless and specialty alloy pipe fittings and fabrications producer. Comparable as a smaller domestic stainless fittings/fabricator targeting similar chemical, sanitary and industrial applications.
• Penn Machine Company: U.S. manufacturer specializing in prefabricated piping systems, fittings, and components. Direct comparable in custom shop-fabricated stainless/carbon piping assemblies for industrial and process customers.

Broad incumbents

• Sandvik: Global industrial manufacturer with a materials technology division producing seamless and welded stainless steel tubes and pipe. Overlaps with Felker's welded stainless pipe/tube and fabrication offerings across similar industrial end markets.
• Outokumpu: Global stainless steel manufacturer producing stainless coils, sheet, plate, bar, and welded tube/pipe. Comparable upstream-to-fabrication stainless product breadth and exposure to industrial, chemical, and sanitary end markets.
• Allegheny Technologies (ATI): Specialty metals producer with stainless and high-performance alloy pipe and tube products. Competes with Felker in industrial stainless steel pipe/tube supply, although Felker is smaller and fabrication-focused.
• Tenaris: Global manufacturer of seamless and welded steel pipe products serving energy and industrial markets. Comparable product family (welded/specialty pipe) even though Felker focuses exclusively on stainless rather than carbon/alloy steel.

Emerging players

• Triad Bending Systems: U.S. provider of bent pipe and prefabricated piping systems serving similar industrial customers (boilers, exchangers, process equipment). Adjacent competitor in shop-fabricated, project-based stainless piping work.
• Stainless Structurals LLC: U.S. manufacturer of stainless steel structural and ornamental tubing, fittings, and profiles. Comparable in stainless steel tube manufacturing capability and custom/specialty product positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 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 →

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