What Turmoil does

Turmoil Manufacturing Co. is a privately held US industrial OEM founded in 1989 and headquartered at 735 West Swanzey Road, West Swanzey, New Hampshire. The company designs and builds a complete line of industrial liquid chillers for cooling water-based and oil-based coolants, with capacities ranging from 2,500 to 360,000 BTU/HR (1/6 to 30 HP). Its end markets span four primary verticals: machine tools (CNC, EDM, high-speed spindles, hydraulics), medical and lab equipment (MRI, linear accelerators, CAT/PET scans, X-ray, lasers), food and beverage processing (distilleries, breweries, wineries, bakeries, ingredient water, batch cooling), and plastics processing (injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, thermoforming). Named enterprise customers include Siemens, Philips, and Varian in the medical equipment vertical.

The product portfolio is structured around five core chiller architectures — R-Closed Loop, RO-Open Loop, IL-In-Line, DI-Drop-In, and PT-Process Tank — each available in water-based (OC) and oil-based (OCO) variants. Underlying components include hermetic reciprocating compressors (up to 3 HP), scroll compressors (up to 10 HP), and semi-hermetic compressors (up to 30 HP); brazed plate, immersion coil, and shell-and-tube evaporators tested for 350 PSI working pressure; and digital temperature controllers capable of holding coolant within ±0.5°F of set-point with hot gas bypass unloading to eliminate compressor short cycling. The line is complemented by non-refrigerated air-cooled (NRCA) and water-cooled (NRCW) variants, tank and pump packages, and a broad options catalog (ambient tracking controllers, flow interlocks, in-line heaters and filters, water-cooled condensers).

The business model is direct enterprise field sales with quote-based pricing and no public price list. Customers request quotes via website forms, email ([email protected]), or phone (603-352-0053), and application engineers assist with sizing, selection, and custom design — a model that supports a relatively small, technically-trained team (11–50 employees). Revenue streams include one-time hardware sales across the chiller line, replacement parts, extended warranties, and application engineering services. The company is privately held with no disclosed outside investors, no funding rounds, and no subsidiaries, M&A, or geographic expansion beyond the United States.

Name

Turmoil

Legal name

Turmoil Manufacturing Co.

Website

https://turmoilcoolers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Cooling Equipment

NAICS

Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415), Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (33341)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)

akta.pro primary industry

Chillers & Cooling Plant Equipment (IMAHAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Industrial process cooling
• Liquid chillers manufacturing
• Machine tool cooling
• Oil coolers equipment
• Industrial temperature control

Headquarters

HQ city

West Swanzey

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Chiller Sales: Sale of industrial liquid chillers for various process cooling applications. Chillers are available in multiple configurations (Closed-Loop, Open-Loop, In-Line, Drop-In, Process Tank) with capacities from 2,500 to 360,000 BTU/HR.
2. Replacement Parts: Genuine replacement parts for Turmoil chillers sold through customer service. Contact via [email protected].
3. Extended Warranties: Extended warranty options available for chillers upon request for additional coverage beyond the standard one-year warranty.
4. Application Engineering Services: Technical engineering support for sizing, selecting, and custom designing cooling systems to meet specific application needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Turmoil designs and manufactures industrial liquid chillers for water-based and oil-based coolants, offering five core configurations (Closed-Loop, Open-Loop, In-Line, Drop-In, and Process Tank) plus non-refrigerated air-cooled and water-cooled variants. Capacities range from 2,500 to 360,000 BTU/HR (1/6th to 30 HP) and the units serve machine tool, medical/lab, food & beverage, and plastics processing applications. The company also supplies replacement parts, extended warranties, and application engineering services sized to each customer's process.

Product overview

Turmoil offers a complete line of industrial liquid chillers for water and oil-based coolants. The product portfolio centers on four core chiller types—R-Closed Loop, RO-Open Loop, IL-In-Line, DI-Drop-In, and PT-Process Tank chillers—which are differentiated by how coolant is recirculated and whether components are self-contained or remote. All chillers come in OC models for water/water-based coolants and OCO models for oil/oil-based coolants. The line is complemented by NRCA and NRCW non-refrigerated variants that use ambient air or central chilled water instead of refrigeration, and by Tank & Pump Packages for application-specific customization. Chiller capacities range from 2,500 to 360,000 BTU/HR (approximately 1/6th through 30 HP), with various options and accessories including digital temperature controllers (±0.5°F precision), flow switches, filters, heaters, and water-cooled condensers. The chillers serve applications including machine tool cooling, medical and lab equipment, food and beverage processing, and plastics processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• R-Closed Loop Chillers Self-contained recirculating chillers that move coolant from an internal tank through a sealed coolant loop and heat load (spindle) and back to the tank; available in OC (water/water-based coolants) and OCO (oil/oil-based coolants) models for industrial process cooling applications.
• RO-Open Loop Chillers Recirculate fluid from a remote tank through the cooler and back; the pump and evaporator are in the cooler while the tank is remote, maintaining constant fluid temperature in the tank. Available in OC (water-based) and OCO (oil-based) models.
• IL-In-Line Chillers Cool pressurized fluid passing through the chiller with pump and tank remote; only the evaporator is in the cooler. Uses brazed stainless steel plate evaporators rated for 350 PSI working pressure. Available in OC and OCO models.
• DI-Drop-In Chillers Space-saving chillers mounted on top of a tank to cool fluids inside it, using stainless steel immersion coil evaporators submerged in the fluid with agitation pumps on larger models. Available in OC and OCO models.
• PT-Process Tank Chillers Two-loop chillers for true process applications, with one pump circulating coolant through the evaporator to maintain tank temperature and a second pump circulating coolant from the process tank through the process and back. Available in OC and OCO models.
• NRCA-Non-Refrigerated Air Cooled Chillers
• NRCW-Non-Refrigerated Water Cooled Chillers Replaces standard refrigeration with a water-to-coolant or water-to-oil heat exchanger using central chilled water; a digital temperature controller operates an electronic mixing valve to control chilled water flow through the heat exchanger.
• Replacement Parts Genuine Turmoil replacement parts for installed chillers, ordered through customer service at [email protected] to support the installed base of industrial chillers.
• Extended Warranties Extended warranty options available for Turmoil chillers upon request, providing additional coverage beyond the standard one-year warranty.
• Application Engineering Services Technical engineering support from Turmoil's application engineers to help customers size, select, and custom design cooling systems for their specific industrial applications, accessible via [email protected] and phone.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Julabo: German-headquartered maker of temperature control solutions and recirculating chillers for laboratory, industrial, and scientific markets. Smaller and more niche than HVAC conglomerates but expanding globally into many of the same medical/lab/industrial OEM accounts as Turmoil.

Direct peers

• Lytron: US manufacturer of standard and custom industrial chillers, cold plates, and cooling systems for medical, laser, semiconductor, and industrial process applications. Overlapping product range and customer segments, including the same precision-cooling and OEM-spec-in dynamics as Turmoil.
• Mokon: Manufacturer of process chillers, hot oil systems, and combined heat-and-cool units serving plastics, food, chemical, and machine-tool markets. Comparable in vertical segmentation, configuration breadth, and direct-quote sales model to Turmoil.
• Budzar Industries: Specialty industrial chiller and temperature control manufacturer focused on process cooling for plastics, food & beverage, chemical, and metal-finishing applications. Highly comparable product configurability and end-market mix to Turmoil's portfolio.
• Advantage Engineering: US maker of portable and central chillers, temperature control units, and water treatment systems for plastics, food, and general industrial applications. Direct overlap with Turmoil's plastics and F&B primary segments and similar configuration-based product structure.
• Dimplex Thermal Solutions (Koolant Koolers): Closest US-based direct competitor, manufacturing industrial liquid chillers in nearly identical configurations (closed-loop, open-loop, in-line, drop-in) for machine tool, medical, plastics, and F&B applications. Directly comparable in product line, target customer base, and configuration flexibility to Turmoil.

Broad incumbents

• Carrier Global: Major HVAC and refrigeration OEM with industrial chiller offerings sold under Carrier and various brands. A scaled incumbent serving many of the same end markets as Turmoil (food processing, plastics, industrial), but at much larger capacities and via global channels.
• Trane Technologies: Global HVAC and industrial cooling incumbent offering process chillers, glycol chillers, and thermal management systems across commercial and industrial markets. Competes with Turmoil primarily on larger industrial and commercial projects but with a far broader portfolio.
• Parker Hannifin (Industrial Refrigeration / Hyperchill): Global industrial conglomerate with broad chiller and process-cooling portfolio (Hyperchill, Hypercool) serving machine tool, medical, laser, and process industries. Significantly larger scale and broader product range than Turmoil, with overlapping customer base in industrial OEMs.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (ThermoFlex / Recirculating Chillers): Recirculating chiller product line (ThermoFlex, ThermoChill) sold primarily into laboratory, life sciences, and analytical instrument markets. Overlaps with Turmoil's medical/lab customer segment but is backed by a much larger scientific-instrument company.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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