B. Walter

What B. Walter does

B. Walter & Co. is a privately held, custom metal fabrication and wire forming manufacturer founded in 1887 and headquartered in Wabash, Indiana. The company operates from a single manufacturing facility at 655 Factory St. and employs between 11 and 50 people, producing parts using fiber laser cutting, metal stamping, CNC press brake bending, 2D and 3D CNC wire bending, and robotic MIG and resistance welding. Materials processed include cold rolled, hot rolled, and galvanized steel in coil, sheet, and wire form in thicknesses from 0.015" to 0.25", with finishing handled through third-party powder coaters and platers located nearby. An in-house Tool & Die Shop handles die service, repair, and new tool builds.

The company's commercial offering is organized around three product lines: custom fabricated metal parts for manufacturers and distributors (build-to-print and design-assist work), custom metal display racks for retail Point of Purchase applications, and a furniture hardware and tip restraint catalog. The furniture hardware line includes drop leaf supports, pullout supports, table top clamps, lever locks, the patented Align-N-Lock mechanism, bunk bed brackets, leaf levelers, 90° angle brackets, warning labels (F2057-23), and anti-tip restraints (ASTM F3096-23). Customers are manufacturers and distributors in furniture, kitchen cabinetry, building components, agriculture, and food & beverage retail display.

The business model is sales-led B2B, with revenue generated on a per-unit basis with pricing dependent on order volume. GTM is direct (phone, email, website contact form) with no intermediaries, resellers, or e-commerce channel, and the company operates solely in the Midwest US. The company is privately held, founder-owned (by descendants of founder Bassler Walter), and has no disclosed venture, private equity, or institutional investment. There is no public revenue, growth, or headcount disclosure in the source data.

Name

B. Walter

Legal name

B. Walter & Co.

Website

https://bwalter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1887

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

B. Walter & Co. is a privately held custom metal fabricator and wire former founded in 1887 in Wabash, Indiana, serving manufacturers and distributors in furniture, kitchen cabinetry, building components, agriculture, and retail display with stamped, laser-cut, bent, and welded steel components and furniture hardware.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wabash

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Metal Fabrication: Volume production of custom fabricated metal and wire formed products for manufacturers and distributors. Services range from design development assistance to prototype builds to volume production. Pricing is dependent on order volume.
2. Furniture Hardware Products: Manufacture and sale of furniture hardware items including drop leaf supports, tip restraints, table top clamps, lever locks, and other components. Products sold in packaged quantities (boxes of 50-2500 depending on item).
3. Custom Metal Display Racks: Design and production of custom metal display racks for retail settings, typically consisting of fabricated metal and wire-formed components with powder coat finish. Starts at design concept stage with free prototype designs for evaluation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

B. Walter & Co. is a custom metal fabrication manufacturer that produces fabricated metal and wire-formed products for manufacturers and distributors. The company operates a full-service production cycle spanning design development assistance, prototype builds, and volume production using processes such as stamping, laser cutting, bending, and welding on cold rolled, hot rolled, and galvanized steel. Its product portfolio spans custom fabricated metal components, retail point-of-purchase display racks, and an extensive line of metal furniture hardware including tip restraints, drop leaf supports, table clamps, and locking mechanisms.

Product overview

B. Walter & Co. is a custom metal fabrication company offering a single integrated portfolio of products organized around three core areas: (1) Custom Fabricated Metal Products — custom metal parts using stamping, laser cutting, bending, and welding with steel in coil, sheet, and wire form; (2) Custom Metal Display Racks — prototype-designed wire and metal racks with powder coat finish for retail Point of Purchase displays; and (3) Furniture Hardware & Tip Restraints — an extensive line of metal furniture components including Drop Leaf Supports, Table Top Clamps, Pullout Supports, #5 Lever Top Lock, Align-N-Lock, Bunk Bed Products, Leaf Levelers, 90° Angle Brackets, Warning Labels, and Furniture Anti-tip restraints meeting ASTM F3096-23 safety standards.

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Products and services

• Custom Fabricated Metal Products Custom fabricated metal parts manufactured using stamping, laser cutting, bending, and welding processes with cold rolled, hot rolled, and galvanized steel in coil, sheet, and wire form, ranging from 0.015" to 0.25" thickness, for manufacturers and distributors.
• Custom Metal Display Racks Custom metal display racks designed from customer requirements for rack capacity and allotted space, featuring no-charge prototype designs, typically consisting of fabricated metal and wire-formed components with powder coat finish for retail point-of-purchase settings.
• Furniture Hardware & Tip Restraints Metal furniture hardware and tip restraints for the furniture industry, including drop leaf supports, table top clamps, pullout supports, lever locks, and furniture anti-tip restraints meeting ASTM F3096-23 standard.
• Drop Leaf Supports Metal hardware supports for drop leafs on occasional tables, dining room tables, and portable carts, available in 6", 8", 10", and 12" lengths with Yellow Zinc or Bright Zinc finishes and optional Adjusta-Cup feature, packaged in boxes of 100.
• Warning Labels (HH510-P10 and HH510-P11) Warning labels (#HH510-P10 and #HH510-P11) meeting F2057-23 requirement for Warnings for Clothing Storage Units not designated for TV use, provided in rolls of 1000 labels.
• Table Top Clamps Metal clamps for attaching table aprons to tabletops, made from 14 gauge steel with 5/8" tabs and 3/8" offset, featuring stamped-in gusset for additional strength, packaged in boxes of 2000.
• Bunk Bed Products Bunk bed brackets eliminating need for lag bolts, made from 1/8" steel with safety latches, including LL022Z (Left Hand), LL023Z (Right Hand), and LL024Z (Bed Post Safety) brackets, packaged in boxes of 125-250.
• Pullout Supports #39 Metal Pullout Support with low profile design for supporting drop leafs on tables or desks, made of 16 gauge steel with stops and curved finger pull, available in standard and heavy-duty versions, packaged in boxes of 50.
• #5 Lever Top Lock Table locking mechanism ensuring tops remain in closed position, with simple handle movement to unlock and separate table halves and turning to lock them together, available in 2" increments from 12" to 32" length, packaged in boxes of 50 or 100.
• Align-N-Lock Patented lock aligning surfaces horizontally, leveling vertically, and locking together with low profile design for extension tables and workstations, available in TL106 (precise for computer workstations) and TL108 (angled for extension tables) strikers, packaged in boxes of 100.
• Furniture Anti-tip Restraints Tip restraints reducing risk of accidental furniture tip over, meeting ASTM F3096-23 standard, individually packaged with installation instructions in English, French, and Spanish, packaged in boxes of 500.
• Leaf Levelers Levelers solving unlevel tabletop problems by leveling table tops in closed position, made of 14 gauge plain steel, packaged in boxes of 1000.
• 90° Angle Bracket with Gusset Steel L-shaped bracket with 7/8" x 7/8" design small enough for concealment while center gusset adds strength and ensures 90-degree angle, packaged in boxes of 2500.

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered support, minor and core.

• Powder Coaters and Platers (Local)supportOthersLocal powder coating and plating service providers located nearby that B. Walter & Co. uses to provide customers with finished parts. Enables completion of metal fabrication services through third-party finishing operations.
• Fabricated Metal Association (FMA)minorOthersIndustry association membership displayed on website. FMA is the industry's primary Fabricated Metal Association representing and supporting metal forming and fabricating companies.
• American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA)coreOthersSolution Partners member since 2019. AHFA is the major trade association representing the home furnishings industry, providing networking, education, and advocacy for furniture manufacturers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Accuride International: Established U.S. manufacturer of drawer slides and motion hardware for cabinets, office furniture, and appliances. Adjacent overlap with B. Walter's furniture hardware line (drop-leaf supports, table top clamps, lever locks) and competes for similar OEM fittings programs.
• Grass America: European-based furniture hardware supplier (hinges, drawer runners, flap systems) with U.S. operations. Competes with B. Walter for North American OEM furniture-hardware programs, particularly in hinges and concealed fittings.
• Blum: Austrian-headquartered global furniture hardware giant offering hinges, drawer runners, lift systems, and related components. While far larger, Blum competes head-to-head with B. Walter in select furniture hardware categories (tip restraints, hinges, table hardware) for North American furniture OEM programs.
• Hettich: German global furniture hardware company (hinges, runners, connectors, fittings). Overlaps with B. Walter's furniture hardware and tip restraint product lines when North American furniture manufacturers rationalize preferred-supplier lists.

Direct peers

• Frank Mayer Design: Custom retail display and technology kiosk fabricator combining metal, wire, and finishes for retail point-of-purchase applications. Comparable to B. Walter's Custom Metal Display Racks line serving food & beverage and other retail customers.
• Metalcraft of Mayville: U.S. custom metal fabricator with stamping, laser cutting, bending, and welding capabilities serving equipment, agricultural, and industrial OEMs. Comparable on capabilities, customer verticals (agriculture/builders), and Midwest-rooted B2B positioning.
• Wenzel Metal Spinning: Custom metal forming and spinning shop with capabilities spanning stamping, laser cutting, bending, and welding. Closely mirrors B. Walter's mix of operations and serves similar mid-sized OEM customers across industrial and consumer products.
• Reliable Metalworking Solutions: Job-shop custom sheet metal fabricator with design-to-production services for manufacturers. Similar size and positioning to B. Walter, with overlapping offering of prototyping, volume runs, and finished parts for industrial OEMs.
• Accurate Metal Products: Custom sheet metal fabrication job shop producing precision components for OEMs. Comparable on service scope, build-to-print workflow, and serving as a Tier-2/Tier-3 supplier to manufacturers — directly overlapping B. Walter's value proposition for furniture, hardware, and industrial customers.
• Marlin Steel Products: Custom wire-formed and sheet metal fabricator (Baltimore, MD) serving OEMs across industrial and consumer markets. Highly comparable to B. Walter on capabilities (stamping, bending, wire forming), B2B custom-fab GTM, and customer overlap in furniture, retail fixtures, and industrial components.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

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Investors

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