Tanis Brush

What Tanis Brush does

Tanis Brush is a designer and manufacturer of industrial and abrasive brushes serving manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, medical, data center, food service equipment, and general industrial sectors. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in a single facility at 3660 Kettle Court East in Delafield, Wisconsin, the company produces a comprehensive portfolio including strip brushes, abrasive brushes, twist brushes, staple set brushes, cylinder/rotary brushes, power brushes, scratch brushes, and detail/artist brushes, plus specialty lines such as CeramiX (an exclusive abrasive filament featuring 3M abrasive grain, where engineered ceramic fractures to expose sharp cutting edges for hard-metal finishing and tight-tolerance bores) and Fuze Flex (polypropylene filament fused directly to backing for contouring irregular surfaces). The company is ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified and provides RoHS, REACH, conflict minerals, and California Proposition 65 compliance documentation, qualifying it for medical-device-adjacent and other regulated customer segments.

The company operates a B2B sales-led go-to-market, accepting Request for Quote inquiries directly from enterprise customers while selling through a distributor network across the United States and Canada. Pricing is quote-based with minimum order values of $100 for catalog parts and $500 for custom parts, billed on Net 30 terms. Custom manufacturing is a core capability, with brushes engineered to specification for applications including deburring, honing, polishing, blending, edge radiusing, surface finishing, sealing, weatherstripping, cable management, and conveyor cleaning. Following a December 2020 ownership transition from the founding Tanis family to the Mallinger family, the company has pursued growth through new product development, multi-phase facility expansion (most recently a 26,500 sq ft building addition that broke ground January 2024), and entry into adjacent verticals such as data center infrastructure and medical/pharmaceutical processing. In May 2026, Tanis Brush closed a Series 4 financing led by GreyLion Capital, introducing institutional capital into a previously family-owned business.

Name

Tanis Brush

Legal name

Tanis, Inc.

Website

https://tanisbrush.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tanis Brush is a Wisconsin-based designer and manufacturer of industrial and abrasive brushes serving aerospace, automotive, medical, data center, and general manufacturing customers through direct sales and a North American distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Brushes

NAICS

Broom, Brush, and Mop Manufacturing (339994)

SIC

Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware (3420)

akta.pro primary industry

Surface Preparation Equipment (Shot Blasting, Scarifiers, Grinders) (IMAHALAL)

Keywords

• Industrial brush manufacturing
• Abrasive brush products
• Strip brush supplies
• Surface finishing brushes
• Custom brush fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Delafield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Brush Sales: Revenue generated from sale of industrial and abrasive brushes including standard catalog parts and custom manufactured brushes. Minimum order value $100 for catalog parts and $500 for custom parts. Payment terms Net 30.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tanis Brush designs and manufactures industrial and abrasive brushes — including strip brushes, abrasive brushes, twist brushes, staple set brushes, cylinder/rotary brushes, power brushes, scratch brushes, and detail/artist brushes — for functions such as deburring, honing, polishing, blending, edge radiusing, surface finishing, sealing, weatherstripping, cable management, and material handling. Products are built to order from a wide range of filament materials (nylon, wire, natural, abrasive) at the company's Delafield, Wisconsin facility, with both catalog parts and custom-engineered solutions available.

Product overview

Tanis Brush is an industrial and abrasive brush manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of brush products. The core offering includes multiple brush categories: Strip Brushes (with metal backings and various filaments), Abrasive Brushes (featuring proprietary CeramiX technology with 3M abrasive grain), Twist Brushes (for tube cleaning and deburring), Staple Set Brushes (highly customized brushes), Cylinder & Rotary Brushes (for conveyor and industrial applications), Power Brushes (wire brushes for CNC/grinding applications), Scratch Brushes (for industrial cleaning), and Detail & Artist Brushes (for industrial and artistic applications). Specialty products include Fuze Flex flexible strip brushes and CeramiX premium abrasive brushes. The company also provides complementary Strip Brush Holders and accessories. All products are manufactured at the Delafield, WI facility with ISO 9001 certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strip Brushes & Holders Versatile strip brushes used for sealing, weatherstripping, cable management, transporting goods, and cleaning, available in galvanized, stainless steel, and PVC backings (#2-1/2, #4, #7, #10 sizes) with matching aluminum and stainless steel holders in multiple profiles.
• Abrasive Brushes Industrial abrasive brushes (disc, end, wheel, twist, and bore-hone configurations) designed for deburring, honing, polishing, blending, edge radiusing, and surface finishing, featuring nylon filament impregnated with abrasive mineral grain including the proprietary CeramiX filament with 3M abrasive grain.
• Twist Brushes Range of twist brushes from micro brushes for ultra-fine cleaning through large cylinder-deburring and deglazing brushes, including micro tube brushes, tube cleaning brushes, power tube brushes, bore-hone brushes, and laboratory brushes for industrial and precision cleaning applications.
• Staple Set Brushes Customizable brushes constructed by inserting tufts of fill material into drilled holes and securing them with staples, including panel brushes, conveyor guide rail brushes, flexible/rigid PVC options, and specialty staple brushes.
• Cylinder & Rotary Brushes Large cylinder and rotary brushes built as staple-set or coiled constructions mounted onto a shaft or tube, including RB Series conveyor cylinder brushes, adjustable conveyor belt cleaning brushes, and custom cylinder brushes for conveyor and industrial applications.
• Power Brushes Heavy-duty brushes for use with grinders, angle grinders, drill presses, and CNC machines, available in wire cup, wire wheel, wire end, nylon/Tampico/horsehair wheel, and copper-center crimped wire wheel configurations.
• Scratch Brushes Industrial brushes for cleaning, weld preparation, and surface treatment, including utility brushes, welding brushes, wire scratch/platers' brushes, hand-sewn scratch brushes, and anilox cleaning brushes used across industrial and restaurant applications.
• Detail & Artist Brushes Versatile industrial detail/artist brushes including Fitch brushes (black sable and pony hair), red sable and white bristle brushes, and taklon, nylon, and camel hair brushes for detailed industrial and artistic applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Brushes serve critical functions: deburring, honing, cleaning, edge radiusing, blending, surface finishing and conditioning, polishing and refurbishing

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MSI GeneralcoreOthers · 1 January 2024Design-build commercial construction partner for ongoing facility expansion. Third collaboration with MSI General within 4 years, including two prior expansions and an internal remodel. Currently building new 26,500 square-foot addition to Delafield facility.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives: Norton, part of Saint-Gobain, is one of the world's largest abrasive product manufacturers with a broad industrial finishing portfolio that overlaps Tanis's abrasive brushes. As a broad incumbent, Norton competes with Tanis in metalworking, fabrication, and industrial surface finishing accounts.
• 3M Abrasive Systems Division: 3M is a global industrial conglomerate with a major abrasive systems business that includes coated abrasive brushes, surface conditioning products, and finishing tools. 3M is both a CeramiX supplier to Tanis and a broad incumbent competitor with overlapping abrasive finishing products.

Direct peers

• Jupiter Brush Company: Jupiter Brush is a US-based industrial brush manufacturer producing strip, power, and custom brushes for industrial applications. It is comparable to Tanis in scale, product breadth, and industrial B2B distribution model.
• Industrial Brush Corporation: Industrial Brush Corporation is a US manufacturer of custom industrial brushes for material handling, conveyor, and surface finishing applications. It directly overlaps Tanis in custom cylinder, strip, and specialty brush categories with similar made-to-order B2B service.
• Weiler Corporation: Weiler is a US-based manufacturer of power brushes, scratch brushes, and abrasive products serving metalworking, fabrication, and industrial markets. It directly overlaps Tanis's power brush, wire brush, and abrasive brush categories with similar industrial B2B distribution.
• Carolina Brush Company: Carolina Brush is a US manufacturer of industrial and maintenance brushes including strip, cylinder, and custom configurations. It competes head-to-head with Tanis for conveyor, sealing, and custom industrial brush business at similar mid-market industrial customers.
• PFERD INC. PFERD is a German-founded global manufacturer of brushes, abrasive tools, and surface finishing products. PFERD USA directly competes with Tanis in power brushes, wheel brushes, and industrial abrasive brushes across the same North American industrial customer base.
• Anderson Brush Company: Anderson Brush is a US specialty industrial brush manufacturer with a deep custom and catalog product range, similar in size and family-owned character to Tanis. It is a direct competitor in custom strip, cylinder, and twisted-in-wire brushes for industrial customers.
• Osborn International: Osborn is one of the largest global manufacturers of industrial brushes, strip brushes, and surface finishing tools. It directly competes with Tanis across strip, cylinder, power, and abrasive brushes for industrial OEMs in similar end markets including aerospace and metalworking.

Emerging players

• Lessmann GmbH: Lessmann is a German industrial brush manufacturer with technical and specialty brush products for surface finishing and deburring. It is comparable to Tanis in product type and end application but primarily serves European customers, making it more of an emerging/specialty competitor in Tanis's North American footprint.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TanisBrush

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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