National Tube Supply Co.

What National Tube Supply Co. does

National Tube Supply Co. (NTS) is a privately held North American distributor of carbon and alloy mechanical tubing and bar products, founded in August 1990 and headquartered in University Park, Illinois, operating under the ownership of the international holding company Bianco Group. The company's core product portfolio spans Drawn Over Mandrel (DOM) tubing, Cold Drawn Seamless (CDS) tubing, Hot Finish Seamless (HFS) tubing, Hot-Finish Seamless Alloy tubing, Chrome Bar, and Honed Tube — supported by an integrated suite of value-added processing services including honing, boring, turning, grinding, chrome plating, heat treating, cutting and deburring, and Charpy impact testing. NTS holds ISO 9001:2015 certification across all facilities and serves six primary end markets: fluid power, energy (oil and gas), heavy equipment, aerospace and defense, industrial manufacturing, and agriculture equipment.

NTS operates eight strategically located facilities across North America — University Park, IL (250,000 sq ft, 15,000+ tons stocked); Hemet, CA (90,000 sq ft, opened 2025); Baytown, TX (100,000 sq ft, 7,000-8,000 tons); Mississauga, ON; Millet, AB; Beaver, WV; and three manufacturing locations acquired through the July 2023 Commercial Fluid Power acquisition in Dover, OH; North Canton, OH; and Rome, GA. The company maintains tens of thousands of tons of inventory across the network and positions 24-hour turnaround on most items as a core differentiator.

The business runs on a direct-sales motion led by territory managers averaging more than 20 years of industry experience, supported by an inside-sales and business development team; pricing is quote-based with no publicly disclosed rates. Revenue is generated through hardware sales of mechanical tubing and bar products complemented by value-added processing revenue, distributed across fluid power manufacturers (cylinder and component makers), energy operators, heavy-equipment OEMs, aerospace customers, industrial manufacturers, and agricultural-equipment builders across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Industry presence is sustained through CONEXPO-CON/AGG, IFPE, Motion + Power Technology Expo, FEMA/EMDA, and NFPA conferences, plus memberships in AEM, MSCI, FEMA, and the NFPA Pascal Society.

Name

National Tube Supply Co.

Legal name

National Tube Supply Co.

Website

https://nationaltubesupply.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

National Tube Supply Co. is a privately held North American distributor of carbon and alloy mechanical tubing (DOM, CDS, HFS), chrome bar, and honed tube, operating 8 facilities in the US and Canada. The company serves fluid power, energy, heavy equipment, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, and agriculture OEMs with value-added processing and 24-hour turnaround.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mechanical Steel Tubing Distribution

NAICS

Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers (423510), Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (33121)

SIC

Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Pipes & Tubing (Metal, Plastic & Composite) (IMADALAC)

Keywords

• Mechanical steel tubing
• Carbon alloy tubing
• Chrome bar products
• Fluid power tubing
• Metal service center

Headquarters

HQ city

University Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mechanical Tubing and Bar Product Sales: Revenue is generated through the sale of carbon and alloy mechanical tubing (DOM, CDS, HFS) and chrome bar products to manufacturing customers across North America. The company stocks tens of thousands of tons across 8 locations, offering both standard products and custom value-added services including cutting, honing, turning, and heat treatment. Sales are conducted through a direct sales force of experienced territory managers and inside sales teams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

National Tube Supply distributes carbon and alloy mechanical tubing (Drawn Over Mandrel/DOM, Cold Drawn Seamless/CDS, Hot Finish Seamless/HFS, and alloy) and chrome bar products to North American manufacturers. The company maintains tens of thousands of tons of inventory across eight warehouses and offers value-added processing services including honing, boring, turning, grinding, chrome plating, heat treatment, cutting and deburring, and Charpy impact testing.

Product overview

National Tube Supply is a distributor of carbon and alloy mechanical tubing and bar products, not a unified software platform. The portfolio consists of core mechanical tubing products (Drawn Over Mandrel, Cold Drawn Seamless, Hot Finish Seamless, and Alloy Tubing), Chrome Bar, Honed Tube for fluid power applications, and an array of value-added processing services including turning, grinding, chrome plating, boring, honing, heat treatment, cutting/deburring, and Charpy impact testing. The company operates eight warehouse facilities across North America to provide 24-hour turnaround on most items. In 2023, NTS acquired Commercial Fluid Power, adding specialized honing and machining capabilities with three additional locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Drawn Over Mandrel Tubing (DOM) Welded and drawn over mandrel carbon steel tubing meeting ASTM A-513/5 specifications. Available in grades C1020, C1026, and ST52.3. Used for hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluid power systems.
• Cold Drawn Seamless Tubing (CDS) Cold drawn seamless carbon steel tubing meeting ASTM A-519 specifications. Available in grades 1026, ST52.3, and 4130. Used for automotive, machining, and fluid power applications.
• Hot Finish Seamless Tubing (HFS) Hot-finish seamless carbon mechanical tubing in grades C1026 or A106 B/C. Designed for oil and gas, energy, and heavy equipment applications requiring high-pressure resistance.
• Hot-Finish Seamless Alloy Tubing (ALY) Hot-finish seamless alloy tubing in 4140/42 alloy steel, available in annealed or heat-treated conditions. Used for demanding applications requiring enhanced strength and durability.
• Chrome Bar Chrome-plated steel bars for hydraulic and pneumatic assemblies. Available in sizes from .500" to 12" diameter with chrome thicknesses of .0005", .001", or .002" per side. Induction-hardened for demanding environments.
• Honed Tube Precision-honed tubing for hydraulic and pneumatic applications where tight seals are required. Stock material honed to 16 micro-finish, available in DOM ST52.3, 1020/26 and CDS 1026 grades.
• Value-Added Processing Services Comprehensive suite of in-house processing services for tubes and bars including turning, grinding, chrome plating, boring, honing, heat treatment (quench and temper, stress relieving, normalizing, annealing, induction hardening), cutting and deburring, and Charpy impact testing. Available as a bundled offering to support customer-specific tolerance, finish, and performance requirements.
• Commercial Fluid Power Turnkey Solutions Turnkey fluid power solutions providing DOM tubing, chrome bar, and value-added machining including honing, boring, skiving, and CNC machining with own fleet for on-time delivery. Operates as a wholly-owned NTS subsidiary under retained brand.

Quantifiable outcome

• 24-hour turnaround on most items including random lengths and cut lengths
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Northern Illinois University Huskie MotorsportsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 18 April 2025National Tube Supply sponsors the Northern Illinois University Formula SAE racing team, donating high-quality suspension tubing to support the team's engineering and competition efforts. Reflects NTS's commitment to fostering future industry professionals.
• Commercial Fluid PowercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2023National Tube Supply acquired Commercial Fluid Power effective July 14, 2023, adding three locations in Dover OH, North Canton OH, and Rome GA. Commercial Fluid Power is a respected leader in honing and machining, providing DOM tubing, chrome bar, and turnkey solutions for the fluid power industry including honing, boring, skiving, and CNC machining. The acquisition enables NTS to better serve customers in the Northeastern and Southeastern US.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• O'Neal Steel: Privately held large metal service center with broad product portfolio including mechanical tubing. Competes with NTS in fluid power and heavy equipment verticals, particularly through territory manager overlap (NTS's John McShane previously worked at O'Neal Steel).
• Plymouth Tube Company: US-based manufacturer and distributor of steel and alloy tubing serving aerospace, energy, and industrial markets. Overlaps with NTS's product family (CDS, DOM, HFS) but Plymouth is a manufacturer rather than pure distributor, giving different economics and lead times.
• Ryerson Holding Corporation: Large publicly-traded metal service center distributing a broad range of carbon, aluminum, stainless, and alloy products including mechanical tubing. Most comparable to NTS in customer overlap (fluid power, industrial manufacturing, energy) but operates at much larger scale and product breadth.
• Vallourec: Global leader in premium seamless pipe and tube solutions serving energy, industry, and construction markets. Overlaps with NTS's HFS seamless tubing for oil & gas and heavy equipment customers but operates at vastly larger scale with integrated manufacturing.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Largest US metal service center operator with ~300+ locations and extensive carbon, stainless, and alloy tube/bar offerings. Competes broadly with NTS across all six of NTS's served verticals but at significantly larger scale and product breadth.

Emerging players

• Wieland Group: Global manufacturer of copper and copper alloy products including tube and bar for industrial and HVAC markets. Less direct overlap than steel-focused peers but represents a comparable specialty metal tube/bar distributor-manufacturer business model.

Direct peers

• Marmon/Keystone Tube Company: Value-added distributor of steel tubing and bar products serving fluid power, energy, and industrial customers. Direct overlap with NTS — NTS's Value-Add Manager Tom Koch came directly from Marmon/Keystone as Director of Value-Added Supply Chain, evidencing tight competitive and capability overlap.
• Industrial Tube & Steel: Specialty distributor of mechanical steel tubing (DOM, CDS, HFS) and chrome bar serving fluid power, hydraulic cylinder manufacturers, and industrial customers. Closest head-to-head competitor to NTS in product mix and target customer profile.
• Totten Tubes: Specialty distributor of steel tubing and pipe offering DOM, CDS, HFS products with value-added processing. Direct competitor in mechanical steel tubing distribution with overlapping service capabilities and customer segments.
• Midwest Tube: Specialty distributor of mechanical steel tubing and chrome bar products serving fluid power and industrial manufacturing customers. Direct competitor in product mix and target segments, though smaller and more regionally focused than NTS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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