Armil CFS

What Armil CFS does

Armil CFS, Inc. is a privately held US manufacturer and distributor founded in 1968 and headquartered in South Holland, Illinois. The company designs, manufactures, installs, and services industrial furnaces, kilns, ovens, and other high-temperature process equipment for industrial customers in investment casting, forging, heat treating, iron & steel, aluminum, aerospace, incineration, ceramics, and ASTM E119 fire-resistance testing. Core proprietary product lines include Tru-Heat pre-engineered gas-fired box furnaces (450°F-2200°F) with Allen Bradley PLC/HMI and Honeywell controls, Tru-Heat FastFire Wax Recovery furnaces for combined dewax/burnout, Tru-Forge slot forge furnaces (up to 2,450°F), investment casting batch and continuous furnaces, car bottom and bell/lift-off furnaces, E05-E119 panel test furnaces, and the CremSys CFS 2300 and CFS 3000 human/pet cremation retorts featuring Tek Marshal remote diagnostics and Quick Change Hearth tiles.

The company operates a vertically integrated business model spanning four revenue streams: (1) custom industrial furnace hardware sales (quote-based, multi-year contracts serving enterprise OEMs and tier-1 customers such as GE Aviation, SpaceX, Yamaha, Arconic, Carpenter, Firth Rixson, and Stryker/Depuy); (2) refractory and high-temperature insulation materials distribution (Unifrax Fiberfrax, BNZ Materials, Resco, Skamol, Minteq/RHI Magnesita), sold through both direct sales and a Shopify e-commerce storefront with ~44 SKUs priced $27-$1,010; (3) furnace services and repair (combustion/control, refractory relines, full rebuilds, parts); and (4) a consumer product line of wood-fired backyard pizza oven kits. Go-to-market is sales-led direct engagement supplemented by phone sales, fax, quote forms, blog/SEO content, and e-commerce, with distribution confined to the United States. The company is independently owned, with no disclosed external investors, funding events, or M&A activity.

Name

Armil CFS

Legal name

Armil CFS Inc.

Website

https://armilcfs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Armil CFS is a US designer, manufacturer, installer, and servicer of custom industrial furnaces, kilns, and high-temperature process equipment, founded in 1968 and headquartered in South Holland, Illinois, serving investment casting, forging, aerospace, heat treating, cremation, and ASTM E119 testing customers, with ancillary refractory materials distribution via direct sales and a Shopify e-commerce storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

South Holland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Industrial Furnace Manufacturing: Design, manufacture, and sale of custom high-temperature industrial furnaces including box furnaces, car bottom furnaces, bell furnaces, forging furnaces, investment casting furnaces, and test furnaces. Equipment ranges from pre-engineered Tru-Heat models to fully custom continuous furnace lines.
2. Refractory and Insulation Materials Distribution: Distribution of high-temperature refractory and insulation products including ceramic fiber blankets, boards, papers, modules, textiles; insulating firebrick; hard firebrick; calcium silicate boards; silica products; castables; and precast shapes. Products sold through e-commerce storefront with pricing ranging from approximately $27 to $1,010 per unit.
3. Furnace Services and Repair: Comprehensive service offerings including furnace repair and troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, combustion and control services, refractory repairs, refractory relines, and full furnace rebuilds. Services include burner tuning, flame supervision upgrades, temperature controller replacement, and refractory patching.
4. Cremation Systems Division: CFS 2300 and CFS 3000 human and pet cremation retorts manufactured through their Cremation Systems (CremSys) division, utilizing proprietary technology including Tek Marshal remote diagnostics and Quick Change Hearth tiles.
5. Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Kits: DIY backyard pizza oven kits sold to consumers including refractory dome, hearth, arch, flue adapter, Super Isol insulation boards, Fiberfrax Durablanket insulation, and mortar. Manufactured in South Holland, IL facility and shipped anywhere in the USA.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Armil CFS designs, manufactures, installs, and repairs custom industrial furnaces, kilns, ovens, and other high-temperature process equipment, and distributes refractory and high-temperature insulation products from leading manufacturers. The company serves industrial customers in investment casting, forging, heat treating, iron & steel, aluminum, aerospace, cremation, and ASTM E119 fire testing, and also sells wood-fired backyard pizza oven kits to consumers. Offerings include proprietary Tru-Heat and Tru-Forge product lines, Cremation Systems (CremSys) retorts, and a full range of furnace service, maintenance, refractory reline, and rebuild capabilities.

Product overview

Armil CFS is a custom manufacturer of industrial furnaces, kilns, and high-temperature process equipment, established in 1968, and a distributor of refractory and high-temperature insulation products. The company operates as both a manufacturer and distributor, offering a portfolio that includes: (1) Industrial Furnaces - core manufacturing products including TruHeat box furnaces, investment casting batch and continuous furnaces, test furnaces (E05-E119), car bottom furnaces, bell/lift off furnaces, forging furnaces, and custom high-temperature box furnaces; (2) Refractory Materials - distributed products including Fiberfrax ceramic fiber blankets, boards, papers, modules, and textiles, Insulfrax/Isofrax bio-soluble blankets, Refrasil silica cloths and tapes, BNZ insulating firebrick, Marinite calcium silicate boards, microporous insulation, castables, firebrick, and ceramic fiber bulk; (3) Services - furnace services including combustion/control services, refractory relines, industrial furnace rebuilds, and industrial furnace parts; and (4) Cremation Systems - a division manufacturing cremation retorts. The company also offers wood-fired backyard pizza ovens as a consumer product line.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cremation Systems (CremSys): A division of Armil CFS Inc. that develops and manufactures human and pet cremation retorts, including the CFS 2300 and CFS 3000 models.

Products and services

• Industrial Furnaces High-temperature industrial furnaces including box furnaces, batch furnaces, and continuous furnaces for investment casting, heat treating, forging, and incineration applications. Built to customer specifications with heavy steel construction, latest combustion and control technology, and quality refractory materials.
• TruHeat Box Furnaces Pre-engineered gas fired box furnaces for industrial heat treating, stress relieving, annealing, ceramics, investment casting, and forging applications. Operating temperatures from 450°F to 2200°F with Allen Bradley PLC/HMI controls, Honeywell limit controllers, and Low NOx burners.
• TruHeat FastFire Wax Recovery Furnace Wax recovery furnace that allows dewax and burnout to be completed in a single process, potentially eliminating the need for an autoclave and afterburners on reheat furnaces. Compatible with FDM, SLA, SLS, and LOM rapid prototype patterns.
• Car Bottom Furnaces Car bottom furnaces for heating large furnace loads in heat treating, forging, and ceramic industries, also used as preheat and dewax furnaces in investment casting applications.
• Bell and Lift Off Furnaces Bell furnaces and lift off furnaces designed to heat large loads, typically used in heat treating or ceramic applications.
• Forging Furnaces (Tru-Forge Slot Furnaces) Forging furnaces including Tru-Forge slot furnaces and Tru-Heat box furnaces, reaching temperatures up to 2,450°F for ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, with production rates of 1500 lb/hour.
• E05 – E119 Test Furnaces Large and small scale test furnaces for horizontal and vertical panel fire resistance testing of building materials and construction assemblies, meeting ASTM E119, UL263, UL1709, and RWS standards.
• Investment Casting Batch Furnaces Box furnaces for batch processing of molds for the investment casting industry, including Tru-Heat pre-engineered furnaces and custom designed box furnaces.
• Investment Casting Continuous Furnaces Pusher and roller hearth continuous furnaces for processing molds for investment casting, used for preheating, dewaxing, and curing operations.
• Refractory Materials Distribution Wide variety of refractory and high-temperature insulations distributed and installed by Armil CFS, including ceramic fiber products, silica textiles, insulating firebrick, calcium silicate boards, microporous insulations, castables, hard firebrick, and ceramic fiber modules, sourced from Unifrax, BNZ Materials, Resco, Minteq, Skamol, and American Fibrex.
• Wood-Fired Backyard Pizza Ovens DIY wood-fired Neapolitan pizza oven kits including refractory dome, hearth, arch, cast-aluminum door, and insulation for heat retention. Manufactured in South Holland, IL and shipped anywhere in the USA.
• Cremation Systems (CremSys) Retorts Human and pet cremation retorts (CFS 2300 and CFS 3000) manufactured by the Cremation Systems (CremSys) division of Armil CFS, incorporating Tek Marshal remote diagnostics, Fire Marshal monitoring, and Quick Change Hearth tiles.
• Furnace Services Full range of maintenance services for industrial furnaces including repair, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, modernization, refractory repair, and parts.
• Combustion and Control Services Combustion and control system services for high-temperature equipment including installation, repair, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance of burners, flame supervision, and process controls.
• Industrial Furnace Parts High-quality parts for Armil CFS furnaces and competitive equipment including burners, regulators, blowers, safety valves, controllers, and thermocouples.
• Refractory Relines Supply, installation, and repair of refractory and insulation in high temperature furnaces, kilns, incinerators, and ovens.
• Industrial Furnace Rebuilds Repair, rebuild, and remanufacture of high-temperature furnaces with updated combustion, control, and refractory systems.
• Custom High Temperature Box Furnaces Custom engineered box furnaces for heat treating, incineration, foundry, forging, ceramics, and burn out applications.

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Unifrax (Fiberfrax)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArmil CFS is a stocking distributor and fabricator for Unifrax Fiberfrax ceramic fiber products. They distribute the full range of Fiberfrax products including ceramic fiber blankets, boards, papers, modules, textiles, bulk fiber, and coatings. Fiberfrax products are manufactured from alumina-silica materials and exhibit high temperature stability to 2600°F.
• BNZ MaterialscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArmil CFS distributes BNZ Materials products including insulating firebrick (BNZ 23HS, BNZ 26, BNZ 28, BNZ 3000, BNZ 32), Marinite calcium silicate boards, and Transite fiber cement boards. All BNZ brick is manufactured in the USA.
• Resco ProductscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArmil CFS distributes Resco Products including castables, mortars, firebrick, and patching materials such as Rescobond 3000 and Resco 22 Caulk for refractory repair applications.
• SkamolminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArmil CFS distributes Skamol calcium silicate and vermiculite products for high-temperature insulation applications.
• American FibrexminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArmil CFS distributes American Fibrex mineral fiber boards for insulation applications.
• Minteq (RHI Magnesita)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArmil CFS distributes Minteq castable refractories (now part of RHI Magnesita) for furnace lining applications including insulating castables, conventional castables, low cement castables, and phos bonded castables.
• Allen Bradley (Rockwell Automation)coreTechnology or IntegrationTruHeat furnaces include Allen Bradley PLC/HMI controls as standard equipment. Armil CFS specifies Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers for temperature and process control in their furnaces.
• HoneywellcoreTechnology or IntegrationTruHeat furnaces include Honeywell limit controllers as standard equipment. Honeywell temperature controllers and safety shut-off valves are used in furnace combustion systems. Honeywell flame supervision equipment is also utilized.
• EclipsecoreTechnology or IntegrationEclipse burners are used in TruHeat furnaces and other equipment. Armil CFS regularly installs, repairs, and troubleshoots Eclipse burners and combustion equipment.
• Fives North AmericancoreTechnology or IntegrationFives North American burners and combustion equipment are specified in custom furnace designs. Components from leading manufacturers including Fives are incorporated in all custom box furnace designs.
• EurothermcoreTechnology or IntegrationEurotherm temperature controllers and programmable logic controllers are supported and installed in furnaces. Eurotherm/Barber Coleman temperature controllers are among supported control systems.
• SiemenscoreTechnology or IntegrationSiemens programmable logic controllers are installed in custom furnace designs. Siemens components are used alongside Allen Bradley and other control systems.
• FireyecoreTechnology or IntegrationFireye flame supervision equipment is used in furnace combustion systems for safety and monitoring.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ipsen: Global manufacturer of heat treatment furnaces for aerospace, automotive, and medical applications. Highly comparable to Armil CFS in target customers (aerospace primes, heat treaters), product categories (vacuum and atmosphere furnaces), and turnkey installation/service model.
• Surface Combustion: Industrial heat treating furnace manufacturer serving aerospace, automotive, and energy markets with batch and continuous furnace systems. Directly comparable in product range (box, car bottom, pusher furnaces), end-market exposure, and integration of combustion/control systems.
• Lucifer Furnaces: Specialty manufacturer of box furnaces, heat treating furnaces, and high-temperature ovens for industrial and laboratory use. Closely matches Armil CFS's Tru-Heat box furnace positioning, small-to-mid scale custom manufacturing footprint, and diversified end-market mix.
• Despatch Industries: Manufacturer of industrial ovens, furnaces, and thermal processing equipment serving aerospace, automotive, electronics, and materials science. Comparable product portfolio (batch and continuous furnaces), customer overlap in heat treat and aerospace, and global service model.
• Harper International: Designer and manufacturer of high-temperature industrial furnaces and kilns for advanced materials processing, including ceramics, carbon fiber, and powder metallurgy. Comparable in custom-engineered thermal processing systems, refractory integration, and high-temperature expertise.
• SECO/WARWICK: Provider of heat treatment furnaces and vacuum metallurgy equipment to aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets. Comparable in custom furnace manufacturing, presence in investment casting and heat treating end markets, and aftermarket service capability.
• CM Furnaces: Manufacturer of high-temperature furnaces for laboratory, dental, and industrial applications including metallurgy and ceramics. Comparable in high-temperature furnace engineering, US-based custom manufacturing, and small-to-mid industrial customer base.
• Grieve Corporation: Manufacturer of industrial ovens and furnaces for heat treating, curing, drying, and other thermal processes. Comparable in custom batch furnace design, US manufacturing, and customer overlap in heat treating and aerospace testing applications.
• Cremation Equipment Company: Specialty manufacturer of cremation retorts and equipment for human and pet cremation. Directly comparable to Armil's CremSys division in product category, customer base (crematoriums and pet cremation operators), and North American market focus.

Broad incumbents

• HarbisonWalker International: Largest US refractory products manufacturer and installer serving steel, aluminum, glass, cement, and petrochemical industries. Comparable in refractory materials distribution, installation service model, and serving industrial furnace operators, though much larger and broader in scope than Armil CFS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

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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