McKenna Engineering & Equipment Co

What McKenna Engineering & Equipment Co does

McKenna Engineering & Equipment Co is a Gardena, California-based industrial process equipment distributor, manufacturer's representative, fabricator, and installer founded in 1978 by Ed McKenna Sr. The company distributes pumps, blowers, compressors, vacuum pumps, industrial fans, filtration equipment, and bulk solids handling systems from third-party OEMs including Goulds Pumps, Howden American Fan, Dollinger, Dynamix, and Philadelphia Mixing Solutions, while also operating its own 18,000 SF ASME Code-certified fabrication facility in Carson, California for custom skid-mounted modular process systems.

The company operates a vertically integrated project delivery model spanning engineering design (using SolidWorks 3D modeling and CAD), custom fabrication, licensed construction and installation, and post-sale equipment service and repair with 24/7 field service. Approximately 40 employees serve customers across oil & gas, power generation, chemical processing, mining, agriculture, aerospace & defense, and water/wastewater end markets, with named enterprise customers including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Dow Chemical, and Georgia-Pacific. Operations are ISO 9001:2015 certified and the company holds AWS Certified welding credentials and California Engineering Contractor licensure.

McKenna is part of the FloWorks family of flow solutions companies, alongside wholly-owned subsidiaries Process Solutions & Integration (PSI, sanitary industries) and Environmental Water Solutions (EWS, water/wastewater). Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales, custom fabricated systems, professional services (engineering, installation, and repair), with project-based quote pricing and multi-year contracts. The company has executed projects across the entire United States and internationally in North America, South America, Australia, Panama, the Middle East, and International Waters.

Name

McKenna Engineering & Equipment Co

Legal name

McKenna Engineering & Equipment Company, Inc.

Website

https://mckennaengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Equipment

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (3332), Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

SIC

Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Control System Integration & Engineering Services (Design, Commissioning, Retrofits) (IMAGABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Process Automation Instrumentation & Control (DCS, Valves, Actuators, Analyzers) (IMAHAHAM), Chemical Processing Equipment (Reactors, Mixers, Agitators) (IMAHAEAA), Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

Keywords

• Industrial process equipment
• Skid mounted systems
• Process engineering services
• Custom equipment fabrication
• Pump and blower distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Gardena

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Distribution: Sales of process equipment including liquid handling pumps, blowers, compressors, vacuum pumps, fans, and other industrial process equipment from trusted brands. Equipment sold as individual units or packaged as complete systems with drives, instrumentation, and piping.
2. Engineering Services: Application engineering, system engineering including design and integration, project management for mechanical, electrical, and civil/structural trades. ISO:9001 certified engineering team.
3. Custom Systems Fabrication: Custom fabrication of mechanical process equipment and systems including skidded equipment, piping assemblies, platforms, and specialty vessels. Modular packaging as a system integrator.
4. Construction and Installation: Turnkey construction and installation services for mechanical process equipment installations. Licensed California Engineering Contractor providing civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical trades.
5. Equipment Service and Repair: Factory trained and certified technicians providing equipment service and repair for blowers, fans, pumps, compressors. Includes in-house 10,000-square-foot repair shop and field service with one-year warranty against workmanship and defects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

McKenna Engineering & Equipment Co is a distributor, manufacturer's sales representative, fabricator, and installer of industrial process equipment used for handling air, gas, liquids, and dry bulk solids. The company engineers, custom fabricates, and integrates skid-mounted process systems, pumps, blowers, compressors, vacuum pumps, fans, bulk solids handling systems, filtration, and mixing equipment for oil and gas, power, chemical, mining, agriculture, and defense customers. It also provides application engineering, custom fabrication, turnkey construction and installation, and factory-trained equipment service and repair backed by a one-year warranty.

Product overview

McKenna Engineering & Equipment Co is a process equipment distributor and engineering services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of industrial equipment and custom fabricated systems. The core product line includes eleven main categories: Skid Mounted Process Systems (fully integrated, pre-wired modular units), Liquid Handling Pumps (centrifugal, positive displacement, and vertical turbine), Air & Gas Blowers (rotary lobe, centrifugal multistage, and regenerative), Process Compressors (rotary screw, sliding vane, liquid ring, and reciprocating), Vacuum Pumps (rotary piston, liquid ring, rotary vane, screw, and claw), Industrial Fans (centrifugal, axial, tangential, and mixed flow), Bulk Solids Handling (bulk bag equipment and pneumatic conveying), Seed & Grain Conditioning equipment, Cleaning and Drying systems, Filtration equipment (filters, oil mist eliminators, coalescing media), and Mixing systems. The company operates as both a distributor of equipment from trusted brands and as a custom systems integrator, providing engineering design, fabrication, construction, installation, and equipment service and repair. All operations are ISO 9001 certified and span applications across oil and gas, power generation, chemical processing, mining, agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals, and environmental remediation industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skid Mounted Process Systems Fully integrated, pre-wired, and pre-assembled skid mounted process systems on a common skid, ready for installation. Modular design allows pre-testing before shipping and supports safer plant modifications by minimizing onsite exposure. Sold to industrial operators needing engineered packaged process equipment across air, gas, liquid, and dry bulk solids handling.
• Liquid Handling Pumps A wide range of industrial liquid handling pumps including centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, and vertical turbine pumps for industrial processing applications.
• Air & Gas Blowers Positive displacement rotary blowers, single and multistage centrifugal blowers, and regenerative blowers for heavy-duty industrial applications.
• Process Compressors Liquid ring compressors, reciprocating gas compressors, sliding vane air and gas compressors, and rotary screw compressors for industrial processes including vapor recovery, enhanced oil recovery, and digester gas applications.
• Vacuum Pumps Positive displacement rotary vacuum pumps, liquid ring vacuum pumps, rotary vane vacuum pumps, centrifugal blowers, screw pumps, and claw pumps for industrial vacuum applications.
• Industrial Fans Custom designed centrifugal fans and in-flight adjustable axial fans, including tangential and mixed flow fans for demanding power generation applications.
• Bulk Solids Handling Process equipment and systems for bulk material handling including bulk bag loaders, fillers, lifting adapters, dumping stations, and pneumatic conveying systems for cement, food, agricultural, and mining applications.
• Seed & Grain Conditioning Equipment and solutions for agricultural processing of seed and grain including modular cleaners, pre-cleaners, fine cleaners, length separators, gravity separators, and transport equipment, including hemp processing equipment following the 2018 Hemp Farming Act.
• Cleaning and Drying Equipment and solutions for cleaning and dust control designed for integration with processing lines in industrial applications.
• Filtration Complete filters, filter elements, oil mist eliminators, coalescing and absorbent media for air intakes, fuel and oil filtration, dust collection, and contaminant removal in industrial operations.
• Mixing Equipment and engineering process solutions for industrial mixing needs including blending, dissolution of solids, gas dispersion, crystallization, heat transfer, and high viscosity agitation.
• Engineering Services ISO 9001 certified application engineering, system engineering, design and integration, project management, SolidWorks 3D modeling, CAD design, and P&ID creation for mechanical, electrical, and civil/structural projects across industrial process equipment installations.
• Custom Systems Fabrication ASME Code certified custom fabrication of mechanical process equipment and systems including skidded equipment, piping assemblies, platforms, and specialty vessels in the company's ISO 9001:2008 certified Carson, California facility with 18,000 SF of manufacturing space and bridge cranes.
• Construction & Installation Services Turnkey construction and installation services for mechanical process equipment installations delivered by a licensed California Engineering Contractor across civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical trades.
• Equipment Service and Repair Factory trained and certified technicians providing equipment service and repair for blowers, fans, pumps, and compressors, including in-house repair shop and field service with one-year warranty against workmanship and defects and 24/7 availability.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ years in business serving industrial markets
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Process Solutions & Integration, Inc. (PSI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary company of McKenna Engineering serving sanitary industries (food, dairy, beverage, personal care, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, nutraceutical) in California and Western Nevada since 1965. Operates as Manufacturer's Representative, Distributor, Consulting Engineer, Systems Integrator, Equipment Service & Repair Center, and Engineering Contractor.
• Environmental Water Solutions, Inc. (EWS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubsidiary company established in 2004 serving industrial and municipal water and wastewater industry in California and Western Nevada. Operates as Manufacturer's Representative, Distributor, Consulting Engineer, Systems Integrator, Equipment Service & Repair Center, and Engineering Contractor.
• SoCal Pump & VacuumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of McKenna Companies group providing process equipment sales and services for handling air, gas, liquids, and dry bulk solids.
• FloWorkscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company/group of McKenna Companies. A group of flow solutions companies including Sunbelt Supply Co., SemiTorr Group, Flotech, Oliver Equipment Company, Severe Service Specialists, National Valve, Genesis Systems, Tru-Flow, CTW Solutions, Simtech, AWC Process Solutions, Assured Automation, and Flows.com.
• Goulds Pumps Inc.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMcKenna Engineering was set up as a pilot program for Goulds Pumps Inc. as their first distributor in 1978.
• Oliver ManufacturingminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHemp processing equipment manufacturer. McKenna Engineering is a manufacturers representative for Oliver processing equipment.
• WestrupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHemp processing equipment manufacturer. McKenna Engineering is a manufacturers representative for Westrup processing equipment.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Atlas Copco: Global broad-line manufacturer of compressors, vacuum pumps, industrial fans, and blowers serving process industries. Competes with the equipment brands McKenna distributes; represents the OEMs that may eventually disintermediate distributors like McKenna.
• Ingersoll Rand: Parent of Gardner Denver and other process flow brands, Ingersoll Rand manufactures compressors, blowers, vacuum pumps, and fluid handling equipment for industrial markets. Competes directly with the equipment categories McKenna distributes and services.
• Sulzer: Swiss industrial manufacturer of pumps, mixers, and process equipment for water, oil & gas, chemical, and power industries. Overlaps with McKenna's centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, mixing, and process systems offerings.
• Flowserve Corporation: Major manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and automation systems for oil & gas, chemical, power, and water industries. Overlaps directly with McKenna's centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, and process equipment offerings as a competing channel option for the same end customers.
• Xylem: Global water technology company manufacturing pumps, treatment systems, and flow control equipment. Directly comparable to McKenna's EWS subsidiary serving industrial and municipal water/wastewater markets with pump packages and treatment equipment.
• SPX FLOW: Industrial process equipment manufacturer specializing in pumps, mixers, heat exchangers, and process systems for food, beverage, chemical, and industrial customers. Comparable in product portfolio to McKenna's mixing, pumping, and process system offerings but at much larger scale as a manufacturer.

Direct peers

• Burt Process Equipment: Process equipment distributor and integrator serving chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and industrial customers with mixing, filtration, drying, and separation equipment. Closely comparable business model as a value-added distributor offering engineering support and system integration.
• Vector Systems & Process Equipment: Process equipment representative and distributor serving industrial clients with pumps, blowers, compressors, and process systems. Similar rep-distributor business model with engineering consultation and custom system design focus.
• Sunbelt Supply Co: Part of the FloWorks conglomerate alongside McKenna Engineering, Sunbelt Supply is an industrial process equipment distributor serving oil & gas, refining, and petrochemical customers. Direct corporate sibling and most directly comparable business model and end-market overlap.

Regional players

• Pacific Controls & Process Equipment: West Coast-based process equipment distributor and representative serving industrial customers with pumps, blowers, compressors, and instrumentation. Comparable regional distributor business model targeting overlapping oil & gas, chemical, and industrial customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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