Roll Former Corporation

What Roll Former Corporation does

Roll Former Corporation, operating in legal form as Roll Former, LLC, is a privately held US industrial machinery manufacturer headquartered at 140 Independence Lane, Chalfont, Pennsylvania. The company designs and builds roll forming equipment — machines that shape metal coils into desired profiles through consecutive bending operations — for the residential construction, commercial/industrial construction, and agricultural end markets. Its lineage traces to a 1928 family tradition, with the formal Corporation entity established and US manufacturing operations underway since 1978.

The product portfolio comprises standard machinery across twelve categories (roof panel machines and panformers, power seamers, cap/curver machines, wall panel/soffit machines, hemming machines, coil processing machines, perforators, decoilers, drip edge machines, trim machines, metal folders, and shears) plus a custom machinery program that builds bespoke equipment to a customer's exact application profile (examples cited include garage door panels, skylights, swimming pool parts, and chicken troughs). A featured product, the IBB (Integral Board and Batten) wall panel, is differentiated by a snap-together design that requires no clips, seaming, or external fasteners and is positioned for both contractor use and lumber-yard distribution.

The business operates a sales-led, direct go-to-market: customers request a quote via the company website, pricing is not publicly disclosed, and revenue is generated primarily through one-time capital equipment sales of custom and standard machinery into a US-only geographic footprint. Customers are predominantly SMB residential contractors, mid-market commercial contractors, and enterprise agricultural operations, with no disclosed enterprise anchor accounts, no funding events, no acquisitions or divestitures, no executive leadership changes, and no public-company disclosures in the input data.

Name

Roll Former Corporation

Legal name

Roll Former, LLC

Website

https://rollformercorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Roll Former Corporation is a US-based, family-owned manufacturer of custom and standard roll forming equipment, serving residential, commercial, and agricultural contractors with metal panel fabrication machinery since 1978.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Roll Forming Machinery

NAICS

Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing (33351)

SIC

Metalworkg Machinery & Equipment (3540)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

Keywords

• Roll forming machinery
• Metal fabrication equipment
• Roof panel machines
• Custom industrial machinery
• Coil processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Chalfont

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, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Custom Machinery Sales: Design and manufacture of custom roll forming machinery tailored to specific customer applications. Revenue is generated through one-time equipment sales with potential for service and maintenance contracts.
2. Standard Machinery Products: Sales of standard roll forming equipment including residential machinery, commercial/industrial machinery, agricultural machinery, and trim/accessory machinery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Roll Former Corporation designs and manufactures roll forming machinery that shapes metal coils into specific profiles through consecutive bending operations. The company produces a standard portfolio of machines (roof panel machines, power seamers, cap/curver machines, wall panel/soffit machines, hemming machines, coil processing machines, perforators, decoilers, drip edge machines, trim machines, metal folders, and shears), alongside fully custom-built machinery tailored to specific customer applications such as garage door panels, skylights, swimming pool parts, and agricultural feed troughs. Equipment is manufactured domestically in the USA and sold with customer support services.

Product overview

Roll Former Corporation is an industrial machinery manufacturer specializing in roll forming equipment and metal fabrication machines. The company offers a portfolio of standard machinery products including roof panel machines and panformers, power seamers, cap/curver machines, wall panel/soffit machines, hemming machines, coil processing machines, perforators, decoilers, drip edge machines, trim machines, metal folders, and shears. These products serve three market segments: residential (roofing components, skylights, swimming pool components), commercial/industrial (metal roofs, soffits, siding, garage door panels), and agricultural (roofing, siding, feed troughs). The company also provides custom machinery design services to build machines tailored to specific applications. A featured product is the IBB (Integral Board and Batten) system, a wall panel that snaps together without clips or fasteners. Equipment is built with high-quality components and is proudly manufactured in the USA since 1978.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Roof Panel Machines and Panformers

Quantifiable outcome

• No expensive shipping and crating of long panels
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Lockformer Company: Lockformer manufactures roll forming machinery, duct fabrication equipment, and tube/pipe mills. It is one of the closest direct peers, competing in HVAC, construction, and metal building products roll forming lines sold to contractors and industrial buyers in the US.
• Samco Machinery: Samco Machinery designs and builds custom roll forming equipment and production lines for a wide range of industries. Its custom-engineering model and Canadian/US manufacturing footprint make it a direct comparable to Roll Former Corporation's tailored equipment business.
• Bradbury Group: Bradbury Group is one of the largest manufacturers of roll forming equipment and cut-to-length lines, serving construction, automotive, and industrial markets globally. It competes head-to-head with Roll Former Corporation in standard and custom roll forming machinery for metal building products.
• Engel Industries: Engel Industries produces roll forming equipment, metal folder-benders, and shears for the metal building and HVAC industries. Its product mix of folders, shears, and roll formers overlaps directly with several of Roll Former Corporation's standard product categories.
• Roll Kraft: Roll Kraft designs and manufactures roll forming tooling, machines, and related equipment, with a strong focus on tube and pipe and structural roll forming. It is a direct competitor in custom roll forming machinery and tooling design services.
• ASC Machine Tools: ASC Machine Tools manufactures roll forming equipment, tube mills, and coil processing machinery primarily for the construction and metal building products market. It serves many of the same residential and commercial roofing/panel contractors as Roll Former Corporation.
• Formtek: Formtek (formerly Dahlstrom) is a US-based group of metal forming equipment brands including roll formers, press feeds, and coil processing systems. It directly overlaps with Roll Former Corporation's roll forming and coil processing machine offerings for construction and industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Yoder (Textron): Yoder, a brand under Textron, manufactures roll forming systems and tube mills as part of a much larger industrial portfolio. It is a broad incumbent in the roll forming machinery space, with the scale and capital that Roll Former Corporation cannot match.

Regional players

• Dreistern Profiltechnik: Dreistern is a German roll forming equipment manufacturer focused on high-precision profiles for automotive, construction, and industrial applications. It is a regional peer offering comparable roll forming lines but serving primarily European customers.
• Gasparini Industries: Gasparini is an Italian manufacturer of roll forming lines, panel machines, and coil processing equipment serving European and global construction markets. It is a regional peer with comparable product categories but primarily competes outside Roll Former Corporation's US base.

Market position

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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