Gasvoda & Associates Inc

What Gasvoda & Associates Inc does

Gasvoda & Associates Inc, doing business as Gasvoda Group, is an employee-owned manufacturer's representative and solutions provider for the water and wastewater industry, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Calumet City, Illinois. The company represents more than 60 equipment manufacturers across seven product categories — water, wastewater, chemical feed, controls, instrumentation, pumps, and valves & actuators — and serves municipal utilities and industrial customers throughout Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula through four operating divisions (Gasvoda Associates, William Reid LTD, Solberg Knowles & Associates, and Precision Systems), plus Automatic Control Services and the Scadata Systems SCADA software subsidiary.

Gasvoda makes money through a hybrid model combining commission-bearing equipment sales (across major OEMs such as Xylem, Suez, Grundfos, Emerson, Huber Technology, Evoqua, and Smith & Loveless), project-based installation and start-up services, and recurring revenue from preventative maintenance, calibration, and 24/7/365 emergency service. The company operates in-house confined-space certified technicians and dedicated emergency hotlines, differentiating from typical rep firms that subcontract service work. Pricing is project-specific and quote-based, with no public price lists; service contracts are multi-year. Sales are conducted entirely through territory-based direct field sales engineers, supported by a website catalog, trade-show presence, and inbound RFQ forms — there is no e-commerce or self-service channel.

The company's competitive position rests on the breadth of its 60+ manufacturer portfolio, decades-long regional relationships (40 years for the parent, 38 years for William Reid), and integrated service capability. Geographic scope is explicitly limited to the U.S. Midwest; there is no evidence of sales or service operations outside Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula. Revenue, headcount (beyond the disclosed 11–50 band), and financial performance are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Gasvoda & Associates Inc

Legal name

Gasvoda & Associates Inc.

Website

https://gasvoda.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gasvoda & Associates Inc (dba Gasvoda Group) is an employee-owned manufacturer's representative firm founded in 1983, representing 60+ water and wastewater equipment manufacturers and providing installation, 24/7 service, and SCADA solutions to municipal utilities and industrial customers across the U.S. Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Calumet City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales (Manufacturer Representation): Revenue generated through sales of water and wastewater treatment equipment from 60+ represented manufacturers across categories including wastewater process, water process, chemical feed, controls, instrumentation, pumps, and valves/actuators. Sales are territory-based across Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and surrounding areas.
2. Installation, Start-up & Commissioning Services: Complete installation services for projects and retrofits of any size, including full start-up services to ensure peak performance and worry-free operation of supplied equipment.
3. Service, Maintenance & 24/7 Emergency Support: Recurring and on-demand revenue from preventative maintenance schedules, calibrations, complete pump repair, meter/monitoring equipment service, and 24/7/365 emergency service calls for lift stations (dry or wet pit), panels/controls, process equipment, blowers, and piping/fabrication.
4. Precision Systems — Packaged Equipment Manufacturing: Through its Precision Systems subsidiary (southern suburbs of Chicago), Gasvoda manufactures packaged mechanical/electrical systems including stand-by power generator packages (Power-Pac) primarily for municipal water and wastewater customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gasvoda & Associates Inc (operating as Gasvoda Group) is an employee-owned manufacturer's representative firm that sells, specifies, installs and services water and wastewater treatment equipment from 60+ represented manufacturers across seven equipment categories (Water, Wastewater, Chemical Feed, Controls, Instrumentation, Pumps, Valves & Actuators) for municipal and industrial customers in the U.S. Midwest. The company additionally manufactures packaged mechanical/electrical standby power systems via its Precision Systems subsidiary and provides SCADA software via Scadata Systems, complemented by 24/7 in-house emergency service.

Product overview

Gasvoda & Associates Inc (operating as Gasvoda Group) is an employee-owned manufacturer's representative and solutions provider for the water and wastewater industry, structured as a portfolio of complementary sub-brands rather than a single unified software product. Its core offerings are organized into seven equipment solution categories — Water, Wastewater, Chemical Feed, Controls, Instrumentation, Pumps, and Valves & Actuators — each bundling equipment from numerous partner manufacturers it represents across the Midwest. Underlying this representative business, the group operates several sub-brands: Gasvoda Associates (serving Illinois and Indiana, the founding entity since 1983), William Reid LTD. (serving Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan), Solberg Knowles & Associates (serving Michigan and the Upper Peninsula), and Precision Systems (a Chicago-area manufacturer of packaged mechanical/electrical systems such as the Power-Pac standby generator). The group also owns SCADATA Systems, which provides a SCADA application for water and wastewater plant monitoring, control, and analytics. Together, these offerings combine equipment representation, in-house manufacturing, controls/SCADA software, and 24/7 service and support to deliver end-to-end solutions for municipal and industrial water and wastewater projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gasvoda Group: Parent commercial brand and umbrella organization for the company's water and wastewater equipment representation, manufacturing, service, and controls businesses across the Midwest.
• Gasvoda Associates
• Automatic Control Services (ACS)
• Precision Systems (PS)
• Solberg Knowles & Associates (SKA)
• William Reid LTD (WR)
• Scadata Systems

Products and services

• Service & Support 24/7/365 emergency service and support program providing installation, preventative maintenance, calibrations, confined-space certified emergency response, lift station service, panel/control work, process equipment, blowers, piping/fabrication, complete pump repair, and meters/monitoring equipment service for municipal and industrial water/wastewater customers across the Midwest.
• Scadata SCADA Application SCADA software application for the water and wastewater industry providing tools to monitor, control and analyze plant data, offered through the Scadata Systems division.
• Power-Pac Standby Power Generator System Stand-by power generator package manufactured by Precision Systems for the municipal water and wastewater industry, designed for applications requiring increased life, reliability and reduced noise output.
• OmniSite Control Systems Remote monitoring control systems for municipal infrastructure (lift stations, runway lights, drinking water) represented by Gasvoda in its Midwest territory.
• PureAir Filtration Gas Phase Filtration Systems Custom-designed gas phase filtration systems manufactured in the United States for removal of corrosive gases, toxic vapors and odors, used at electronics/industrial sites, museums and historical archives.
• Prime Solutions Rotary Fan Press Patented Rotary Fan Press dewatering equipment for solids handling, designed and built in Michigan.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40 years of successful projects (since 1983)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core division, listed division, major manufacturer partner and manufacturer partner.

• William Reid Ltd.core divisionStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilliam Reid Ltd. is a wholly owned Gasvoda Group company founded in 1984, serving Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Operates from Germantown, WI with its own sales team and 24/7 service operation (414-267-7259). Provides the same manufacturer representation and service capability as Gasvoda Associates in a separate territory.
• Solberg Knowles & Associatescore divisionStrategic or Co-development PartnerSolberg Knowles & Associates is a Gasvoda Group division acquired to extend coverage across Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, completing the group's coverage of the entire Lake Michigan shoreline.
• Precision Systemscore divisionOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerPrecision Systems is the in-house manufacturing arm of Gasvoda Group, located in the southern suburbs of Chicago. Designs and manufactures packaged mechanical/electrical systems including the Power-Pac stand-by power generator package, primarily for the municipal water and wastewater industry.
• Automatic Control Services (ACS)listed divisionStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomatic Control Services is referenced as a sister division of Gasvoda Group (linked at automaticcontrolservices.com), extending the group's controls and instrumentation capability.
• Scadata Systemscore divisionTechnology or IntegrationScadata Systems is the SCADA-focused subsidiary of Gasvoda Group (scadata.net). Provides the comprehensive SCADA application for monitoring, controlling and analyzing water/wastewater plant data, and is also listed as a represented manufacturer (Scadata) on the controls page.
• Xylemmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal water technology company represented by Gasvoda Group across Midwest territories; provides pumps, sensors, filtration systems and data analytics tools for municipal, commercial, industrial and utility customers.
• Teledyne ISCOmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorManufacturer of water pollution monitoring, wastewater process control and field/laboratory sampling products. Founded 1958 in Lincoln, Nebraska; acquired by Teledyne Technologies in 2004. Represented by Gasvoda for instrumentation.
• Emerson EIMmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal Emerson division providing electric actuators for valve automation, represented by Gasvoda for water/wastewater valve and actuator applications.
• Limitorque (Flowserve brand)major manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLimitorque actuators have been making flow control easier since 1929, with over 1 million units installed globally. Gasvoda represents Limitorque for the Midwest water/wastewater market.
• Franklin Electricmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal provider of systems and components for moving water and energy. Gasvoda represents Franklin Electric well pumps and pumping products in its territory.
• Grundfosmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDanish global pump manufacturer (since 1945) represented by Gasvoda in the Midwest for chemical feed, dosing, and pumping applications.
• Huber Technologymajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHuber Group (175+ years in water/wastewater) supplies stainless steel liquid/solid separation and headworks equipment including ROTAMAT® and STEP SCREEN® products with 55,000+ installations worldwide. Gasvoda is Huber's Midwest rep.
• Smith & Lovelessmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFor 75 years Smith & Loveless has supplied pre-engineered water and wastewater treatment and pumping systems to municipalities, developments, industry, government and military. Gasvoda represents S&L in the Midwest.
• OmniSitemajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorManufacturer of remote monitoring control systems for municipal infrastructure (lift stations, runway lights, drinking water) — represented by Gasvoda in its territory.
• Val-Maticmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading manufacturer of check valves, quarter-turn shut-off valves and air valves for water/wastewater, industrial and building markets; represented by Gasvoda for valve products.
• Evoqua (ETS-UV)major manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal water treatment and waste-to-energy technology company; Gasvoda represents Evoqua's ETS-UV disinfection products for water and wastewater applications.
• Suezmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal water, sanitation and waste-recovery solutions provider; Gasvoda represents Suez products in its Midwest territory.
• GEAmajor manufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOne of the world's largest systems suppliers for food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors — represented by Gasvoda for separation and process technology in wastewater.
• LobePro Pumpsmanufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorManufacturer of rotary lobe pumps (originally part of Holland Pump Manufacturing; over 1.5 million operational hours logged on German-built units before LobePro was formed). Represented by Gasvoda for sludge and slurry pumping.
• World Water Worksmanufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobally focused wastewater treatment equipment manufacturer (founded 1998, headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK with offices in US, India and UAE). Gasvoda represents World Water Works in the Midwest.
• Primex Controlsmanufacturer partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWith nearly a century of expertise, Primex is described as the largest provider of complete control solutions for water applications in North America; Gasvoda represents Primex for controls in the Midwest.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Global water and wastewater treatment systems and services provider serving the same municipal and industrial customers as Gasvoda across the U.S., with overlapping product categories in chemical feed, filtration, and process treatment.
• Watts Water Technologies: Manufacturer of water-conservation, treatment, and flow-control products for residential, commercial, and municipal markets. Competes with Gasvoda's valve, actuator, and water-treatment lines into overlapping municipal and industrial accounts.
• Pentair: Global water-treatment and flow-products manufacturer serving residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers. Overlaps with Gasvoda's pump, filtration, and chemical-feed categories across shared accounts.
• Xylem: Global water-technology manufacturer (pumps, treatment, metering, analytics) that Gasvoda represents across the Midwest. Xylem's direct-sales and service organization competes with Gasvoda's rep-and-service model on the same municipal accounts.
• Badger Meter: Manufacturer of flow measurement, instrumentation, and metering solutions for water utilities. Overlaps directly with Gasvoda's instrumentation category and competes for the same municipal AMI / smart-water specifications.
• Evoqua Water Technologies: Major water and wastewater treatment equipment and services provider (acquired by Xylem in 2023) whose disinfection and treatment products are represented by Gasvoda. Direct overlap with Gasvoda's municipal and industrial customer base.
• Mueller Water Products: U.S. manufacturer of water-infrastructure products (valves, hydrants, pipe, metering) that competes with several represented lines Gasvoda sells (notably Val-Matic, Ross, Limitorque) into the same municipal specification pipeline.

Direct peers

• Aqua-Aerobic Systems: U.S.-based manufacturer of wastewater treatment equipment (aeration, clarification, filtration, biological processes) targeting the same municipal and industrial customers that Gasvoda serves in the Midwest.
• Smith & Loveless: Manufacturer of pre-engineered water and wastewater pumping and treatment systems for municipalities and industry. Smith & Loveless is both a represented manufacturer on Gasvoda's roster and a direct competitor on packaged pumping and treatment projects.
• R.E. Pedrotti & Co. Independent manufacturer's representative firm serving the Midwest water and wastewater market with specification, application engineering, and field service — the closest structural analog to Gasvoda in terms of rep-firm business model and customer overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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