Faber Burner Company

What Faber Burner Company does

Faber Burner Company is a specialty manufacturer of industrial combustion equipment, founded in 1926 and headquartered in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The family-owned, privately held firm designs and builds burners, atomizers, igniters, dampers, pipe rack assemblies, combustion control systems, and burner management systems for industrial, commercial, and utility customers. Its product range spans capacities from 0.5 to 300 MMBTU/Hr and includes the WB/WBC Package, LXE, VPSSS, TRINITY, Forefront APT/SF/HEA, Legacy, and Start-up/Fluid-bed burner lines, alongside a parallel inventory of legacy replacement parts. In 2004 the company expanded its technology base by acquiring the intellectual property of The Engineer Company, adding burner management and combustion control system capabilities.

The company's underlying technology relies on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), specifically Ansys Fluent, to optimize burner geometry, flame shape, and emissions performance. Its patent-pending TRINITY ultra-low NOx burner, announced September 2025, reportedly achieves single-digit NOx emissions without catalytic stages, flue gas recirculation, or post-combustion treatment. The firm maintains what it describes as one of the industry's most thorough catalogs of field tests and an ever-growing empirical emissions database, and has extended capability into alternative fuels — hydrogen, digester gas, and landfill gas — via its gas guns and spuds product family. Engineering tools and digital customer infrastructure (BurnerPartsNow.com for parts; a Faber Access customer portal) further support the design-to-aftermarket pipeline.

Faber sells primarily through a direct-quote model supported by a nationwide regional representative network, with additional revenue from spare parts, field service, engineering, and training. Pricing is custom per specification rather than list-based. End markets include industrial manufacturers (e.g., a major tire manufacturer, an industrial water heater manufacturer), utilities, commercial and institutional facilities, military installations, rental equipment providers, and hospitals (some routed via The Engineer Company distribution), with global exports supporting a long tail of international accounts. The firm employs between 11 and 50 people.

Name

Faber Burner Company

Legal name

Faber Burner Company

Website

https://faberburner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Faber Burner Company manufactures custom-engineered industrial combustion equipment — burners, atomizers, igniters, dampers, and control systems — for industrial, commercial, and utility markets. Founded 1926 in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, the family-owned firm serves manufacturers, utilities, hospitals, and military facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Combustion Equipment

NAICS

Industrial Process Furnace and Oven Manufacturing (333994), Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing (33241), Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing (333414)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567), Heating Equipment, Except Electric & Warm Air Furnaces (3433)

akta.pro primary industry

Boilers, Furnaces & Process Heating Equipment (IMAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Boilers, HRSGs & Steam Generators (IMAHAFAF)

Keywords

• Industrial combustion equipment
• Low NOx burners
• Package burner systems
• Burner management systems
• Process heating equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Lock Haven

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, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Burner Sales: Manufacture and sale of world-class combustion equipment including burners (package, low NOx, specialty), atomizers, igniters, dampers, pipe rack assemblies, combustion control systems, and burner management systems. Single burner capacities from 0.5 to 300 MMBTU/Hr.
2. Spare Parts Sales: Sales through burnerpartsnow.com of spare parts for all Faber burners, both old and new. Extensive inventory maintained for legacy products.
3. Field Services: Factory service engineers for combustion system commissioning, start-up services, combustion tuning and safety testing, and operator training.
4. Engineering Services: Custom engineering solutions including R&D, industrial burner retrofit/replacement, and combustion control engineering.
5. Training Services: Technical training on combustion technology, flue gas recirculation, and system selection. Training delivered by factory service engineers at customer sites.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Faber Burner Company designs, manufactures, and services custom-engineered industrial and commercial combustion equipment, including package, low-NOx, and specialty burners, atomizers, igniters, dampers, pipe rack assemblies, combustion control systems, and burner management systems for boilers and process furnaces. The company also provides engineering, field service, and spare parts support across its product lines and legacy brands (including The Engineer Company).

Product overview

Faber Burner Company manufactures industrial and commercial combustion equipment and systems for boilers and process furnaces. The product portfolio is organized as a comprehensive modular platform centered on burners (including WB Package, WBC Package, LXE-AF, LXE, VPSSS, VPSSS-SGB, Trinity, Forefront APT/SF/HEA, Legacy, Start-up/Fluid-bed, Custom Equipment, and Gas Guns), complemented by supporting subsystems (RHTB Dampers, High/Low Pressure and Mechanically Atomized Oil Guns, Oil/Propane/Gas/High Energy Spark Igniters), engineered piping (Pipe Rack Assemblies/Valve Trains), controls (Combustion Control Systems, Burner Management Systems), and digital tools (Heat Input Calculator, Steam Cost Calculator, Emission/O2/Conversions Calculators, RFQ Generator). Services include engineering/R&D, field services, and the BurnerPartsNow.com parts portal plus Faber Access customer portal. The company also supports acquired brands including The Engineer Company. Faber specializes in custom engineered packaged combustion systems with single burner capacities of 0.5 to 300 MMBTU/Hr, with recent innovation focused on the patent-pending TRINITY ultra-low NOx technology announced in September 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Engineer Company: A division of Faber Burner Company acquired in 2004. Previously an independent leader in combustion technology and control for industrial, commercial, utility, and military markets worldwide since 1902. Products include complete packaged burner systems, oil pumps and heater sets, fuel-conditioning systems, ignition systems and ignitors, fume oxidizers, burner management systems, and control and instrument panels.

Products and services

• WB Package Burners Standard package burners for industrial boiler and process heating applications.
• WBC Package Burners Circular windbox package burners for industrial applications.
• LXE-AF Burner Package burner for liquid and gaseous fuels, available from 300 to 2000 HP, engineered for optimal firing with flexible design options.
• LXE Burners Low NOx modular gas burners with LE, L2E, and L3E variants offering NOx emissions as low as 15 ppm with FGR; heat input range 13-62 MMBTU/hr, up to 10:1 turndown ratio.
• VPSSS Register Burners High performance low emission multi-fuel venturi profile register burners with heat input capacities 10-300 MMBTU/hr, achieving NOx emissions as low as 18 ppm with FGR on natural gas.
• VPSSS-SGB Register Burners Optimized VPSSS variant for natural gas or #2 oil with guaranteed NOx emissions as low as 30 ppm without FGR and 15 ppm with FGR.
• Faber TRINITY Ultra-Low NOx Burner Patent-pending TRINITY Premixed (TMB) ultra-low NOx burner technology combining multiple patent-pending methods to produce single-digit NOx without catalysts, external FGR, or high excess air; scalable from 4 to 25 MMBTU/Hr capacities.
• Forefront APT Burners Advanced pollution-reduction technology package burners achieving sub-30 ppm NOx; capacities 1-8 MMBTU/hr for air heaters, ovens, dryers, and kilns.
• Forefront SF Burners Short-flame rugged industrial package burners for gas-firing with 20:1 turndown ratio; capacities 0.7-4.4 MMBTU/hr.
• Forefront HEA Burners High-excess-air rugged industrial package burners with capacities 500,000 to 4,400,000 BTU/Hr featuring short compact flame geometry and low emissions.
• Legacy Burners Full support for legacy product lines including Faber Burner Company, Faber Burner Division, Faber Engineering, and The Engineer Company burner registers.
• Start-up/Fluid-bed Burners Overbed and underbed startup burners for circulating and bubbling fluidized bed (CFB/BFB) boilers; 50+ successful installations since 1980.
• Custom Combustion Equipment Custom-engineered combustion equipment for specific design requirements including refuse boilers, recovery boilers, kilns, dryers, furnaces, and process heaters.
• Gas Guns and Spuds Custom gas guns and spuds for retrofitting existing burners to fire alternative fuels including digester gas, landfill gas, and hydrogen-rich gas.
• RHTB Dampers Round high temperature butterfly dampers for controlling high temperature air or flue gas; standard sizes 6-36 inch diameter, up to 800°F maximum gas stream temperature.
• High Pressure Atomizers (Oil Guns) Steam or air atomized oil guns including Type T (2.1-24 MMBTU/Hr), Type BB (5.3-41 MMBTU/Hr), Type C (40-150 MMBTU/Hr), and Type D (120-200 MMBTU/Hr) oil guns.
• Low Pressure Atomizers (Oil Guns) Air atomized oil guns including Type AT (0.5-2 MMBTU/Hr), Type AB (10-25 MMBTU/Hr), and Type ACL (25-50 MMBTU/Hr) for light and heavy oils.
• Mechanically Atomized Oil Guns Type M cold start oil guns for lighting off cold boilers on light oil when no atomizing media is available.
• Oil Igniters Oil-fueling igniters including Type RPMO (550,000 BTU/Hr), Type HCOP (2 MMBTU/Hr), and Type RSOI (7-20 MMBTU/Hr) models.
• Propane Igniters Propane igniters including Type FSI flare stack igniter (34,000 BTU/Hr) and Type PPI portable propane ignition system (268,000 BTU/Hr).
• Gas Igniters Gas-fueling igniters ranging from 72,000 BTU/Hr to 20 MMBTU/Hr heat input, including Types AB-2315, GP-S3RA, IAF, FSC, RPN, RPX, and RSGI.
• High Energy Spark Igniters TYPE HA-HESI 12 Joule High Energy Spark Igniter System for directly igniting liquid and gaseous fuels including bunker C.
• Pipe Rack Assemblies (Valve/Fuel Trains) Engineered piping systems (valve trains/fuel trains) for controlling pressure and flow of fuels, steam, and air; custom designed per NFPA guidelines.
• Combustion Control Systems (CCS) Control systems for fuel-to-air ratio and firing rate control, including Single Point Positioning, Parallel Positioning, and Full Metering systems with oxygen trim capability.
• Burner Management Systems (BMS) Safety systems for safe startup, monitoring, and shutdown of combustion equipment, compliant with NFPA, IRI, and FM standards.
• BurnerPartsNow.com Spare Parts Service Online parts portal for ordering replacement parts for all Faber burners, both current and legacy models.
• Engineering Services Custom engineering solutions for fuel burning problems including R&D, industrial burner retrofit/replacement, and customized low-emission design.
• Field Services Factory service engineers for combustion system commissioning, start-up services, combustion tuning and safety testing, and operator training.

Quantifiable outcome

• NOx emissions as low as 15 ppm with FGR on natural gas fuel
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Engineer CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFaber Burner Company acquired the intellectual property of The Engineer Company, South Plainfield, New Jersey in 2004. The Engineer Company was a leader in combustion technology and control for industrial, commercial, utility, and military markets since 1902. The acquisition expanded Faber's capabilities and markets with complementary product lines and an expanded client base. Products include complete packaged burner systems, oil pumps and heater sets, fuel-conditioning systems, ignition systems, fume oxidizers, burner management systems, and control panels.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fives Group (Pillard): Fives' Pillard brand supplies burners and combustion systems for cement, power, and process industries. Competes with Faber in industrial process burners, low-NOx technology, and boiler start-up/fluid-bed burner applications.
• Honeywell Thermal Solutions: Honeywell's Thermal Solutions (including Eclipse and Hauck brands) offers burner and combustion products for industrial heating. Far larger incumbent with overlapping burner/igniter portfolio serving similar industrial and commercial heating customers.

Direct peers

• Zeeco: Zeeco is a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial process burners, flares, and combustion systems for the refining, petrochemical, and power industries. Direct competitor to Faber's burner portfolio across package burners, low-NOx burners, and combustion systems for boilers and process furnaces.
• Hauck Manufacturing (Honeywell): Hauck designs and manufactures burners for process industries, with strong overlap to Faber in multi-fuel, low-NOx burners and combustion control systems for industrial process heating.
• Eclipse (Honeywell): Eclipse manufactures gas burners, recuperators, and combustion components for industrial and commercial process heating - directly overlapping Faber's burner and igniter portfolio.
• Bloom Engineering: Bloom Engineering designs and manufactures industrial burners and combustion systems for furnaces, kilns, and process heaters in steel, glass, and heat-treatment markets. Closely comparable to Faber's custom engineered burner business for high-temperature process applications.
• John Zink (Koch): John Zink, a Koch business, supplies burners, flares, and combustion equipment for industrial and utility applications. Highly comparable to Faber across burner management systems, low-NOx burners, and process furnace firing equipment.
• Callidus Technologies: Callidus supplies process burners, flares, and thermal oxidizers for refining, petrochemical, and chemical processing. Competitor to Faber in process heater burners and ultra-low-NOx combustion.
• Maxon (a brand of Honeywell): Maxon produces industrial burners and valves for process heating, with overlap to Faber in low-NOx package burners, gas burners, and shut-off valves for combustion systems.
• Selas Heat Technology (now part of L&L Products): Selas manufactures industrial burners, gas burners, and combustion equipment for process heating, metal heat-treating, and boiler applications. Highly comparable legacy burner manufacturer overlapping with Faber's product breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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