Manning Environmental

What Manning Environmental does

Manning Environmental is a privately held Texas LLC founded in 1972 that designs and manufactures fluid samplers and accessories for wastewater and environmental monitoring. The company sells portable and stationary samplers built around two core technologies: vacuum/compressor systems and peristaltic pump systems. Branded product lines include the VST (portable vacuum), VSR (stationary refrigerated vacuum), PST and PSB (portable peristaltic), YB (stationary peristaltic), and S5000 (stationary digital). In March 2023 it added the I-Series line of compatible replacement parts—tubing, chargers, and battery packs—engineered to be drop-in substitutes for Teledyne ISCO and Hach equipment. The company is headquartered at 101 Bar T Drive, Florence, Texas, with operations run on a small team of 1-10 employees and a reported 50+ years of manufacturing experience.

The business model is direct-to-consumer hardware sales through an e-commerce storefront backed by phone-based technical sales; products are priced individually with no subscription layer. Samplers list between $2,908 and $7,978, replacement parts and consumables span $1.15 to roughly $1,700, and custom configurations are quoted via a sales line. Customer segments are horizontal across municipal wastewater treatment plants, industrial facilities with discharge monitoring obligations, and environmental consultants/research labs, with stated global reach but no disclosed distributor or reseller channel. The company competes on a low-overhead cost advantage against OEM incumbents, using 50+ years of domain knowledge as a credibility anchor and expanding its digital footprint via SEO, content marketing on emerging topics like PFAS and wastewater-based epidemiology, and a product configurator on its website.

Name

Manning Environmental

Legal name

Manning Environmental

Website

https://manningenvironmental.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Manning Environmental is a privately held Texas-based manufacturer founded in 1972 that designs and sells vacuum and peristaltic fluid samplers, consumables, and ISCO/Hach-compatible replacement parts for municipal, industrial, and environmental consulting customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wastewater Sampling Equipment

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561), Laboratory Apparatus & Furniture (3821)

akta.pro primary industry

Sampling Programs & Field Services (grab/composite sampling, chain-of-custody, logistics) (EUANAJAD)

Keywords

• Wastewater sampling equipment
• Fluid samplers
• Replacement parts
• Vacuum samplers
• Peristaltic pumps

Headquarters

HQ city

Florence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Fluid Sampler Equipment Sales: One-time sales of portable and stationary wastewater samplers ranging from $4,138 to $7,978. Includes VST, VSR, PST, PSB, YB, and S50 series samplers.
2. Replacement Parts & Accessories: Sales of compatible replacement parts including tubing, batteries, chargers, strainers, bottles, cables, and refrigeration units. Product catalog of 90+ parts with prices from $1.15 to $1,700.
3. I-Series Compatible Parts: Compatible replacement parts for ISCO samplers including tubing packs, battery chargers, and power packs sold as direct OEM alternatives at competitive prices.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Manning Environmental designs, manufactures, and sells fluid samplers and accessories used for wastewater sampling in industrial, municipal, and water resource applications. The portfolio includes portable and stationary samplers based on vacuum/compressor and peristaltic pump technologies, plus a broad catalog of replacement parts and accessories (tubing, bottles, strainers, batteries, refrigerators, enclosures). The company also markets the I-Series line of compatible replacement parts engineered as direct substitutes for Teledyne ISCO and Hach brand sampler components.

Product overview

Manning Environmental is a manufacturer of wastewater sampling equipment founded in 1972, offering a comprehensive portfolio of portable and stationary fluid samplers for industrial, municipal, and water resource applications. The product line centers on two main sampler technologies: vacuum/compressor and peristaltic pumps. Core sampler products include the VST (portable vacuum), VSR (stationary refrigerated vacuum), PST (portable peristaltic), PSB (single-bottle portable peristaltic), YB (stationary peristaltic), and S5000 (stationary digital) models. The I-SERIES line provides compatible replacement parts (tubing, chargers, battery packs) for Teledyne ISCO samplers. Supporting the samplers is an extensive accessories portfolio including medical-grade pump tubing, sample containers, hoses, couplers, strainers, power supplies, replacement refrigerators, cables, conversion kits, suspension harnesses, and operation manuals. The company positions itself as a cost-effective alternative to OEM parts while maintaining comparable quality, supported by 50+ years of manufacturing expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VST Portable Vacuum Sampler Self-contained portable vacuum-powered wastewater sampler for temporary locations. Supports battery or AC power, multi- or single-bottle configurations, and quick field setup.
• VSR Stationary Refrigerated Vacuum Sampler AC-powered stationary vacuum sampler with coated corrosion-resistant refrigeration and accurate temperature control, designed for long-term fixed installations.
• PST Portable Peristaltic Sampler Compact portable peristaltic-powered wastewater sampler with battery or AC power options for temporary sampling applications.
• PSB Single-Bottle Portable Peristaltic Sampler Economical single-bottle portable peristaltic sampler for discrete sampling applications with simple operation.
• YB Stationary Peristaltic Sampler AC-powered stationary peristaltic sampler with corrosion-resistant coating designed for long-term environmental sampling installations.
• S5000 Stationary Refrigerated Sampler High-capacity stationary refrigerated sampler with digital controls designed for permanent installation in wastewater applications.
• MSP250 Portable Sampling Pump Program-free peristaltic grab sampler with 28 feet of lift housed in a NEMA 4X/NEMA 6 plastic enclosure for tough, easy-to-use field sampling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Compatible tubing tested and proven with thousands of units sold for ISCO and Hach pumps

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hach Company: Hach (a Danaher company) manufactures water quality samplers and analyzers that compete directly with Manning's VST/VSR/PST/S5000 lines, and Manning explicitly markets compatible tubing for Hach pumps. Highly comparable in target market and overlapping product line.
• Sentry Equipment Corp: Sentry designs and manufactures representative sampling equipment for industrial and power markets, including steam, water, and process sampling. Directly comparable in industrial sampling hardware with similar B2B customer base.
• Aqualabo: French manufacturer of water quality measurement and sampling equipment for municipal and industrial markets. Directly comparable as a similarly-sized European competitor in portable/stationary water sampling and analysis hardware.
• Bürkle: German manufacturer of sampling equipment for industrial, environmental, and food applications. Comparable as a direct peer in fluid sampling hardware with overlapping end markets in industrial and municipal monitoring.
• QED Environmental Systems: QED manufactures environmental monitoring and remediation equipment, including groundwater sampling pumps and landfill gas systems. Comparable as a niche manufacturer of environmental sampling hardware targeting similar buyer profiles.
• Teledyne ISCO: Teledyne ISCO is the most direct counterpart in the wastewater autosampler market, manufacturing the very lines (3700, 6700, Avalanche, Glacier) that Manning's I-Series parts target. Directly comparable in product category, customer base, and price point.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia is a global water services and technology company providing treatment plants, monitoring solutions, and sampling infrastructure to municipal and industrial customers. Broadly comparable end market but a much wider portfolio spanning solutions and services.
• Xylem: Xylem is a global water technology giant with a portfolio that includes samplers (e.g., YSI brand) and broader water quality instrumentation. Operates in the same end markets but at vastly larger scale with full-stack instrumentation, software, and services.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher manufactures analytical laboratory instruments used in water quality testing programs that Manning's samplers feed. Comparable at the lab instrumentation level and adjacent in the water quality value chain, though it does not directly compete in autosamplers.

Emerging players

• Endress+Hauser: Endress+Hauser is a leading manufacturer of industrial process instrumentation including sampling and analyzing systems for water and wastewater. Comparable in adjacent instrumentation category with growing overlap in the automated sampling and monitoring segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/manningenviro
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=100089317861371

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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