Bateman Manufacturing

What Bateman Manufacturing does

Bateman Manufacturing, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada, designs and manufactures heavy-duty material handling attachments for excavators, material handlers, cranes, and wheel loaders. The company's product portfolio centers on custom-engineered grapples (sorting, demolition, scrap, magnet, rail, forestry, and rock variants), clamshell buckets (including precision level-cut dredging models), magnet generators (HYDGEN hydraulic and MAGGEN diesel), wood pulverizers, skip pans, and complementary attachments such as precision auto dismantlers, fork racks, and SuperSaw grapple saws. Engineering emphasis is on durability for harsh operating environments, with 5,000 PSI working pressure, continuous rotation bearings, oversized pins with custom locknuts, and fully guarded high-pressure cylinders as common design features.

The company operates as a subsidiary of GRYB International Group, an 8-company diversified heavy equipment attachment platform. Bateman sells via a direct B2B motion: quote-based custom configurations, complemented by a surplus inventory e-commerce storefront for pre-owned equipment and rental units for select products such as the Ships Gear Grapple. Its customer base spans scrap and recycling yards, demolition contractors, port and marine operations, forestry operators, railway construction and maintenance firms, and landscaping/marine construction companies. End users access the products through OEM compatibility with major equipment brands including Caterpillar, Volvo, Hitachi, Komatsu, Liebherr, Sennebogen, John Deere, Kobelco, Doosan, Hyundai, and Sany. A technology partnership with Winkle Industries supplies Circular Lifting Scrap Magnets integrated into the 160 and 210 Series Mag Grapples, which won the 2023 International Bulk Journal 'Best Grab' award. Marketing is concentrated at major industry trade shows (Breakbulk Americas, ISRI, AED Summit, NRC-REMSA) and earned media in sector publications such as Dry Cargo Magazine, American Recycler, and Recycling Product News.

Name

Bateman Manufacturing

Legal name

Bateman Manufacturing

Website

https://batemanmanufacturing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bateman Manufacturing, a GRYB International subsidiary founded in 1989, designs and builds custom heavy-duty material handling attachments including grapples, clamshell buckets, magnet generators, and skip pans for scrap, demolition, port, forestry, rail, and marine construction end-users operating Caterpillar, Sennebogen, and similar OEM equipment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Heavy Equipment Attachment Sales: Manufactures and sells custom-configured material handling attachments (grapples, buckets, magnets, generators) for excavators, material handlers, cranes, and wheel loaders. Products are sold as one-time capital equipment purchases with machine-specific configurations based on customer requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bateman Manufacturing designs, engineers, and builds heavy-duty material handling attachments for excavators, material handlers, cranes, and wheel loaders. Its catalog spans rotating sorting grapples, demolition grapples, orange peel and magnet grapples, clamshell and level-cut buckets, wood pulverizer and forestry grapples, rock and armor stone grapples, rail grapples, tie bundle grapples, magnet buckets, grapple saws (SuperSaw), precision auto dismantlers, fork racks, skip pans, and diesel and hydraulic magnet generators. Products are custom-configured per machine class and application and sold primarily to industrial customers in scrap recycling, demolition, port and marine construction, forestry, railway, and landscaping segments.

Product overview

Bateman Manufacturing, a GRYB International company, offers a comprehensive portfolio of material handling attachments for heavy equipment. The product line centers on various grapple designs including sorting grapples, rock grapples, orange peel scrap grapples, magnet grapples, demolition grapples, and forestry grapples. Supporting products include clamshell buckets (standard, level-cut, and ships gear), magnet buckets, magnet generators (hydraulic and diesel powered), electric grapples, rail and tie bundle grapples, wood processing equipment (pulverizers, woodrakes, bunching grapples, pulpwood grapples, SuperSaw), precision auto dismantlers, fork racks, and skip pans. These products serve diverse industries including demolition, scrap recycling, waste management, marine construction, dredging, port operations, railway, forestry, and landscaping. Bateman positions itself as serving material handlers, excavators, wheel loaders, and crane applications across these segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BSG Models (Waste Sorting Grapple) Rotating sorting grapple with heavy-duty fully protected cylinders and hoses, 360° continuous rotation, and optional bolt-on sides that convert the unit into a clamshell bucket. Suited for demolition, construction, and waste material handling across machine classes from 5t to 65t.
• BSG Models (Demolition Sorting Grapple) Demolition sorting grapple with heavy-duty fully protected cylinders and hoses, designed for demolition, construction, and waste material handling. Models BSG-07D through BSG-50D.
• BCG Models (Demolition Contractor Grapple) Demolition grapple with enhanced clamping force, custom sleeve kit for easy installation, heavy-duty casted replaceable tips, wear plate packages, and hard-facing options. Compatible with pin-on or coupler setups.
• DMG Models (Demolition Magnet Grapple) All-in-one attachment combining a demolition contractor grapple with a magnet for simultaneous material maneuvering and ferrous steel separation, eliminating attachment changes and reducing labor and downtime.
• Hydraulic Clamshell Bucket Clamshell buckets for loading, re-handling, and digging operations, available in light, medium, and heavy-duty models with open or closed back designs. Used for raw material loading and stevedoring applications, including compatibility with Caterpillar excavators.
• BLCC Models (Level-Cut Clamshell Bucket) Clamshell bucket designed for dredging operations requiring precise level cuts; extracts specific amounts of sediment while leaving a flush surface for maintaining waterway depths and vessel traffic.
• B5TD & B6TD Models (Ships Gear Grapple) Diesel-hydraulic grabs purpose-built for port operations, featuring heavy-duty tines, ultimate cylinder protection, quick-hitch tines, and leak-free split-flange fittings. Also offered as rental units to reduce upfront investment, supported by Sennebogen and Liebherr material handler compatibility.
• BPG200RT (Landscaping Rock Grapple) Rock grapple designed to handle stone up to 20 tons with optional rock tine, serving landscaping and marine construction applications.
• B4TRT (4-Tine Rock/Armor Stone Grapple) Marine construction and dredging grapple engineered for extreme loads and harsh conditions, handling stone and armor rock up to 30 tons with a robust four-tine configuration for shoreline protection and breakwater construction.
• BMB Models (Magnet Bucket) Multi-purpose bucket for ferrous material separation with fully protected supply wires, combining digging, sorting, demolition, and magnetization capabilities in a single tool.
• 160 & 210 Series (Mag Grapple) Magnet grapples with wide-body design and internal hydraulic relief valves, equipped with Winkle Circular Lifting Scrap Magnet for scrapyard material handling and ferrous metal sorting.
• 160 & 210 Series (4-Tine Orange Peel Scrap Grapple) Heavy-duty 4-tine orange peel scrap grapples featuring 360° continuous rotation rotators, fully guarded high-pressure cylinders, replaceable tips, and 5,000 PSI working pressure for scrap and recycling operations.
• 5-Tine Scrap Grapple B5T Five-tine orange peel scrap grapples designed for highest production and maximum durability, with wide-body design, full cylinder and hose protection, and 5,000 PSI working pressure.
• Scrap Magnet Generator — MAGGEN Diesel-powered generators for excavators and material handlers from 9kW to 30kW output, supplied with cables and controls, for powering magnetized attachments such as Mag-Grab, Demo-Mag, Bucket Mag, and Scrap Mag.
• Hydraulic Magnet Generator — HYDGEN Machine-specific hydraulic generator kits for excavator conversion installations, with adjustable power output limit, adjustable torque control, six selectable lift/drop operator modes, integrated real-time performance display, and replaceable short-circuit protection.
• Electric Grapple Electric grapple for efficient bulk commodity loading at ports, handling scrap, pig iron, rocks, grain, and fertilizer; available in orange peel and clamshell versions with optional magnet for the orange peel model.
• BRG Models (Rail Grapple) Rail grapple built for railway applications with wide T1 steel body, severe-duty AR500 steel tips, and fully guarded 5,000 PSI cylinders to minimize downtime in rail and tie handling.
• BTBG Models (Tie Bundle Grapple) Tie bundle grapples with 360° endless rotation and oversized bearing, designed to handle bundles of railroad ties from five to nine ties wide.
• BCG-BP Models (Combination Grapple) Forestry combination grapples for handling small trees and logs, available in standard, heavy-duty, and super heavy-duty configurations with optimum opening system and exclusive interchangeable female coupler.
• BPWG Models (Pulpwood Power Grapple) Pulpwood grapples for bulk handling of short wood at wood processing facilities, featuring synchronized jaw with optional butt plates and chain, designed for durability and low maintenance.
• BPG-WR Models (Woodrake Power Grapple) Forestry grapples with boxed tines, enlarged pins, high-pressure cylinders, lower center of gravity, integrated simultaneous-action control valve, and counterbalance valves on cylinders.
• BPG-MT Models (Mat Power Grapple) Mat grapples for positioning rig mats over wet terrain or environmentally sensitive areas, with long-lasting AR450 steel body and versatile utility tines.
• SB Models (SuperSaw) Grapple saws available in five models including SuperSaw 555S (.404 chain) and SuperSaw 650S (3/4-inch), combined with Woodrake Power Grapple or Log Grapple for tree-processing and forestry operations.
• BPG-DR Models (Demolition Power Grapple) Demolition power grapples with special heavy-duty jaws, built to withstand the toughest demolition applications with various bypass configurations and cylinder options.
• BWPG Series (Wood Pulverizer Grapple) Wood pulverizer grapple with 200 Series Manipulating Rotator providing unlimited 360° rotation, lifting capacity of 112,000 lb, and maximum torque of 175,200 lb-in for recycling operations.
• BPAD Models (Precision Auto Dismantler) Precision auto dismantler with immense jaw power for recycling end-of-life vehicles, maximizing recovery of high-value materials; not for sale or use in the U.S.A.
• Wheel Loader Fork Rack Fork racks for wheel loaders with certified welded construction, available with pin-on lugging or quick-coupler hooks, adjustable pallet forks, and models covering 20t–70t machine classes.
• Material Handling Skip Pan (Patented) Patented skip pan with 360° continuous rotation, dual motor rotator, abrasive-resistant construction, 45° dumping angle, and unique design accommodating trucks inside for direct unloading.
• Surplus Inventory (Pre-owned/Overstock Equipment) Secondary-market inventory of pre-owned and overstock Bateman material handling attachments sold directly through the Surplus Inventory website to mid-market buyers.
• BBG Models (Bunching Grapple) Log handling bunching grapples for roadside and mill applications, available in standard and heavy-duty configurations with synchronized jaws, durable T1 steel body, and AR450 tines.

Quantifiable outcome

• Lowest demurrage fees in the industry with Ships Gear Grapple
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• GRYB InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRYB International acquired Bateman Manufacturing as a material handling attachments specialist. Bateman operates as part of the GRYB International Group of companies, which includes GRYB, Shearex, Serco, e-Trak, and other heavy equipment attachment brands. Bateman's over 30 years of grapple manufacturing experience complements the group's product portfolio.
• Winkle IndustriesstrategicTechnology or IntegrationWinkle Industries supplies Circular Lifting Scrap Magnets equipped on Bateman's award-winning 160 & 210 Series Mag Grapple products. The magnet grapple line combines Bateman's grapple design with Winkle's lifting magnet technology for integrated scrap handling solutions.
• GRYB International Group CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBateman is part of a network of 8 companies within the GRYB International Group, including GRYB (attachment manufacturer), Shearex (shear products), Serco (loading equipment), and e-Trak (tracking systems). Companies exhibit together at industry trade shows and share distribution and marketing channels.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Werk-Brau: U.S.-based manufacturer of custom-engineered buckets, thumbs, and specialty attachments for excavators and wheel loaders. Comparable custom-build business model serving North American construction, demolition, and material-handling end markets.
• Kinshofer: German-based global manufacturer of hydraulic attachments for excavators and material handlers, including grapples, buckets, and quick couplers. Closest international peer with overlapping scrap, demolition, and recycling product categories.
• Rotobec: Quebec-based manufacturer of grapples, material handling equipment, and loaders for forestry, scrap, and bulk-handling applications. Direct competitor in orange-peel and clamshell grapples sold into similar North American ports and scrap yards.
• GRYB International: Bateman's parent group and a manufacturer of heavy-equipment attachments (grapples, magnets, excavator tools). Directly comparable product lines and customer overlap in scrap, demolition, and material handling end markets.
• Pemberton Attachments: British Columbia-based manufacturer of custom material handling attachments for excavators, forestry equipment, and material handlers. Closest geographic and product-line competitor to Bateman in grapples, buckets, and rotator assemblies.
• Stanley LaBounty (Stanley Infrastructure): Specialty attachment manufacturer focused on demolition grapples, shears, and pulverizers for heavy equipment. Direct competitor in demolition and scrap-recycling grapples with similar end customers and dealer channels.
• AMI Attachments: North American manufacturer of heavy-equipment attachments including grapples, thumbs, buckets, and compactors. Competes head-on with Bateman across OEM-compatible custom attachment configurations.

Broad incumbents

• Paladin Attachments: CNH-owned broad-line manufacturer of attachments and couplers across construction, agriculture, and material handling. Overlaps with Bateman on grapples, buckets, and couplers, but ships a much wider catalog and operates through OEM and dealer channels.
• Caterpillar Work Tools: Caterpillar's captive heavy-equipment attachment division offering OEM-fit grapples, buckets, thumbs, and magnets. Competes with Bateman primarily through factory-fit and finance-bundled sales on new Caterpillar machines.
• Volvo Construction Equipment Attachments: OEM captive attachment business within Volvo CE serving wheel loader and excavator fleets. Larger scale and dealer footprint than Bateman, with overlapping products in sorting grapples, buckets, and forks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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Investments

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