Felton Brushes

Name

Felton Brushes

Legal name

Felton Brushes Limited

Website

https://feltonbrushes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Brushes Manufacturing

NAICS

Broom, Brush, and Mop Manufacturing (339994)

SIC

Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware (3420)

akta.pro primary industry

Brooms, Brushes & Dustpans (CRAJAIAA)

Keywords

• Industrial brush manufacturing
• Power brushes
• Strip brushes
• Automotive deburring brushes
• Custom brush design

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamilton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Standard Brush Products: Sale of stock brushes across multiple categories including power brushes, twisted brushes, strip brushes, wide face brushes, maintenance brushes, restaurant brushes, and specialty brushes. Products are available through e-commerce and wholesale distribution.
2. Custom Brush Manufacturing: Custom brush design and manufacturing services for brushes that don't fall under standard categories. Customers can use the Custom Brush Designer wizard or Request a Quote form. Wholesale pricing available for custom specifications.
3. Brush Traceability Services: Brush traceability services for projects requiring materials traceability with wide selection of brushes in stock.
4. Mechanical Testing Services: Mechanical testing services including hardness, tensile, yield, impact, mill test report, and letter of compliance.
5. Brush Making Machine Parts: Manufacturing of various brush making parts with strong experience and know-how.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Felton Brushes Limited is a 100% Canadian owned industrial brush manufacturer established in 1933, producing power brushes, twisted brushes, strip brushes, wide face brushes, maintenance brushes, restaurant brushes, and specialty brushes for industries including automotive, manufacturing, transit, food service, pharmaceutical, and aerospace. The company manufactures on Wohler and Borghi brush making machinery and offers custom brush design, brush traceability, mechanical testing services, and brush making machine parts.

Product overview

Felton Brushes is a Canadian industrial brush manufacturer since 1933, offering a comprehensive portfolio of brush products organized into core categories: Power Brushes (knotted and crimped wire brushes, wire wheels, end brushes, cup brushes, rotary brushes), Twisted Brushes (tube, flue, chimney brushes), Strip Brushes (weather stripping, transportation, specialty), Wide Face/Roller Brushes, and Maintenance Brushes (janitorial, brooms). The company operates specialized sub-brands including Chef Felton for food service brushes, and holds patents for products like the AL5-B non-sparking brush and CurVBrush vineyard brush. Key capabilities include custom brush design via an online wizard, pharmaceutical-grade metal-free brushes, automotive deburring brushes with aluminum oxide/ceramic grit, and transit/transportation brushes for mass transit systems. The portfolio spans from commodity maintenance brushes to precision industrial brushes for aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical, and pipeline industries, with services including brush traceability, machine parts manufacturing, and mechanical testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chef Felton: Restaurant brushes designed for the food service industry including Pizza Oven, Commercial Barbecue Brushes, Broiler/Grill and Butcher Block Brushes.

Products and services

• Power Brushes High-quality knotted and crimped wire brushes including wire wheels, end brushes, cup brushes, and rotary brushes, including encapsulated versions that extend brush life. Used for automotive deburring, metal fabrication, pipeline, and tire industry applications.
• Twisted Brushes Also known as twisted in wire, spiral, tube, boiler, pipe, flue and chimney brushes. Constructed by inserting fill material between folded wire stems. Available in nylon, steel/stainless steel, and aluminum oxide filament for automotive deburring, pharmaceutical cleaning, and flue/tube cleaning applications.
• Strip Brushes Includes flexible weather stripping brushes, metal back brushes, and specialty brushes. Metal back brushes supplied to transit companies including Bombardier, TTC, and Vancouver LRT. Specialty versions include spiral wound, cremation, crab butchering, and window washing brushes.
• Wide Face Brushes Also known as roller brushes or wide face roller brushes. Divided into spiral wound and metal free brushes. Non-metal Pill Moving brushes feature Acetal Thermoplastic core for FDA, USDA, and GMP controlled environments. Used in glass washing, conveyor cleaning, blueberry harvesters, and steel mill maintenance.
• Maintenance Brushes Janitorial brushes and brooms for cleaning, dusting, painting and sanitation. Segments include brooms, paint brushes, utility brushes, cleaning/scrub brushes, and artist brushes. Broom types cover heavy sweeping, concrete sweeping, fine sweeping, street sweeping, and rail track sweeping.
• Chef Felton (Food Service Brushes) Restaurant brushes designed for the food service industry under the Chef Felton brand. Includes Pizza Oven brushes, Commercial Barbecue brushes, Broiler/Grill brushes, and Butcher Block brushes. Manufactured with highest quality wire in North America and premium Canadian hardwood.
• Specialty Brushes Custom specialty brushes including the patented CurVBrush for vineyard suckering (improves speed by up to 40%), metal-free pharmaceutical brushes with FDA approved polypropylene filament, automotive deburring brushes with aluminum oxide or ceramic grit, and transit/transportation brushes.
• Automotive Deburring Brushes Premium brushes for automotive manufacturers featuring twisted aluminum oxide or ceramic grit filament for aggressive deburring action and longer brush life. Includes prototype development services working with tool engineers. Can be manufactured with coolant injecting feature.
• AL5-B Non-Sparking Brush Revolutionary non-sparking brush with patented cast aluminum poured center and knotted brass wire. Provides superior safety in explosive gas atmospheres (zone 0, 1, and 2) and combustible dust atmospheres (zone 20, 21, and 22). World exclusive patented design.
• Crematorium Oven Brushes Industrial brushes for cremation oven maintenance using finest oil tempered wire from Canada and USA mills. The St. Pete Brush features highest quality North American brass wire with larger staple set holes for more bristles, lasting 50-100% longer than competitors.
• Pharmaceutical Metal-Free Brushes FDA, USDA, and GMP compliant brushes featuring Acetal Thermoplastic core and synthetic fill. Includes Pill Movers for pharmaceutical packaging machines (moving, metering, leveling pills) and flexible tube brushes for cleaning straight and curved pipes in medical applications.
• Transit & Transportation Brushes Brush seals for mass transit featuring corrosion resistant stainless steel channel. Supplied to Vancouver LRT, Kuala Lumpur LRT, Bombardier, TTC, and North American Tier 1 & 2 suppliers. Used in trains, buses, subways, railcars and freight cars for sealing against dust, rain, snow and insects.
• Tube End Deburring Brushes High quality pipe deburring brushes manufactured in Hamilton Ontario using North American sourced materials. K1204 steel knotted brush (12 OD x 2 ID) for heavy deburring; M136010 crimped wire brush (6 OD x 2 ID) with high density wire for optimized deburring capabilities.
• Brush Traceability Services Material traceability services for projects with highest standards requirements. Wide selection of brushes in stock with full traceability documentation.
• Brush Making Machine Parts Manufacturing of various brush making parts with strong experience and know-how in brush production equipment.
• Mechanical Testing Services Mechanical testing services including hardness, tensile, yield, impact tests, mill test reports, and letters of compliance.
• Custom Brush Design Wizard Online design tool allowing customers to design custom brushes including Major Bench Wheels, Twisted In Wire Brushes, Spiral Wound Brushes, Strip Brushes, and Tufted Cylinder Brushes to exact specifications.

Quantifiable outcome

• CurVBrush improves vine suckering speed by up to 40%
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Borghi (Italy)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2009Felton Brushes partnered with Borghi of Italy and operate all stapleset brushes exclusively on Borghi Machines. The 5-Axis Stapleset machine is the most flexible tufted brush making machine in the world. Felton exclusively runs this technology in Canada.
• Wohler (Germany)coreTechnology or IntegrationFelton operates Wohler Brush making machinery exclusively for wire power brushes. They are one of the few in North America to use this technology, and the only company in Canada. Also acquired Wohler Strip Brush Machines in 2009.
• Maryland Brush CompanymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFelton Brushes Limited grew through the acquisition of Maryland Brush Company, expanding their manufacturing capabilities and market presence.
• CBC NewsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFeatured on both CBC News and CBC's Radio Canada. Company queen Delores Kielbowich's 64th anniversary was celebrated with an interview conducted by CBC News.
• Canadian Business JournalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFeatured in the Canadian Business Journal, revealing the company's rich history, advanced technologies, experienced staff and incredible company culture.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives: A global incumbent in bonded and coated abrasives and surface finishing solutions. Overlaps with Felton in industrial finishing use cases, though brushes are a smaller part of a much broader portfolio.
• Pferd (August Rüggeberg): Global manufacturer of abrasives, power brushes, and surface finishing tools. Broader portfolio than Felton but competes head-to-head in industrial deburring and wire brush categories.
• 3M Abrasives: Diversified global industrial manufacturer with a strong surface finishing and abrasives portfolio. Adjacent/overlapping in many of Felton's industrial end-markets, with much broader product breadth.

Direct peers

• Weiler Corporation: U.S.-based manufacturer of power brushes, wire wheels, and abrasive products for metal finishing and surface conditioning. Direct overlap with Felton's power brush and automotive deburring lines, serving similar industrial distributors and end-users.
• Osborn International: Global industrial brush manufacturer with a broad portfolio of power, strip, and maintenance brushes. Closest direct competitor to Felton across product, end-market, and distribution channels.
• Brush Research Manufacturing (BRM): U.S. custom industrial brush manufacturer offering flexible hone brushes, deburring, and specialty brushes. Comparable to Felton in custom design capabilities and niche industrial applications.
• Tanis Incorporated: U.S. manufacturer of industrial brushes, including custom-engineered and metal-free brushes for regulated environments. Comparable product portfolio and end-market overlap with Felton.

Regional players

• Lessmann: German industrial brush manufacturer with a broad specialty brush portfolio. Comparable craft and product quality to Felton, serving primarily the European market rather than North America.

Others

• Borghi S.p.A. Italian brush-making machinery manufacturer, Felton's exclusive partner for 5-Axis Stapleset technology. Adjacent as a supplier/partner rather than a competitor, but defines Felton's differentiating capacity.
• Wöhler Brush Tech: German brush-making machinery manufacturer (Wohler), Felton's exclusive partner for strip brush and wire power brush machines. Supplier/enabler of Felton's North American technology moat rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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