Reftec International

What Reftec International does

Reftec International is a privately held U.S. manufacturer of refrigerant recovery units — equipment used by HVAC service technicians to evacuate, recover, and reclaim refrigerants from air-conditioning and refrigeration systems in compliance with environmental regulations governing refrigerant handling. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Largo, Florida, the company operates with a headcount in the 11–50 employee range, positioning it as a small specialist manufacturer rather than a diversified HVAC OEM. Its addressable customers are HVAC service contractors, refrigeration technicians, and potentially wholesalers/distributors serving those trade segments.

The company's core offering is mechanical/electromechanical refrigerant recovery machinery, a regulated product category in the United States (notably under EPA Section 608 technician certification and refrigerant management requirements). Beyond the firmographic label of 'refrigerant recovery units for the HVAC service industry,' the supplied input data provides no further specificity: no detailed product lines, no disclosed technical specifications, no certification listings, no patents or trademarks, no distributor roster, and no pricing model are present in the data payload. The company's own website (reftec.com) returned only a verification/loading screen during data collection, and the structured scraping payload contained mostly empty fields with the explicit note that 'source page shows only a verification/loading screen with no substantive company information.'

From a business-model perspective, Reftec is a for-profit private industrial manufacturer that likely generates revenue through unit sales of recovery equipment, with go-to-market likely running through HVAC distribution and dealer channels typical of the trade. However, no revenue figure, pricing model, channel mix, customer segmentation, or geographic footprint data is available in the source material to substantiate details. The company appears to have maintained continuous operation since 1997, which itself implies a durable, if small, commercial presence within a niche regulated-tools segment, but the analyst should treat this description as a minimal factual baseline given the substantial data gaps in the input.

Name

Reftec International

Website

https://reftec.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Reftec International is a privately held U.S. manufacturer, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Largo, Florida, that builds refrigerant recovery units used by HVAC service technicians to evacuate and reclaim refrigerants in compliance with environmental regulations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HVAC Refrigerant Recovery Equipment

NAICS

Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415), Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (33341)

SIC

Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580), Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Industrial Refrigeration Systems (IMAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Compressors, Refrigeration Components & Condensing Units (IMADANAG), Refrigeration Components & Controls (Compressors, Valves, Sensors) (IMAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Refrigerant recovery equipment
• HVAC service tools
• Refrigerant reclamation systems
• HVAC service machinery
• Refrigerant recovery units

Headquarters

HQ city

Largo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Reftec International manufactures refrigerant recovery units used in the HVAC service industry. Their equipment is designed to recover and reclaim refrigerants from HVAC systems during servicing, repair, or decommissioning. The products serve HVAC service technicians, contractors, and refrigeration professionals who need compliant hardware for refrigerant handling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Refrigerant Recovery Units Physical hardware devices used by HVAC service technicians to recover and reclaim refrigerants from air conditioning and refrigeration systems during service, repair, or decommissioning. Targeted at HVAC service companies, contractors, and refrigeration professionals requiring compliant refrigerant handling equipment.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• CPS Products: CPS Products is a manufacturer and distributor of HVAC/R diagnostic, service, and recovery equipment including refrigerant recovery machines, leak detectors (TIF brand), and electronic instruments — directly comparable to Reftec in refrigerant recovery and related HVAC service instrumentation.
• Robinair (Bosch Automotive Service Solutions): Robinair is the category-leading manufacturer of refrigerant recovery, recycling, and recharging machines for the HVAC/R automotive and stationary air-conditioning service industry — directly competing with Reftec in the refrigerant recovery unit category and offering the broadest product portfolio in the segment.
• Mastercool: Mastercool manufactures a full line of air-conditioning and refrigeration service tools including refrigerant recovery units, manifolds, and vacuum pumps. It is a direct competitor to Reftec in the recovery-machine category and is widely distributed in the HVAC/R aftermarket.
• Fieldpiece Instruments: Fieldpiece designs and manufactures HVAC service instruments, recovery machines, and tools targeted at field technicians. Its recovery unit line competes directly with Reftec, particularly in the professional HVAC service channel.
• Ritchie Engineering (Yellow Jacket): Yellow Jacket is a long-established manufacturer of HVAC/R service tools including refrigerant recovery machines, gauges, manifolds, and leak detectors. It directly competes with Reftec in the recovery-unit category and is a staple in HVAC distributor catalogs nationwide.
• Appion: Appion designs and manufactures high-performance refrigerant recovery machines and vacuum pumps for the HVAC/R industry, including its well-known Tezuka recovery units. It competes head-to-head with Reftec in the professional refrigerant recovery equipment category.
• Elitech Technology: Elitech manufactures refrigerant recovery machines, digital manifold gauges, and HVAC diagnostic tools with broad distribution. It competes with Reftec in the refrigerant recovery unit segment, particularly in value-oriented and online distribution channels.

Broad incumbents

• Inficon: Inficon is a global manufacturer of leak detection, refrigerant analysis, and service instrumentation for HVAC/R and automotive applications. While broader than Reftec, it competes in the refrigerant handling/measurement tooling space that overlaps with Reftec's end users.
• Imperial (IMI) — Sourcing Group: Imperial manufactures a broad catalog of HVAC/R service tools and equipment, including recovery machines, gauges, and tube working tools. Its HVAC service equipment line competes with Reftec in the same end-user channel, though Imperial's portfolio is materially wider.

Emerging players

• Navac: Navac is a manufacturer of vacuum pumps, recovery units, and tubing tools for the HVAC/R service industry. As a more recently scaled competitor, it overlaps directly with Reftec in refrigerant recovery equipment and is gaining share with US service technicians.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/reftec

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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