Name

Midalloy

Legal name

Midalloy

Website

https://midalloy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Welding Consumables

NAICS

Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (332618), Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing (3326)

SIC

Miscellaneous Primary Metal Products (3390)

akta.pro primary industry

Refractory & Metallurgical Consumables Distribution (Fluxes, electrodes, refractories) (IMAKAJAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Welding, Joining & Soldering Equipment (Arc, Resistance, Friction, Brazing) (IMAHADAH)

Keywords

• Alloy welding consumables
• Welding electrodes and wires
• Flux-cored welding products
• Sub-arc welding fluxes
• High-performance filler metals

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

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. Welding Consumables Sales: Midalloy generates revenue through direct sales of welding consumables including bare wire, coated electrodes, flux-cored wires, and sub-arc fluxes. Products are sold to U.S. and global customers through a nationwide distributor network and direct field sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Midalloy manufactures and supplies private-brand high-performance alloy welding consumables — bare wire, coated electrodes (CHROMAX, NI-MAX), flux-cored wire (Mastercor), strip cladding electrodes (WELDSTRIP), and sub-arc fluxes — for industrial fabrication across stainless steel, nickel alloy, aluminum, and mild/low alloy steel. Products are stocked at two U.S. warehouses (Fenton, MO and Houston, TX) holding over 2 million pounds and distributed through a nationwide welding supply distributor network supported by field sales representatives.

Product overview

Midalloy is a welding consumables company founded in 1985, operating as one of the largest private brand alloy welding suppliers in the United States. The company offers a unified portfolio of welding products organized across seven core product categories: Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Nickel Alloy, Low Alloy & Mild Steel, Strip for Overlay, Sub-Arc Fluxes, and Special Purpose Grades. Products are sold under multiple sub-brands including CHROMAX (coated electrodes), NI-MAX (nickel coated electrodes), MASTERCOR (flux-cored wire), and WELDSTRIP (strip electrodes), with bare wire sold under the MIDALLOY brand. The product portfolio supports all major welding processes (GMAW/MIG, GTAW/TIG, SAW/Sub-Arc, FCAW/Flux-Cored, SMAW/Coated Electrodes) and 98% of products are DFARS compliant. The company stocks over 2 million pounds of inventory across facilities in Fenton, MO and Houston, TX.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHROMAX™: Coated electrodes brand for stainless steel welding products
• NIMAX™
• Mastercor™
• WELDSTRIP

Products and services

• Stainless Steel Welding Products Stainless steel welding consumables (bare wire, CHROMAX coated electrodes, Mastercor flux-cored wire) manufactured to exacting industry standards with controlled chemistries, close alloy tolerances, and low impurity levels. For industrial fabricators of stainless steel components.
• Aluminum Welding Wire Aluminum welding wires (ER4043, ER5356, ER5556) for GMAW and GTAW processes, manufactured to expert quality standards and meeting AWS (A5.10), TUV, DIN (1732), and ABS international codes.
• Nickel Alloy Welding Consumables Complete range of nickel alloy welding consumables in MIG, TIG, sub-arc, flux-cored, coated electrodes (NI-MAX), and Weldstrip forms for joining high-performance materials in critical industry applications.
• Low Alloy & Mild Steel Welding Wire Low alloy and mild steel welding wires with 1% to 5% alloying elements added to carbon steel for strength, hardness, and corrosion resistance; all wires are copper-free to minimize weld contamination and support x-ray quality welds.
• Strip for Overlay (WELDSTRIP) Stainless steel and nickel alloy strip electrodes (WELDSTRIP brand) for strip cladding using submerged arc (SAW) or electroslag (ESW) welding, offering higher deposition rates and lower base metal penetration than conventional sub-arc wire cladding.
• Sub-Arc Fluxes European style fully agglomerated fluxes for use with Weldstrip or sub-arc wire in joining or overlay of nickel alloys, stainless steels, and mild steels; produces excellent bead contours with easy slag removal.
• Special Purpose Grades Hard-to-source specialty welding grades for fabrication of critical industrial components, including cryogenic welding applications; special melts available through worldwide mill contacts to meet exact customer specifications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98% DFARS Compliant products
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• American Welding Society (AWS)minorOthersAWS is a trade association that advances the science, technology, and application of welding. Through its code and certification procedures, it produces industry standards for the joining of metals and other materials. Midalloy maintains active membership to stay abreast of the latest materials and designs in advanced joining technologies.
• Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA)minorOthersGAWDA is the major trade association representing the gases and welding supply industry. Since 1945, it has been the industry's foremost resource for safety and compliance information, education, and networking. Midalloy maintains active membership for industry engagement.
• Pipe Fabrication Institute (PFI)minorOthersPFI keeps member industrial clients, contractors, design firms, and engineers informed and up-to-date on current and future technology. By proposing and maintaining suitable standards and technical bulletins, it promotes the highest benchmark of excellence for the pipe fabrication industry.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Carpenter Technology: Specialty alloy producer with a Dynaloy welding products line supplying stainless and nickel welding consumables. Comparable in specialty alloy chemistry and traceability, but with a primary focus on mill products rather than consumables distribution.
• Haynes International: Manufacturer of high-performance nickel- and cobalt-based alloys, including welding consumables for corrosive and high-temperature service. Comparable in serving the same oil & gas, chemical, and power generation end markets, with a more alloy-mill-centric model.
• Special Metals (Precision Castparts / Berkshire Hathaway): World-leading producer of nickel-based alloys and welding consumables for high-performance applications. Comparable to Midalloy's NIMAX nickel alloy consumable line, with deeper alloy metallurgy IP and mill-level control of base materials.

Broad incumbents

• Hobart Brothers (ITW): Welding consumables manufacturer owned by Illinois Tool Works, producing stick electrodes, solid wire, and flux-cored wire for industrial and construction end markets. Comparable in filler-metal product categories but with broader commodity and construction emphasis vs. Midalloy's specialty alloy focus.
• ESAB: Global welding and cutting consumables and equipment manufacturer. Overlaps with Midalloy across stainless, nickel alloy, and low-alloy consumables as well as sub-arc fluxes, but serves a much broader customer base globally with larger R&D and distribution.
• Sandvik (Materials Technology / Welding): Sandvik's welding consumables business supplies stainless, nickel, and hardfacing welding products to industrial customers globally. Comparable in alloy focus and end-market exposure, with broader European geographic roots and a much larger overall business.
• Lincoln Electric: Global leader in welding consumables, equipment, and cutting systems. Directly comparable as a supplier of stainless, nickel, low-alloy, and mild-steel welding consumables across all major processes, but at vastly greater scale and with a much broader product and equipment portfolio.

Direct peers

• Blue Demon Welding Products: U.S.-based supplier of welding consumables including stainless, nickel, aluminum, and mild-steel electrodes and wires, sold primarily through welding supply distributors. Comparable distribution-led, private-brand model to Midalloy, though with a heavier weighting toward general industrial rather than high-spec defense/cryogenic grades.
• Select-Arc (Lincoln Electric subsidiary): Manufacturer of premium specialty welding consumables including stainless, nickel, and low-alloy electrodes and tubular wires. Directly comparable to Midalloy's CHROMAX, NIMAX, and Mastercor brands as a specialty private-brand consumable supplier, though owned by Lincoln Electric.
• voestalpine Böhler Welding: Specialty welding consumables division of voestalpine, focused on high-alloy stainless, nickel, and duplex welding consumables including fluxes and strip cladding products. Closest direct comparable to Midalloy's specialty high-alloy positioning, though with European manufacturing roots and a larger global footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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