RWM

What RWM does

RWM Inc. is a custom architectural products manufacturer founded in 1980 and based in Murray, Utah (just outside Salt Lake City). The company designs and fabricates GFRG (Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum) architectural elements — round, oval, and surface-mount ceiling domes; wall niches; noncombustible range hood fronts; fireplace fronts and mantels; interior columns and pilasters; crown, radius, and elliptical mouldings; wall-to-ceiling cove; medallions, accent rings, and rosettes; corbels and keystones; plus restoration and special mould work for historical properties. Manufacturing is conducted in-house at the Murray facility by a four-person shop team carrying 150+ years of collective experience, including a Master Mould Builder who has been creating moulds since 1982, with all products cast and cured rather than assembled.

RWM sells through its own e-commerce website (Buy Now functionality for catalogue items), phone orders, and email-driven quoting for custom projects, with volume discounts for builders, designers, and architects and trade relationships across a Homeowner / Commercial Contractor / Designer-Architect / Religious Institution / Hospitality customer mix. Pricing is unit-based per product, with custom range hoods typically priced $2,000-$5,300 plus shipping and standard catalogue items ranging from roughly $85 (small medallions) to $1,500 (large standard domes), plus an upgrade premium for the GFRG Limestone Cast finish tier. The company also acts as a distributor for complementary third-party lines (Chadsworth Columns, Pacific Columns, Spectis Moulders, White River mouldings, Cottonwood Fine Kitchen Furniture) for products it does not manufacture itself. Its customer base includes prestige institutions such as LDS Temples (including Paris and New York City), Museum of Modern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, the Utah Capitol, UPMC Shadyside Hospital, and the Westin Riverwalk.

The business is privately held, bootstrapped since founding, and operates without external equity capital. Products ship to 47 US states with included shipping (Alaska, Hawaii, New York, and Canada quoted separately), at typical 2-2.5 week lead times from order. Revenue, headcount growth, and forward-looking capital plans are not publicly disclosed.

Name

RWM

Legal name

RWM Inc.

Website

https://rwm-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RWM Inc. is a Murray, Utah-based custom manufacturer of Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) architectural elements — domes, wall niches, range hoods, fireplaces, columns, and mouldings — serving homeowners, commercial contractors, designers, and institutions across the US and selectively in Canada and overseas since 1980.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Building Products

NAICS

Gypsum Product Manufacturing (327420)

SIC

Concrete, Gypsum & Plaster Products (3270)

akta.pro primary industry

Prefabricated Gypsum/Plaster Architectural Elements (Cornices, Ceiling Medallions, Moldings) (IMADAEAL)

Keywords

• Architectural building products
• Glass fiber reinforced gypsum
• Custom ceiling domes
• Ornamental plaster mouldings
• Architectural restoration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Murray

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Building Products: One-time product sales of custom architectural elements including ceiling domes, wall niches, range hoods, fireplace fronts, columns, mouldings, medallions, corbels, and keystones. Products are priced per unit with volume discounts available for builders and designers. Typical range hood costs between $2,000 and $5,300 plus shipping.
2. GFRG Limestone Cast Premium Finish: Premium finish upgrade using actual limestone aggregate, available on most products for additional cost. Offers 5 color selections with porosity and matte sealer finish.
3. Custom Project Services: Custom design and manufacturing services for unique specifications, restoration projects, and non-standard sizes. Quote-based pricing.
4. Third-Party Products: Distribution of third-party columns (Chadsworth, Pacific, Spectis) and mouldings (White River, Spectis) as a reseller/distributor.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RWM Inc. is a custom manufacturer of architectural building products made primarily from Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG). The company designs, casts, and cures ceiling domes, wall niches, range hood fronts, fireplace fronts and mantels, interior columns and pilasters, mouldings, wall-to-ceiling cove, medallions, corbels, and keystones. It also produces custom moulds for historical restoration and unique specifications, and acts as a distributor for select third-party column and moulding lines.

Product overview

RWM Inc. is a manufacturer of custom architectural designs and building products made primarily from Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG). The product portfolio centers on ceiling domes (round, oval, and surface mount variants), wall niches, range hood fronts, fireplace fronts and mantels, columns and pilasters, mouldings (crown, radius, panels, barrel vaults), wall-to-ceiling cove, medallions, accent rings, rosettes, corbels, keystones, and restoration services. Products are offered primarily as standard catalog items with extensive customization options, and as fully custom projects. A premium GFRG Limestone Cast finish option (featuring actual limestone aggregate) is available across most product lines. The company serves commercial contractors, homeowners, and business executives for residential and commercial applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Round Ceiling Domes

Quantifiable outcome

• GFRG material is 100% NONCOMBUSTIBLE - will NOT burn unlike polyurethane and wood products, providing critical fire safety in fireplaces and range hoods
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Chadsworth ColumnsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRWM supplies Chadsworth Columns products as a distributor when customer projects require column options beyond what RWM manufactures. Like RWM's GFRG products, Chadsworth columns are made in the USA.
• Pacific Columns, Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRWM serves as a distributor for Pacific Columns products for interior and exterior applications. Pacific Columns products are made in the USA. RWM can help with load-bearing applications.
• Spectis Moulders Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRWM distributes Spectis columns and exterior mouldings as a reseller. Spectis offers a large selection of exterior urethane mouldings that complement RWM's interior GFRG products.
• White RiverminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRWM is a distributor for White River mouldings, which offers hardwood and wood carvings, cast and flex resin products. Also provides plaster medallions and large selection of corbels.
• Cottonwood Fine Kitchen FurnitureminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRWM creates GFRG Limestone Cast range hoods for partner Cottonwood Fine Kitchen Furniture. Mutual relationship where RWM supplies custom range hoods for Cottonwood's kitchen projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Architectural Depot: Online distributor of columns, cornices, fireplace mantels, and other architectural ornament products across polymer, cast stone, and wood materials. Comparable to RWM because it sells the same architectural-element categories (columns, fireplaces, mouldings, corbels) to residential and light commercial buyers through a direct e-commerce model.
• Orac Decor: Manufacturer of decorative cornices, panel mouldings, indirect lighting coves, and other high-end interior architectural ornaments using polymer and polyurethane materials. Comparable because they target the same high-end residential and commercial interiors with crown mouldings, ceiling medallions, coves, and custom-finish details.
• Focal Point Architectural: Manufacturer of decorative architectural ceiling domes, beams, and other interior ornaments, primarily in urethane and other non-wood materials. Directly comparable to RWM because it sells ceiling domes, mouldings, and architectural ornament products to architects and contractors through both custom and catalog SKUs, targeting the same residential and commercial projects.
• Old World Mouldings & Woodturnings: Custom architectural millwork shop producing columns, corbels, and decorative interior elements. Comparable to RWM as a custom-craft manufacturer of architectural interior ornament serving designers, contractors, and luxury residential projects with made-to-order millwork.

Others

• Chadsworth Columns: Manufacturer and distributor of interior and exterior columns, column capitals, and related accessories. Comparable to RWM as a column-product specialist where RWM is itself a Chadsworth distributor; relevant because Chadsworth competes in the same column and capital market segment that RWM serves through custom and distributed offerings.
• Spectis Moulders: Manufacturer of urethane architectural mouldings, corbels, columns, and exterior ornaments. Comparable to RWM as a partner-as-peer in the decorative architectural ornament space, where RWM distributes Spectis urethane exterior mouldings while focusing its own production on GFRG interior elements.
• Pacific Columns: Manufacturer and distributor of interior and exterior columns in wood, polyurethane, and other materials, with load-bearing capabilities. Comparable as a partner-as-peer to RWM since RWM distributes Pacific Columns products while operating its own column offerings, serving similar architects and contractors with overlapping column catalogs.

Broad incumbents

• Fypon: Fortune Brands' brand for urethane and PVC decorative millwork including columns, cornices, mouldings, and other architectural elements. Comparable as a larger incumbent serving the same decorative architectural category, with broader catalog and national distribution that overlaps RWM's mouldings, columns, and corbels business, though at mass-market rather than custom-craft scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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