Backer EHP Inc.

What Backer EHP Inc. does

Backer EHP Inc., operating commercially as Backer Springfield, is a North American manufacturer of electric heating elements and thermal components headquartered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with additional manufacturing and engineering facilities in California, Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Mexico. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NIBE AB, a Swedish publicly traded industrial group (STO:NIBE) that operates approximately 80 companies across 21 countries and four continents with consolidated sales of roughly $2.3 billion; Backer EHP sits within NIBE's Element division and traces its industrial heritage to E.L. Wiegand's 1915 patent on the flat iron heating element and the subsequent founding of the Chromalox-marketed E.L. Wiegand Electric Company.

The product portfolio spans four lines: Residential (range elements, bake/broil/convection elements, refrigeration defrost, dryer, dishwasher, and water heating elements); Commercial (tubular air and liquid heating elements, flexible foil heaters, immersion heaters, non-MgO tubular heaters, single-ended heaters, plus components such as tubes, heater wire, wire harnesses, compressor/crankcase heaters, and evaporator pans); HVAC heating solutions; and Aftermarket replacement elements. Customers are B2B OEMs and commercial equipment manufacturers across seven vertical segments: Home Appliance, Commercial Equipment, HVAC, Refrigeration, Scientific/Medical, Transportation, and Industrial/Manufacturing.

The business model is a direct enterprise field-sales motion with two dedicated sales channels — a Commercial Sales & Customer Service team and an OEM Sales & Customer Service team — supported by in-house engineering that partners with customers on custom heating-element design, testing, and qualification. Pricing is quote-based and contract-driven, typically multi-year, with revenue generated from hardware sales of both custom-designed and catalog heating elements. All facilities are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified and carry a broad stack of North American and global safety certifications (UL, CSA, RoHS, IEC, VDE, CE, REACH, PQAN/ATEX, SEMCO, CQC, BEAB), positioning the company as a qualified supplier into regulated OEM channels.

Name

Backer EHP Inc.

Legal name

Backer EHP Inc.

Website

https://backerehp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electric Heating Elements

NAICS

Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415), Heating Equipment (except Warm Air Furnaces) Manufacturing (333414)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585)

akta.pro primary industry

HVAC Equipment (Heating, Cooling & Air Handling) (IMAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Heat Transfer Equipment (Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Condensers) (IMAHAEAC)

Keywords

• Tubular heating elements
• Electric heating solutions
• Heating element manufacturing
• Industrial heating components
• Appliance heating elements

Headquarters

HQ city

Murfreesboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Heating Element Manufacturing: Manufacture and sale of electrical heating elements for residential, commercial, HVAC, and industrial applications. Products include tubular elements, immersion heaters, flexible foil heaters, compressor heaters, and various specialty heating solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Backer EHP Inc. (operating as Backer Springfield) manufactures and sells electric heating elements, including tubular air and liquid heating elements, flexible foil heaters, immersion heaters, single-ended heaters, and component parts, sold to OEMs, commercial equipment manufacturers, and aftermarket replacement distributors. The company serves home appliance, commercial foodservice, HVAC, refrigeration, scientific/medical, transportation, and industrial manufacturing sectors from manufacturing facilities across the United States and Mexico.

Product overview

Backer EHP Inc. (operating as Backer Springfield) is a world leader in tubular heating element production, offering a comprehensive portfolio of electric heating solutions organized across four main product lines: Residential heating products including range elements, bake/broil/convection elements, refrigeration components, dryer elements, dishwasher heating elements, and water heating elements; Commercial heating products featuring tubular air heating elements, tubular liquid heating elements, flexible foil heaters, immersion heaters, non-MgO tubular heaters, single-ended heaters, along with component parts including tubes, heater wire, and wire harnesses, plus compressor/crankcase heaters and evaporator pans; HVAC heating solutions for comfort heating applications; and Aftermarket replacement products. The company operates as a division of NIBE Element within the Swedish parent company NIBE AB, serving worldwide markets across home appliance, HVAC, foodservice, refrigeration/defrost, scientific/medical, transportation, and industrial manufacturing sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Range Elements

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 years of continuous operation in electric heating industry
• +2 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Springfield WirecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Acquired Springfield Wire in 2012, leading to the combined brand name Backer Springfield. This acquisition strengthened Backer's position in the wire and heating element manufacturing market.
• Emerson Electric CompanyminorOthers · 1 January 1968E.L. Wiegand Electric Company was acquired by Emerson Electric Company in 1968. Emerson later split the company into two divisions: Emerson Heating Products under Emerson Appliance Solutions & Emerson Climate Tech Solutions groups, before being acquired by NIBE in 2011.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CCI Thermal Technologies: CCI Thermal is a Canadian-based manufacturer of engineered electric heating and filtration solutions (Catafor, Caloritech, Fastrax, Norseman brands), serving industrial, oil & gas, rail, transit, and HVAC markets with tubular heating, duct heaters, and enclosures — directly competing across multiple of Backer's vertical segments.
• Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company: Watlow is one of the largest privately-held industrial heater manufacturers globally, offering tubular heating elements, immersion heaters, circulation heaters, flexible heaters, and process heating systems serving plastics, semiconductor, medical, and industrial OEM customers — directly competing with Backer's commercial and industrial product lines.
• Indeeco: Indeeco designs and manufactures industrial electric heaters, process heating equipment, and custom heating solutions for oil & gas, chemical, and power markets — overlapping with Backer's industrial/process heating segment and tubular element offering.
• Tempco Electric Heater Corporation: Tempco manufactures tubular heating elements, immersion heaters, band heaters, and strip heaters for industrial, medical, food service, and OEM applications — a direct head-to-head peer in the commercial tubular heating category.
• Hotwatt Inc. Hotwatt manufactures a broad line of electric heating elements including cartridge, band, tubular, strip, and immersion heaters for OEM, industrial, and laboratory applications — a direct competitor in standard and custom electric heating elements.
• Heatron (formerly Tutco): Heatron designs and manufactures custom and standard tubular heating elements, foil heaters, and thermal solutions for industrial, transit, medical, and appliance OEMs. Its custom-engineering model and target end-markets closely mirror Backer's value proposition.
• Chromalox (now under nVent Electric): Chromalox is the most direct comp — a global manufacturer of industrial electric heating elements, heat transfer systems, and process heating. Notably, Backer's own heritage runs through Chromalox (originally E.L. Wiegand's Chromalox brand) before being split under Emerson and then sold to NIBE in 2011, so the two share technology DNA and product-portfolio overlap in tubular heating, immersion heaters, and process heat.

Others

• NIBE Climate Solutions: NIBE Climate Solutions is a sister division within the same parent (NIBE AB) that manufactures heat pumps, ground-source heating, and ventilation products. While not a direct competitor (different technology category), it is highly relevant contextually as it represents a key alternative to resistive heating within NIBE's own portfolio and influences Backer's strategic positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BackerSpringfield
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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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