Great Lakes Industrial Controls
Great Lakes Industrial Controls is a Sarnia, Ontario-based B2B industrial distributor and service provider founded in 1995, supplying valves, pumps, heat exchangers, flow meters, and safety equipment from 13 manufacturer's lines to plants in petrochemical, steel, mining, wastewater, and automotive sectors, supplemented by survey and training services.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded-
- Headquarters—
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Great Lakes Industrial Controls does
Great Lakes Industrial Controls (GLIC) is a privately held B2B industrial distributor and service provider founded in 1995 and headquartered in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The company distributes a portfolio of over 200 industrial process control products across valves (ball, butterfly, control, safety relief, knife-gate, cryogenic, nuclear-rated), pumps (centrifugal, chemical metering, boiler-feed, tailings, submersible, multi-stage, variable speed), heat exchangers (plate & frame, shell & tube), flow meters (Coriolis, rotameters, thermal mass), pressure gauges, regulators, steam traps, safety/relief equipment, and chemical products. GLIC acts as a multi-brand distributor carrying 13 manufacturer's lines, with THERMON as its core partner for heat tracing and the remaining 12 (BROOKS, CO-AX, DIAMOND FILTER, ENCON, EST, FARRIS, JESCO, OSECO, PROTECTOSEAL, TESCOM, WEY VALVE, YARWAY) covering complementary categories. The company serves industrial plants, petrochemical facilities, steel mills, mining operations, wastewater treatment plants, automobile assembly plants, and institutional facilities (hospitals, universities, commercial buildings).
GLIC's business model rests on three revenue streams: one-time industrial product sales, professional survey/inspection services (steam trap surveys, valve surveys, pressure relief valve surveys, safety equipment surveys, cooling tower surveys — many tailored to specific verticals), and training services (in-house or virtual lunch-and-learn seminars). The go-to-market is sales-led and direct: customers engage via the website contact form, receive sizing and selection support on downloadable PDF specification sheets, and transact on a quote-based model. The firm operates with 9 employees and no public revenue disclosure. Its competitive position is built on domain specialization across multiple industrial verticals, the breadth of its distribution portfolio, and the survey-first approach that positions the company as a technical advisor rather than a price-driven reseller.
Great Lakes Industrial Controls firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Great Lakes Industrial Controls
- Legal name
- Great Lakes Industrial Controls
- Website
- https://greatlakesindustrialcontrols.com
- Company type
- Private
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Great Lakes Industrial Controls is a Sarnia, Ontario-based B2B industrial distributor and service provider founded in 1995, supplying valves, pumps, heat exchangers, flow meters, and safety equipment from 13 manufacturer's lines to plants in petrochemical, steel, mining, wastewater, and automotive sectors, supplemented by survey and training services.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Great Lakes Industrial Controls industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Process Control Equipment Distribution
- NAICS
- Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (332912), Measuring, Dispensing, and Other Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (333914), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)
- SIC
- General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Pneumatic Components (FRLs, Cylinders, Valves) (IMAHAGAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Controls, Monitoring & Condition Management (for Pumps/Compressors) (IMAHANAI), Refrigeration Components & Controls (Compressors, Valves, Sensors) (IMAHAKAH), Water Treatment & Process Specialty Chemicals (IMAEABAN)
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Great Lakes Industrial Controls business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Industrial Product Sales: Sale of industrial control equipment and components including valves (ball, butterfly, control, safety relief), pumps (centrifugal, chemical metering, process), heat exchangers (plate & frame, shell & tube), flow meters (Coriolis, rotameters, thermal mass flow), pressure gauges, regulators, steam traps, strainers, and associated equipment.
- Survey and Inspection Services: Comprehensive surveying services for industrial equipment including steam trap surveys, control valve surveys, pressure relief valve surveys, safety shower/eyewash system surveys, cooling tower surveys, and various valve surveys for specific industries (steel mills, mining, petrochemical, wastewater treatment).
- Training Services: Product training services offered either in-house or via online virtual training sessions for all product lines, including lunch and learn seminars and steam trap seminars.
- Valve and Equipment Repair Services: Valve repairs to all types of valves and emergency repairs to shell & tube heat exchangers, along with safety valves testing & repair.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels2 records
Great Lakes Industrial Controls product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Great Lakes Industrial Controls is a B2B industrial distributor and value-added reseller of industrial process control equipment, offering a portfolio of over 200 products including valves (ball, butterfly, control, safety relief), pumps (centrifugal, chemical metering, process, slurry), heat exchangers (plate & frame, shell & tube), flow meters, pressure gauges, steam traps, regulators, safety equipment, and heat tracing systems. The company also provides complementary surveying, inspection, valve repair, and product training services for industrial customers across petrochemical, steel, mining, wastewater, and manufacturing sectors.
Product overview
Great Lakes Industrial Controls is an industrial controls and process equipment distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of over 200 products across multiple categories. The portfolio centers on control valves (including angle pattern, boiler feedwater, pump automatic recirculation, district energy, dump, desuperheater, steam tracing, HVAC, hydrocarbon, nuclear, process, rotary, segmented ball, severe service, modulating solenoid, steam, steam conditioning, three-way, and utility control valves), various ball and butterfly valves (high pressure, metal seated, severe service, steam, rubber-lined, Teflon-lined, and triple-offset), and pumps (air-driven, boiler-feed, centrifugal, condensate return, chemical metering, diesel-driven, extreme solids handling, fire, hydraulic, multi-stage, pressure-powered, process slurries, pulp and paper, self-priming, solids handling, submersible, tailings, turbine, variable speed, vertical inline, vertical lineshaft, wastewater, and water). Additional core product lines include heat exchangers (plate & frame, shell & tube, replacement tube bundles, automatic tube cleaning systems, and emergency repair plugs), heaters (custom, electric, explosion-proof, glycol, hot water, steam, unit, and tank heaters), steam products (heat tracing, steam traps, steam traps monitoring instruments, air traps), filtration equipment (cooling tower water filters, pre-reverse-osmosis filters, welder-water filters, strainers), measurement equipment (flow meters including Coriolis, purge meters, rotameters, thermal mass flow; pressure gauges; tank level gauging systems; thermometers), pressure equipment (rupture discs, safety relief valves, vacuum breakers, explosion vents), safety equipment (emergency showers, eyewash systems, safety showers, flame arresters), regulators (gas, laboratory, low flow, pressure, temperature, stainless steel, steam), and supporting products including expansion joints, gaskets, tubing, pipe fittings, and signaling equipment. The company provides associated survey, inspection, and repair services including tank protection surveys, rupture disc surveys, valve surveys, control valve surveys, cooling tower surveys, steam trap surveys, steam tracing optimization surveys, safety equipment testing, valve repairs, and training programs.
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Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Industrial Control Valves Full line of process control valves for industrial applications including angle pattern, boiler feedwater, pump automatic recirculation, district energy, dump, desuperheater, steam tracing, HVAC, hydrocarbon, nuclear, process, rotary, segmented ball, severe service, modulating solenoid, steam, steam conditioning, three-way, and utility configurations. Sold to industrial plants, refineries, and power generation facilities.
- Ball and Butterfly Valves On-off and isolation valves including high-pressure, metal-seated, severe service, steam ball valves and metal-seated, rubber-lined, Teflon-lined, triple-offset, and 4-offset zero-leakage butterfly valves for industrial flow control.
- Industrial Pumps Comprehensive pump portfolio including air-driven, boiler-feed, centrifugal, condensate return, chemical metering, diesel-driven, extreme solids handling, fire, hydraulic, multi-stage, pressure-powered, process slurries, pulp & paper, self-priming, solids handling, submersible, tailings, turbine, variable speed, vertical inline, vertical lineshaft, wastewater, and water pumps.
- Heat Exchangers Plate & frame and shell & tube heat exchangers, replacement tube bundles, automatic tube cleaning systems, and emergency repair plugs (POP-A-PLUG) for industrial process heating and cooling applications.
- Process Measurement Instruments Flow meters (Coriolis, purge, rotameters, thermal mass flow), pressure gauges, thermometers, tank level gauging systems, and CEMS tube bundles for emissions monitoring.
- Steam System Equipment Steam traps (all types), hand-held steam trap monitoring/datalogger instruments, steam heat tracing systems, electric heat tracing, and air traps (including magnetic non-fouling designs) for steam system performance.
- Pressure Relief and Safety Equipment Pressure relief valves, rupture discs, vacuum breakers, explosion vents, safety relief valves, flame arresters, detonation arresters, tank blanketing valves, emergency vents, and breather vents for overpressure protection.
- Industrial Regulators
Companies that use Great Lakes Industrial Controls
Customer profileSegments7 records
Ideal customer profiles7 records
Great Lakes Industrial Controls technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
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- Has API
- No
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Great Lakes Industrial Controls partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.
- BROOKS InstrumentminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes BROOKS Variable Area Rotameter products and provides sizing and selection services for their flow measurement products.
- CO-AX ValvesminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes CO-AX Control Valves and On-Off Valves, providing application data sheets and sizing services.
- DIAMOND FILTERminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes DIAMOND Filter products with sizing and selection support.
- ENCON Safety ProductsminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes ENCON Safety Shower products including sizing and selection forms.
- EST (Engineered Solutions Technology)minorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes EST POP-A-PLUG Heat Exchanger Repair Plugs and Test & Isolation Plugs.
- FARRIS EngineeringminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes FARRIS Pressure Relief Valves with sizing and selection support.
- JESCO (Japan Environmental Safety Corporation)minorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes JESCO Chemical Metering Pumps with sizing and selection questionnaires.
- OSECO (Oseco-Brantly)minorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes OSECO Rupture Discs with sizing and selection support.
- PROTECTOSEALminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes PROTECTOSEAL products including detonation arresters, flame arresters, tank blanketing valves, emergency vents, and breather vents.
- TESCOMminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes TESCOM Pressure Regulators with sizing and selection forms.
- THERMONcoreGreat Lakes Industrial Controls is a significant distributor of THERMON products including CEMS Bundle Design, Electric Heat Tracing for Pipes, Tanks & Vessels, Electrically Traced Tube Bundles, and Steam Tracing Systems with comprehensive sizing and selection support.
- WEY VALVEminorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes WEY VALVE products with sizing and selection forms.
- YARWAY (Armstrong International)minorGreat Lakes Industrial Controls distributes YARWAY Steam Trap products with sizing and selection support.
Recent moves4 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Great Lakes Industrial Controls competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Watts Water Technologies: Manufacturer of water and plumbing products, including valves, regulators, and flow control devices — directly comparable in regulators, relief valves, and water-side flow products that overlap with Great Lakes' water distribution and boiler-feed offerings.
- CIRCOR International: Manufacturer of flow control products and specialized industrial components for power, process, and aerospace markets — competes with Great Lakes' principals across many of the same valve, pump, and regulation SKUs but as a manufacturer with much broader scale and proprietary products.
- Emerson Electric: Industrial technology conglomerate with process automation, valves, and instrumentation portfolios (e.g., Fisher, Rosemount, Bettis) — represents the dominant incumbent whose products Great Lakes distributes and competes against in customer solution design.
- Crane Co. Diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products including process flow valves, pumps, and related controls — competes across many of Great Lakes' valve and pump categories, particularly in chemical, petrochemical, and general industrial markets.
- Flowserve Corporation: Global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and flow control automation for power, oil & gas, chemical, and water industries — overlaps with Great Lakes' pump and valve offerings as a major upstream supplier competing for the same end-customer spend.
Direct peers
- DXP Enterprises: U.S. industrial distribution platform serving MRO, OEM, and process end-markets with rotating equipment, bearings, fluid power, and valve/safety products — directly comparable business model to Great Lakes' valve/pump/controls distribution, though at much larger scale.
- Russel Metals: Canadian-based distributor of metal and industrial products, including tubular products, valves, and fittings to energy and industrial customers — directly comparable Canadian peer with overlapping product categories (valves, fittings, industrial controls) and end markets.
- Wajax Corporation: Canadian industrial distributor of equipment, parts, and components to industrial customers across mining, oil & gas, metal processing, and forestry — directly comparable as a domestic (Canadian) peer serving similar heavy-industrial verticals.
- Applied Industrial Technologies: Large North American industrial distributor focused on fluid power, bearings, power transmission, and industrial products, with a strong service component — directly comparable in offering breadth and target customer base (industrial plants, process facilities).
- MRC Global: Distributor of pipe, valves, fittings, and related products to the energy and industrial markets — closely comparable in product mix (valves, fittings, instrumentation) and customer verticals (petrochemical, mining, power).
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
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Frequently asked questions about Great Lakes Industrial Controls
What does Great Lakes Industrial Controls do?
Great Lakes Industrial Controls is a B2B industrial distributor and value-added reseller of industrial process control equipment, offering a portfolio of over 200 products including valves (ball, butterfly, control, safety relief), pumps (centrifugal, chemical metering, process, slurry), heat exchangers (plate & frame, shell & tube), flow meters, pressure gauges, steam traps, regulators, safety equipment, and heat tracing systems. The company also provides complementary surveying, inspection, valve repair, and product training services for industrial customers across petrochemical, steel, mining, wastewater, and manufacturing sectors.
Is Great Lakes Industrial Controls a public or private company?
Great Lakes Industrial Controls is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.
When was Great Lakes Industrial Controls founded?
Great Lakes Industrial Controls was founded in -1. It employs 1 to 10 people.
How does Great Lakes Industrial Controls make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Industrial Product Sales are the primary driver. The others are survey and Inspection Services, training Services and valve and Equipment Repair Services.
Who are Great Lakes Industrial Controls's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Watts Water Technologies, CIRCOR International, Emerson Electric, Crane Co. and Flowserve Corporation. Direct peers are DXP Enterprises, Russel Metals, Wajax Corporation, Applied Industrial Technologies and MRC Global.
Does Great Lakes Industrial Controls have an API?
No public API is recorded for Great Lakes Industrial Controls.
What industry is Great Lakes Industrial Controls in?
Great Lakes Industrial Controls's product category is Industrial Process Control Equipment Distribution. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAGAC, Pneumatic Components (FRLs, Cylinders, Valves), with a secondary code of IMAHANAI, Controls, Monitoring & Condition Management (for Pumps/Compressors). Its NAICS code is 332912 and its SIC code is 3560.