What The Celina Company, LLC (CELINA) does

The Celina Company, LLC (CELINA) is a privately held, family-rooted U.S. manufacturer and global distributor of engineered fabric products, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Celina, Ohio. The company designs, engineers, welds, sews, prints, assembles, and ships welded fabric structures including tarps, shelters, and ducting, serving military, commercial, humanitarian, and industrial end markets. Operations run from a 58-acre, 300,000+ sq ft Ohio campus under Celina Tent Inc., with additional global manufacturing through Celina Taicang in China, and the business is ISO 9001:2015 certified across production and shipping.

CELINA goes to market through direct enterprise B2B sales, channeled via a portfolio of wholly-owned subsidiary brands that target distinct verticals: Celina Military Shelters sells to the U.S. Department of Defense and governmental agencies (notably as a Tier two supplier of tent skins and as the contract holder for the Humanitarian General Purpose Tent System under NSN 8340-01-535-6379, plus decontamination air beam structures); Celina Industries supplies turbidity curtains, tarpaulins, and specialized covers to industrial and agricultural customers including contract manufacturing for the leading U.S. gravity wagon manufacturer; and Get Tent addresses commercial event and hospitality buyers with party tents, wedding structures, and custom graphic products including flags and banners.

The company generates revenue through hardware sales of manufactured fabric products, with no public disclosure of pricing models or unit economics. Customer concentration is anchored in U.S. defense and humanitarian programs, complemented by diversified event, industrial, and agricultural demand. CELINA has no institutional funding history, no disclosed M&A activity, no public ticker, and operates without AI/ML or software-platform components—its competitive position rests on regulatory qualifications, manufacturing scale, and 30 years of process know-how rather than digital differentiation.

Name

The Celina Company, LLC (CELINA)

Legal name

The Celina Company, LLC

Website

https://celina.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Celina Company (CELINA) is a privately held Ohio-based manufacturer of welded engineered fabric products—shelters, tarps, ducting, and decontamination structures—serving U.S. defense, humanitarian, industrial, and commercial event customers through wholly-owned subsidiary brands and a China manufacturing facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineered Fabric Products Manufacturing

NAICS

Textile Bag and Canvas Mills (31491), Fabric Coating Mills (313320), Broadwoven Fabric Mills (313210)

SIC

Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products (2390), Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Man Made Fiber & Silk (2221)

akta.pro primary industry

Coated & Laminated Industrial Fabrics (Tarpaulins/Awnings/Inflatables/Architectural Membranes) (IMAOADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tent & Canopy Rentals (HSACAFAA), Technical Fabric Mills (Performance/Protective/Medical Substrates) (IMAOABAH)

Keywords

• Engineered fabric products
• Military shelter manufacturing
• Commercial event tents
• Welded fabric structures
• Industrial tarpaulin manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Celina

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Fabric Product Manufacturing and Distribution: Design, engineering, manufacturing, and distribution of welded fabric products including tarps, shelters, and ducting for military, commercial, humanitarian, and industrial use. Revenue is generated through product sales with worldwide manufacturing and distribution operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CELINA designs, engineers, manufactures, and distributes welded fabric products including tarps, shelters, and ducting for military, commercial, humanitarian, and industrial use. The company also manufactures and distributes commercial event tents, custom tents, flags, and banners through its Get Tent subsidiary, and holds government contracts such as the Humanitarian General Purpose Tent System (HGPTS).

Product overview

CELINA is a manufacturer and distributor of engineered fabric products and event equipment, operating through multiple subsidiary brands. The core portfolio includes welded fabric products—tarps, shelters, and ducting—serving military, commercial, humanitarian, and industrial markets. Celina Military Shelters provides advanced shelter systems for defense operations; Celina Industries delivers specialized products for industrial and agricultural applications including turbidity curtains; and Get Tent serves the event and hospitality market with commercial tents, custom graphic products, flags, and banners. The company also holds the Humanitarian General Purpose Tent System (HGPTS) contract and manufactures decontamination air beam structures for government agencies. Products are manufactured at the company's 58-acre campus in Celina, Ohio with over 300,000 sq ft dedicated to manufacturing and distribution, plus global manufacturing through Celina Taicang in China.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Celina Military Shelters: Military shelter fabrication for governmental agencies, including Humanitarian General Purpose Tent System (HGPTS) and decontamination air beam structures.
• Celina Industries
• Get Tent

Products and services

• Celina Military Shelters Advanced fabric shelters designed for military expeditions, defense operations, humanitarian response, and decontamination applications. Products include the Humanitarian General Purpose Tent System (HGPTS) and decontamination air beam structures sold to government agencies and defense contractors.
• Celina Industries (Industrial Fabric Products) Specialized industrial and agricultural fabric products including turbidity curtains, tarpaulins, covers, and welded fabric solutions for diverse industrial sectors including the leading U.S. gravity wagon manufacturer.
• Get Tent (Commercial Event Tents) Commercial event tents and hospitality fabric structures including party tents for commercial event professionals, wedding venues, and rental yards nationwide.
• Custom Tents, Flags & Banners Custom printed tents, flags, and banners designed for event marketing, celebrations, and promotional installations.
• Humanitarian General Purpose Tent System (HGPTS) Humanitarian tent system held under contract (NSN: 8340-01-535-6379) by CELINA for humanitarian operations worldwide.
• Welded Fabric Tarps and Covers Welded fabric tarpaulins and covers manufactured for military, commercial, humanitarian, and industrial use.
• Fabric Ducting Welded fabric ducting products manufactured for various commercial and industrial applications.
• Decontamination Air Beam Structures Decontamination air beam structures manufactured for governmental agencies.

Quantifiable outcome

• Humanitarian General Purpose Tent System (HGPTS) Contract Holder with NSN assignment

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HDT Global: HDT Global is a direct peer, manufacturing military and humanitarian shelters, tents, and fabric structures for the U.S. DoD and allied governments—overlapping directly with CELINA's HGPTS-style offerings and defense fabric shelter portfolio.
• Eureka! (Mont-Bell subsidiary / ex-JFD): Eureka! (formerly Johnson Family of Companies / JFD) manufactures military tents and expeditionary shelters for DoD customers, closely comparable to CELINA's Tier 2 DoD tent-skin and shelter offerings.
• Anchor Industries: Anchor Industries manufactures tents, fabric structures, and industrial covers for events, military, and industrial customers, overlapping with CELINA's event tent, military shelter, and tarpaulin/covers lines.
• Losberger De Boer: Losberger De Boer produces temporary and semi-permanent tent and space rental structures for events, exhibitions, and industrial use, directly competing with CELINA's Get Tent event/hospitality business.
• Weatherhaven: Weatherhaven supplies deployable soft-wall shelters and camp systems to defense, humanitarian, and commercial customers, directly comparable to CELINA's humanitarian and military shelter product lines.
• Camel Manufacturing: Camel Manufacturing builds tents, clearspan structures, and fabric buildings for events, military, and industrial markets in North America, directly comparable to CELINA's welded fabric shelter and event tent portfolio.
• Alaska Structures: Alaska Structures designs and produces engineered fabric buildings and tents for military, government, and commercial customers worldwide, making it a direct competitor in the engineered fabric shelter category.

Broad incumbents

• Röder Group (Röder Zelt- und Veranstaltungsservice): Röder is a large European manufacturer and rental operator of event tents and temporary structures, overlapping with CELINA's commercial event and hospitality tent business from a broader international footprint.
• Heytex (Brisa / Heytex Group): Heytex is a global producer of technical coated textiles and tarpaulins used in tents, structures, and industrial covers, representing a broader coated-fabric incumbent that competes with CELINA's engineered fabric substrate business.
• Glen Raven (Sunbrella / Dickson): Glen Raven is a large technical textile manufacturer producing coated and performance fabrics used in awnings, marine, and industrial applications—an upstream and adjacent supplier/peer to CELINA's coated fabric shelter and tarp products.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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