What Midbrook Michigan Built Washers does

Midbrook Michigan Built Washers, doing business as Michigan Built Industrial Washers, is a privately held industrial equipment manufacturer founded in 1979 and headquartered in Jackson, Michigan, in the Detroit metro area. The company designs, builds, refurbishes, and services process-specific, high-volume industrial parts washing systems used by manufacturers to clean parts to defined cleanliness specifications and integrate cleaning into production flow. Its product portfolio spans five core washer architectures: Conveyor Belt Washers, Rotary Drum Washers (targeting cold heading and screw machine parts), Cart Washers (medical/surgical carts and growing healthcare logistics use), Overhead Monorail Washers (no-touch pre-paint cleaning), and Cabinet Washers (intermittent, space-constrained cleaning). Equipment is custom-engineered around each customer's specific part geometry, cleanliness target, and floor-space constraints rather than selected from standardized units.

The company's underlying technology rests on applied expertise in advanced cleaning techniques, process design, and chemistry, accumulated across more than 40 years and hundreds of customer engagements spanning automotive, aerospace, medical/surgical, sports equipment, and general manufacturing. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct: customers engage the company via a toll-free line (1-800-966-WASH), a dedicated sales email, and a website that catalogs washer types and capabilities. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time sales of custom-built equipment, supplemented by professional-service revenue from refurbishment of existing washing systems and ongoing service/maintenance contracts over the equipment lifecycle. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with no standard pricing tiers and no intermediary distributor or reseller channel.

Midbrook's customer base is described as "hundreds of companies worldwide," with named primary use cases in manufacturing, automotive pre-painting surface preparation, medical cart cleaning, surgical instrument cleaning, aerospace component cleaning, and small parts cleaning for cold heading and screw machine industries. The company is privately held, has 11-50 employees, has no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing, and shows no public listings, subsidiaries, patents, awards, partnerships, or M&A activity in the available source data. The website indicates a digital refresh is underway ("New Website Coming Soon!"), suggesting modest reinvestment in its direct-sales channel infrastructure.

Name

Midbrook Michigan Built Washers

Legal name

Michigan Built Industrial Washers

Website

https://midbrookwashers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Michigan Built Industrial Washers, founded in 1979 in Jackson, Michigan, designs and builds custom, process-specific industrial parts washing systems for manufacturers across automotive, aerospace, medical, and general industrial sectors, with supporting refurbishment and service revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Parts Washing Equipment

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339)

akta.pro primary industry

Pressure Washing & Jetting Equipment (IMAHALAB)

Keywords

• Industrial parts washing
• Conveyor belt washers
• Rotary drum washers
• Cart washers
• Monorail washers

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Custom Industrial Washer Sales: Sale of custom-built, process-specific, high-volume industrial part-cleaning systems. Equipment types include conveyor belt washers, rotary drum washers, cart washers, overhead monorail washers, and cabinet washers. Machines are custom-built to customer unique products.
2. Equipment Refurbishment Services: Refurbishing existing industrial washing systems to extend equipment life and maintain cleaning performance standards.
3. Service and Maintenance: Servicing process-specific, high-volume part-cleaning systems to ensure continued operational performance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Midbrook Michigan Built Washers manufactures custom-built industrial parts washing systems engineered around each customer's specific parts, contamination, and throughput requirements. The company produces multiple washer configurations — conveyor belt, rotary drum, cart, overhead monorail, and cabinet washers — and supports them with refurbishment and ongoing service and maintenance.

Product overview

Michigan Built Industrial Washers is a manufacturer of process-specific, high-volume part-cleaning systems with over 40 years of experience. Their product portfolio includes five core washer types: Conveyor Belt Washers for high-volume industrial parts, Rotary Drum Washers for small parts in cold heading and screw machine industries, Cart Washers for medical/surgical cart applications, Overhead Monorail Washers for pre-paint cleaning, and Cabinet Washers for space-constrained intermittent washing needs. The company specializes in custom-built machines designed to meet specific customer cleanliness levels and floor space requirements, offering design, refurbishment, and servicing of industrial cleaning equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conveyor Belt Washers Continuous in-line industrial parts washing systems that move parts through a cleaning process on a conveyor, suited for high-throughput discrete-part manufacturing operations.
• Rotary Drum Washers
• Cart Washers
• Overhead Monorail Washers
• Cabinet Washers
• Refurbishment
• Service & Maintenance

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Better Engineering: Better Engineering designs and builds custom industrial parts washing systems for manufacturing customers, directly overlapping Midbrook's core offering of process-specific, high-volume washers.
• Jenfab (Jensen Fabricating Engineers): Jenfab designs and manufactures custom industrial parts washing and metal finishing systems, serving automotive and general manufacturing customers with a custom-build model comparable to Midbrook's.
• Alliance Manufacturing: Alliance Manufacturing designs and builds custom industrial parts washing systems for manufacturers, including conveyor and rotary drum configurations, placing it in direct competition with Midbrook's custom washer business.
• Cuda Industrial (Kärcher): Cuda Industrial sells industrial parts washing equipment and is a brand within Kärcher's industrial cleaning portfolio, offering conveyor and cabinet washers that overlap directly with Midbrook's product set.
• Ultrasonic Power Corporation: Ultrasonic Power Corporation manufactures ultrasonic industrial cleaning systems for precision parts, addressing the same industrial cleaning-of-parts use cases as Midbrook through a complementary (ultrasonic) technology.
• Finishing Equipment Inc. Finishing Equipment supplies industrial parts washing, deburring, and finishing systems to manufacturers, operating in the same custom industrial cleaning equipment category as Midbrook.
• Stoelting Cleaning Equipment: Stoelting produces industrial parts washers and aqueous cleaning systems for manufacturing and healthcare applications, competing head-to-head with Midbrook's conveyor, rotary drum, and cabinet washer lines.
• Ransohoff (Cleaning Technologies Group): Ransohoff manufactures industrial parts washing and cleaning systems used across automotive, aerospace, and medical device manufacturing, making it one of the closest direct competitors to Midbrook in process-specific washing equipment.

Broad incumbents

• Cleaning Technologies Group: Cleaning Technologies Group is a larger industrial cleaning equipment platform that owns multiple washer brands (including Ransohoff) and offers a broader portfolio of parts washing and surface treatment solutions than Midbrook's standalone offering.
• Kärcher Industrial: Kärcher is a global cleaning equipment incumbent whose industrial division offers parts washers, aqueous cleaning, and pressure washing systems; it competes broadly with Midbrook but operates at significantly larger scale and across many other cleaning categories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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