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This section provides an overview for barbed fittings as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 68 barbed fitting manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked barbed fitting companies as of December, 2024: 1.SSP Fittings Corp., 2.Universal Outlets, Inc., 3.Superior Products, Inc..
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A barbed fitting is a type of fitting characterized by its jagged, bamboo shoot-shaped design.
These fittings are primarily used at connection points between hoses and tubes and are sometimes referred to as hose nipples or bamboo shoot fittings. Some variations include hexagonal hose nipples that can be securely tightened using a wrench and are often combined with fittings and elbows.
Barbed fittings are known for their affordability and compact size, making them a popular choice in applications where pressure resistance is required.
Due to their cost-effectiveness, barbed fittings are frequently used in conjunction with hose bands at the junctions of rubber hoses and urethane tubing.
The sizing standard for barbed fittings is typically expressed as the thread diameter of the pipe multiplied by the outside diameter of the bamboo shoot. It is recommended that the outside diameter of the bamboo shoot be slightly larger than the inside diameter of the hose to ensure a proper seal.
Using a bamboo shoot size that matches the hose's size is essential for achieving the intended hose grip on the fitting and preventing leakage.
The effectiveness of barbed fittings relies on the hose or tube securely gripping the bamboo shoot portion, ensuring a tight seal.
Choosing the correct size is crucial as a size too small can lead to leakage, while a size too large may damage the tubing or hose and result in improper fitting during installation, rendering it unusable.
For applications with fixed hose sizes and frequent installations, specialized fitting installation tools are available. These tools help reduce variations in installation and enhance installation quality.
Barbed fittings come in a wide range of materials, including nickel-plated brass, stainless steel, and plastic resin. Selecting the most suitable material depends on factors such as shape, outer diameter, cost, and operating environment (temperature, pressure, etc.). This applies to hose extension joints as well as branching T-type and elbow applications.
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Universal Outlets, Inc. is a custom manufacturer of pipe fittings and other specialty items that was established in 1993. Based in Kilgore, Texas, the company offers various pipe fittings in a range of sizes including machined branchettes, specialty fittings, couplings, and studding outlets made to customer specifications. Its material selection includes stainless steel, chrome-molybdenum, titanium, brass, and other alloys. Universal Outlets products primarily serve clients in the industrial manufacturing, power generation, chemical processing, and mining industries.
Superior Products, LLC is based in Cleveland, Ohio. Superior Products is a manufacturer and logistical provider of gas management systems and parts for customers globally, with many customers in industrial, medical, and specialty gas management markets. In addition Superior Products is certified ISO 9001:2008 Superior’s product offerings differ according to industry needs, with parts including couplers, valves, other connectors, gas mixers, and more. Additionally, Superior Products can custom engineer products to custom specifications in stainless steel, aluminum, brass, plastic, and titanium.
SSP Fittings Corp. was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1926 and is a vertically integrated supplier of fitting, valve, and tubing systems. SSP serves many industries including aerospace, chemicals, oil & gas, power, transportation, and pulp & paper. SSP product lines include fittings such as tube, pipe, and weld fittings; valves such as ball, bleed, needle, plug, and purge valves; tools, accessories, quick connects, filters such as inline and tee, hose, hose, hose fittings, power tools, accessories such as liquid leak detectors, and hand tools such as depth marking tools, tube benders, preswaging tools, gap inspection gauges, and reamer-deburring tools.
Seelye, Inc. includes DJ Plastics and Tefen Products, USA. Seelye is a manufacturer of thermoplastic welders and welding-related equipment. Seelye has 3 product segments: hot air plastic welders, Tefen fittings and products, and DJ custom tank fabrication. Hot air plastic welders include plastic welders, thermoplastic welding rods, plastic welding tips, welder elements, welder replacement parts, optional equipment, and master appliance heat guns. Tefen fittings and products include tight push fittings, barb block fittings, general industrial accessories, and air blow guns. DJ Custom tank fabrication examples include plating tanks, dip tanks, and water holding tanks among others.
S4J Manufacturing Services, Inc., established in 1997 and headquartered in Cape Coral, Florida, operates as a manufacturer specializing in Luer Lock Fittings and medical components. Its offerings encompass a range of products, notably Luer Lock fittings, adapters, and connectors. These precision-engineered components adhere to international standards such as ISO 594/1,2 and ISO 80369-7, serving diverse medical applications like IV tubing, syringes, and blood collection devices. Additionally, S4J provides adapters for interconnecting medical components and connectors for equipment integration in applications such as IV pumps, anesthesia machines, and ventilators. Complementary offerings include tubing, tubing sets, and filters.
O'Keefe Controls Co., founded in Monroe, CT in 1975 is a manufacturer of precision orifices and fluid control devices used in a wide range of liquid and gas flow metering applications. The company's product portfolio includes low restrictors and regulators for precise control of flow rates, Single and multiple orifice plates for accurate flow measurement, Needle valves and flow control valves for precise flow adjustment and Gas Flow Measurement Devices. The company provides services such as Product Selection Guidance, Engineering Support, New Product Design and Development and Custom Manufacturing.
Micromold Products was established in 1954 and headquartered in Yonkers, New York. The company is a manufacturer of a broad line of corrosion-resistant plastic products, specifically Kynar, polypropylene, nylon, and Kel-F, for process industries. The company has developed proprietary manufacturing processes for PTFE and PFA machined parts and weldments. The company’s product line includes a complete line of dip pipes, sparges, valves, strainers, and piping systems. The company makes a full line of CNC machined parts for process industry OEMs including PTFE, PEEK, and UHMW polyethylene ball and butterfly valve seats, pump seals, and instrumentation components.
Kuriyama of America Inc., established in 1968 and based in Schaumburg, Illinois, is a manufacturer of an expansive line of thermoplastic hoses and accessories. The company stocks rubber, thermoplastic, and metal products for industrial and commercial applications, alongside accessories such as fittings and couplings. It is part of the eight subsidiaries of the parent company, and it has six distribution centers and an academy to help consumers learn about its products. It stocks products from subsidiaries like Piranha Hose Products Inc., Kuri Tec, and Hose Tec.
International Polymer Solutions (iPolymer) is headquartered in Irvine, California. iPolymer is a manufacturer of high purity fluid valves, cylinders, and related arts used in semiconductor, biomedical, pharmaceutical, food and sanitary processes, high-purity laboratory, and other general chemical handling environments. iPolymer’s product categories include PTFE fittings & connectors, PTFE spray guns & devices, solenoid valves, pneumatic valves, manual valves, other flow devices, air cylinders, and custom polymer fabrication and assembly. Custom fabrication includes custom plastic fabrication, precision CNC machining of plastics, custom fluid control products, and contract assembly services.
International Crystal Laboratories, ICL, was founded in 1962 and is based in Garfield, New Jersey. ICL serves the spectroscopy, applied spectroscopy, and analytical chemistry industries and end users. ICL’s product categories include transmission windows & optics, FTIR calibration films, sample cards, powders, cuttings, IR, UV, optical spectroscopy sampling, laboratory presses, die sets, laboratory supplies, and spectro-optic lab supplies. Examples of ICL’s products include circular disks, magneto crystals, crystal cuttings for grinding, Gemini FTIR gas analysis cells, liquids, and solids, polishing kits, and laboratory grinding mills.
Fluid Transfer Systems, Inc was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Novi, Michigan. Fluid Transfer Systems supplies fluid handling equipment for many industries including the automotive and agricultural. Fluid Transfer Systems’s equipment categories include agitators, filtration, plural component mixing, pressure tanks & packages, pumps & spray packages, regulators, and spray guns. Fluid Transfer Systems also offers complete custom systems such as pump circulation systems, 2K electronic proportioners, paint kitches, and finishing systems.
Flexaust, Inc, established in 1938, is a manufacturer and supplier of flexible hose and ducting solutions for agricultural, woodworking, automotive, and floor care applications. The product line has industrial cleaning tools, commercial cleaning tools, wands, and extensions. Industrial and commercial cleaning tools include floor brushes, pipe cleaning tools, squeegee blades, and snap rings. The company also supplies hoses and accessories, including floor care hoses, floor care cuffs, connectors, adapters, and industrial hoses such as bridge clamps, flanges, reducers, and cuffs used in applications involving air, dust, fume, and lightweight materials such as dust collection and static control in woodworking facilities.
EVSCO, Inc. is an Illinois-based elliptic valve manufacturer founded in 1980. The company produces a variety of valves for manual, electric, and pneumatically-actuated systems that operate on gas or pressurized air for standard and customized flow patterns. Its valves are available in polypropylene or PVDF (polyvinylidene difluoride) thermoplastic and are shipped with standard Viton (fluoroelastomer material) seals. Further, EVSCO produces a stack valve that can be combined with other valves and utilized as a signal unit.
Eldon James Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Eldon James is a manufacturer of specialized connectors and tubing for global markets. Eldon James' product categories include quick disconnects, bag ports, 3D filaments, various adapters, fittings, and accessories. Eldon James also offers an online resource toolbox including an extensive library, literature, infographics, and videos. Eldon James has capabilities in laser clamp welding technology, and green manufacturing including PVC-free assemblies, and thermoformed custom tubing.
Coronet Parts Manufacturing Company Inc. was founded in the early 1960s and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The company is a custom manufacturer of industrial hardware and fittings serving the automotive industry and plumbing industry among others. The company’s product lines include fittings, valves, assemblies, and other tools. Plumbing specialty items include tank levers, flood stoppers, and supply tubes. Assorted tools include tube cutters, bending tools, flaring tools, and related parts.
Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc. was founded in 1941 in Arkansas and is now located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company is a manufacturer of miniature pneumatic valves, specializing in ultra low leak, precision pressure control, and high-resolution flow control. Categories of Clipard Products include electronic valves, proportional valves, isolation valves, electronic controls, custom solutions, ppressure regulators, control valves, directional control valves, air pilot valves, air preparation equipment, and fittings hose, and tubings.
Beswick Engineering was founded in 1964 as an engineering consulting firm. Beswick now operates out of Greenland, New Hampshire. Berwick serves the medical devices, aerospace, analytical instruments, bomb, gas, & narcotic detection equipment, semiconductor, dental, hydrogen fuel cell, industrial robot & automation, inkjet, 3D printing, and packaging & food packaging machinery industries. Beswick offers tubing, tubing clamps, cylinders, compression fitting accessories, filters, mufflers, breathers, orifice restrictors such as drilled orifice fittings and sapphire orifice fittings, valves, regulators, and quick disconnects. Beswick also offers custom design options.
ATCO Products Inc is a manufacturer of mobile air conditioning components. They were established in 1967 and are headquartered in Ferris, Texas. They manufacture refrigerant and hydraulic fittings, ferrules, dryers, accumulators, and power steering hoses from materials such as aluminum, steel, copper, brass, and stainless steel, as well as provide bending, welding, forming, and brazing services. Their products and services are suitable for aftermarket, truck, and off-road vehicle applications, and they cater to the automotive and OEM industries.
Aram Machine Co., founded in 1980 and headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, is a precision CNC machined parts manufacturer. Specializing in short and production runs, they offer stainless steel parts for diverse industries, such as beverage, pharmaceutical, medical, bio-tech, and food processing. Their product line includes valve bodies, pump bodies, fittings, tubing, connectors, and other custom parts. These precision components find application in fluid flow, food processing, medical devices, and industrial equipment."
Airtrol Components, Inc was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in New Berlin, Wisconsin. The company is a manufacturer of precision miniature pneumatic components used in light-to-medium duty applications that require small, lightweight precision components. Many customers such as NASA are in the medical, dental, aerospace, and process control or automation industries. The companies key products categories include switches including Air Valves, Precision Orifices including needle valves and barbed fittings, and Regulators, Valves & Comparators which include pressure regulators and relief valves.
Air Logic’s parent company was started in 1935. In 1975, the parent company purchased Johnson Controls’ Fluidic Division and renamed it Air Logic, operating out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company is an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer of standard and custom molded components and fittings to customers in the United States and overseas. The company’s primary product categories include orifices, filters, check valves, switches, and regulators. The company also offers custom manufacturing through options of orifice and fitting sizing, as well as custom molding and material varieties.
Pneuline Supply Inc., founded in 2003 and located in Greeley, Colorado, is a manufacturer of plastic pneumatic and fluidic products. The company’s range of products includes ball valves, bulkheads, compression fittings, filters, and flow control valves. These components are used across industries for controlling fluid and gas flow, creating sealed passages, connecting tubing, filtering contaminants, and regulating flow rates, ensuring the efficiency of industrial and commercial applications. The company’s products cater to industries such as manufacturing, chemical processing, agriculture, plumbing and construction, and pharmaceuticals.
SHF, Inc., founded in 2002 and located in Houston, Texas, is a supplier of stainless steel fittings, adapters, and instrumentation fittings. The company offers a broad range of products that include crimp fittings, hose barbs, metal hose weld ONS, metric DIN fittings, and welded tubings. These components are used in industries, including hydraulic systems, fluid handling, manufacturing, and industrial machinery. The company’s products are used to ensure secure connections for fluids and gases, offering durability and resistance to corrosion and high pressures.
NewAge Industries began in 1954 as a braid-reinforced, flexible PVC hose company. NewAge Industries is now based in Southampton, Pennsylvania. NewAge Industries’s products are used in fuel and oil, chemical, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, waste handling, water treatment, marine, MRO, packaging mining, energy and nuclear, robotics, computer chip, recreational, and OEM industries. Products include tubing and hose from silicone, polyurethane, PVC, fluoropolymer, nylon, and Viton; barbed, push-to-connect, compression, and cam operated couplings; ear type, nylon double bond, stainless steel worm gear, and plastic pinch clamps, and accessories such as cutters.
Norwood Screw Machine Parts (NSMP) is an American contract manufacturer specializing in custom and Swiss screw machine parts that was established in 1958. Located in Mineola, New York, the company is equipped to handle short and long run prototype to large-scale production operations, offering capabilities such as standard and Swiss screw machining, as well as CNC milling and turning. These are geared to the production of various precision parts including bushings, fasteners, fittings, couplings, and flanges. NSMP chiefly serves clients in the military, transportation, telecommunication, and marine sectors.
IMI Precision Engineering, a company established in 1921, headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is a manufacturer and supplier of precision engineering products and solutions in the industry. The company offers a wide range of innovative products, including pneumatic and fluid control technologies, motion and fluid control systems, and process valves. Their solutions find applications across various industries, including automotive, aerospace, healthcare, and industrial manufacturing. The company also offers services such as technical support, custom engineering solutions and after-sales support to meet the customer’s needs.
Western States Hardware was founded in La Puente, California in 1968. Western States Hardware serves customers across the United States, offering products in a number of categories including: nuts, screws, & bolts, metric nuts, screws, & bolts, drills & cutting tools, saw blades, electrical connectors, pipe nipples, & pipe fittings, industrial brushes, parker brass fittings & valves, anchors, abrasive pads, belts, & discs, chain & rigging accessories, various tools, valves, staple & nail guns, power & insert bits, and hoses, tubing, & clamps. Altogether, Western States Hardware offers over 750,000 products available.
Vi-Cas Manufacturing Company is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company is a manufacturer and distributor of rollers and parts made for product movement for industries such as manufacturing, material handling, packaging & conveying, and printing. The company can custom produce vacuum cups, adapters, and rollers to customer specifications for size, shape, function, and material, in both small and high volumes. The company’s product lineup includes vacuum cups, capper tightening discs, rollers, depanneur cups, and other rubberized materials.
Steel & O’Brien was founded in 1990 and operates out of Arcade, New York. Steel & O’Brien is a distributor of standard and custom-machined/fabricated fittings and assemblies. Steel & O’Brien serves the food, dairy, beverage, brewery, winery, distilling, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, personal care, extraction, semiconductor, and water treatment industries. Steel & O’Brien offers a range of products including various fittings, valves, actuators, diaphragm valves, pumps, accessories, sight glasses, strainers, filters, tubing, hangers, and others.
Seal Fast, Inc. was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Seal Fast is a distributor of sealing and fitting products. Seal Fast product categories include couplings, fire protection, gauges, pipe fittings and valves, hose and hose protection, and sheet rubber. Couplings include cam and groove, dry disconnect, shank, ring lock, foot valves, brass fittings, hydraulics, clamps, and banjo couplings. Fire protection equipment also includes gaskets, and industrial ground monitors. Gauges include siphons, oxygen, and thermowells. Pipe fittings and valves include combination nipples and flanges. Hose and hose protection include Fire hoses and industrial rubber. Sheet rubber includes skirt board and cloth insert neoprene.
SC Fastening Systems hailing from Macedonia, OH is an industrial and construction supply distributer that provides value-added services. Product lines include fasteners, concrete anchors, abrasives, cutting tools, safety, janitorial, welding, paints and chemicals, material handling, tools and equipment, electrical, hydraulics and pneumatics, and lifting and rigging. Additionally, SC Fastening Systems offers specialty parts for niche industries such as laundry chute parts and custom hinges. SC Fastening Systems also offers services including inventory management and supply chain solutions, modified parts, kitting, assembly and special packaging, and fire protection products and services.
Production Materials Inc. was founded in 1981 and headquartered near Chicago in Wheeling, Illinois. The company is an ISO 9001:2015 certified distributor of fasteners and related components such as nuts, washers, and bolts to manufacturers as well as individuals. The company provides option types such as material, coating, and threading. The company also prototypes and designs parts and offers customization options on many of the parts available. The company also assists customers in the consolidation and standardization of existing parts along with inventory management assistance.
McGill Hose & Coupling was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The company is a distributor of flexible hose and other fluid-handling products and services throughout the Northeast United States. The company primarily serves large and small industrial, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and fuel transport industries. The company’s hose and product lines include a vast array of hose, fluoropolymer, and ducting varieties, rail car loading and unloading products, fire safety accessories, and other related products. The company offers custom fabrication and distribution as well as aftermarket services including solution engineering, fabrication, bending, and certification.
Kinequip, Inc. was founded in 1946 in Buffalo, NY as a distributor of industrial parts, accessories, and kits. Today these offerings have grown to include motors, compressors, blower systems, clams, pumps, various fittings, gauges, and sensors, as well as pneumatic and high-pressure devices. Kinequip also serves as a distributor for individual device and parts manufacturers. Kinequip additionally offers custom-designed solutions ranging from R&D to unique components and special-made parts, as well as value added designs on demand.
Industrial Specialties Manufacturing (ISM) was founded in 1982 in Denver Colorado. is an ISO 9001 company that supplies miniature pneumatic, vacuum, and fluid circuitry components to OEMs and distributors all over the world as well as providing custom solutions. The company serves distributors and offers not just sales but also marketing and logistics support with closed-loop feedback. Some of the types of products ISM offers include plastic fittings, customized fittings, sub-assemblies, and custom heat seal tooling.
Holyoke Fittings, Inc. has a 100-year history dating back to its founding in Massachusetts and is now based in Brooklyn, New York. Holyoke Fittings is a distributor of fittings to the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, gas, and refrigeration industries. Holyoke maximizes domestically manufactured products. Holyoke Fitting’s product line includes various types of fittings, valves, hoses, and tubing. Holyoke Fittings also offers specialty items commonly used in the plumbing, airline, and lubrication sectors.
G.A. Murdock was founded in 1992 and is based in Madison, South Dakota. The company is both a manufacturer and a distributor of the valve, fitting, and filters to customers around the world. Brands the company carries include Aquate, HM Digital, Relton, and Tomlinson. Through its in-house production, the company molds, extrudes and assembles molding products and turnkey custom plastics manufacturing services under the Mur-lok brand. The company’s other product line offerings include chemicals, instruments, pressure gauges, and tools.
Engineered Source Inc was founded in 1990 and operates out of Orange, California. Engineered Source Inc is a distributor of precision parts for numerous industries including automotive manufacturers, construction, electronics & robotics, fabrication & assembly, farm & agricultural equipment, gun manufacturers, marine & water treatment, medical manufacturers, and aerospace. Examples of specific products include custom internally threaded square pins, stainless steel pins, steel hex nuts, short dog point socket set screws, zinc plated steel material, custom stamped L brackets, painted self-drilling screws, and custom-locating dowel pins for transit gear units.
East Bay Distributors, Inc. is a distributor for pneumatic applications, specializing in connectors, fittings, and industrial parts used across industries by both small companies and Fortune 500 corporations. The company’s distribution categories include SPC Fittings, SPC Products, Brass Fittings & Adapters, and Accessories. The company also features Dewalt protective products, including eyewear and work gloves. The company’s inventory management systems for customers offers benefits of lowering inventory costs, improving cash flow, and savings customers time and resources.
Associated Fastening Products, Inc. (AFP) was established in the early 1990s in Itasca, Illinois. AFP is a manufacturer and distributor of both standard and special fasteners for all uses, with many customers in the agriculture and gun manufacturing industries. Some of AFP’s product and service offerings include automatic screw machining, CNC services, brass fittings, standard fasteners, CNC machining, laser and waterjet cutting services, custom cold headed fasteners, metal stamping services, standard and special washers, cable ties, hardware kits and bagging, Swiss screw machining, inventory management, large diameter bolts, security fasteners, and wire form products.
Addison Building Materials was founded in 1947in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Addison has over 38,000 items in stock across departments including lumber, building materials, hand tools, power tools, electrical, fastener, paper products, SOG Knives, janitorial, clothing, ice & snow, automotive, and audio-visual departments. In addition, Addison offers various services including custom orders, local delivery, rental program for contractor and industrial tools and equipment, lumber cutting, pipe threading, and paint color matching.
The Specialty Mfg. Co., founded in 1902, is a manufacturer and distributor of valves, hydraulic couplers, pool/spa science automation, dental components, and custom machine tool fixtures from brass, plastic, and stainless materials. The products are strainers & filters, pressure controls, and valves such as check, ball, dental, cartridge, and custom valves for chemical dispensing, food & beverage, agriculture, transportation, and power generation industries. The company in St. Paul, MN, offers integrated services such as precision machining, metal stamping, grinding, plastic injection molding, and wire EDM. The company has an ABS Quality EValuation conformance certification.
World Wide Metric was founded in 1970 and is based in Branchburg, New Jersey. World Wide Metric is a distributor of products for the global maritime & industrial flow control and fluid power markets. World Wide Metric products include valves in DIN, JIS, and ANSI standards, fittings such as hydraulic, JIC flared, ORFS, and BSP adapters, flanges, tubing, coupling, expansion joints, tube clamps, gaskets, marine firestop, RM pressfit & drain, and other industrial products.
Superior Industrial Supply was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri. Superior Industrial Supply is an independent distributor of industrial supplies. Superior Industrial Supply has an inventory of over 20,000 products as well as hundreds of thousands of non-inventory products usually available within 24 hours. Superior Industrial Supply products include fasteners, hose, fittings, electrical supplies, abrasives, brushes, other tools, assorted paints, assorted chemicals, shop supplies, and services. Servies include hydraulic hose assemblies as well as vendor managed inventory services.
Ryan Herco Flow Solutions was founded in the 1950s in California. RHFS sells and provides value added support for a wide variety of fluid handling and filtration needs. Product categories include tubing, hoses, piping, drain waste vent & containment, valves, measurement & control devices, fluid pumps, filters & housings, storage & containment tanks, heaters, mixers, and grating in addition to customized systems and material fabrication. Value added services include industrial service and repair of components, custom fabrication, and pump repair services.
M. Brown Fitting Specialists Inc. was founded in 1930 and headquartered in Bogota, New Jersey. The ISO 9001-compliant company is a distributor of grease fitting and lubrication supply products from brands such as Alemite, Lincoln, Duralube, Balcrank, and Kingfisher. The company’s product listings include grease fittings other lubrication equipment, and other products. Grease fittings categories include brass, metric, leakproof, NAS grease fittings, and special thread designs. Other lubrication equipment includes adapters, bushings lock nuts, and pipes.
E-Motion Inc. is a distributor for electric automation based in Eugene, Orgeon. The company is a distributor of many electric automation parts, with additional offerings in pneumatic, modular aluminum framing, and instrumentation products. The company’s two primary segments are electric actuators and pneumatic automation. The electric actuator segment includes rack and pinion linear actuators, rod type electric actuators, rodless actuators, actuator controls, and lift kits. The pneumatic automation segment includes standard air cylinders, rodless cylinders, guided cylinders, and rotary actuators.
Dunham Rubber & Belting Corp. (DRB) has been in operation since 1965 and is based in Greenwood, Indiana. DRB offers a variety of products and services, including conveyor belts and accessories, hydraulic hose and fittings, industrial hose and fittings, sanitary hose and fittings, material handling and ducting, sheet rubber and gaskets, UHMW, polycarbonate, and acrylic sheets, as well as supplies for the egg processing, brewery, distillery, and winery industries. In January of 2023, DRB was acquired by Belt Power, an independent distributor and fabricator of conveyor system components.
Compressed Air Systems was founded in Tampa, Florida in 1963. Compressed Air Systems supports customers in a wide array of industries including food & beverage, medical applications, industrial, electronics, fleet maintenance, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, plastics processing, CNC machine shops, and woodworking. Compressed Air Systems sells air compressors, railcar gate openers and various related products. Compressed Air Systems also offers services including audit, leak compressed air leak elimination, compressed air rentals, and turnkey packages for industrial equipment systems.
CKD Corporation, established in 1943 under the name of Japan Aircraft Electric Co., Ltd., is a Japanese manufacturer of automation machinery and manufacturing components, headquartered in Komaki, Aichi. Their diverse portfolio includes pneumatic and fluid control components, fine system components, drive components, and labor-saving components. The company has also developed various types of automation machinery, such as transparent object inspection systems, pharmaceutical products packaging machines, and more. These products find applications in various industries, for example their automated food packaging systems are designed for maintaining food quality and hygienic conditions. Their fluid control components are used in the solar cell manufacturing process.
FMSI Automotive Hardware was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario. The company is a manufacturer of tubing, cables, fittings, and other parts used in brake, fuel, heating, and cooling applications, primarily in the automotive industry. The company’s product lineup includes both parts such as fittings and wiring for air conditioning, brakes, fuel systems, and transmissions, and tools and equipment to conduct estimation, maintenance, and repair on automotive and HVAC systems.
Shivraj Brass International, founded in 1994 and located in Jamnagar, India, is a manufacturer and exporter of brass components. Its diverse range of products includes precision brass turned components, brass inserts, brass fasteners, brass hose barb fittings, and brass forging parts. These components find diverse applications across industries such as automotive, electronics, construction, plumbing, and manufacturing. The company’s products are used for precision instruments, plastic molding, fastening, fluid handling systems, and heavy-duty applications. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification and operates in compliance with quality management systems.
Tube Clamps India Pvt. Ltd., founded in 1997 with headquarters in India, is a manufacturer of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, instruments, and components. The company's extensive product line includes hydraulic hose flange fittings, hydraulic solenoid valves, manifold check valves, high-pressure hydraulic hose piping, and Venturi tube flow elements. Tube Clamps India serves various markets, including the food and beverage industry, machine building, energy and power plants, and vessel construction. Some examples of how the company's products are used include air compressors, spray cans, and vehicle carburetors. Tube Clamps India Pvt. Ltd. also offers customized component design, engineering, and production services.
William B. Rudow, Inc. was founded in 1946 and located in Sarasota, Florida, as a manufacturer of rubber & vinyl suckers, vacuum cups, and suction cups for the printing, packaging, baking, robotics, and parts handling industries. The company produces vacuum cups using materials such as rubber, vinyl, silicone, polyurethane, and neoprene with a variety of fittings and styles. They also offer spare parts and fittings such as discs, vertical washers, metal caps, paper stop deflectors, and adapters that have applications in the automobile, aerospace, construction, machinery manufacturing, and foundry industries.
Saint-Gobain Life Sciences, headquartered in Solon, Ohio, is a manufacturer of polymer solutions and components that support the electronics, medical, and biopharma industries, among others. Its bioprocess solutions division provides material science-based solutions like silicone tubing and filtration products for single-use fluid management. The medical business manufactures custom medical components like cartridges and capsule filters and designs systems for medical devices. The consumer solutions business provides customer support to achieve performance, safety, and regulatory compliance, and it provides customized solutions like flowmeters, seals, and tubing. The electronics division manufactures products like valves and fittings for fluid handling applications.
Hydrasearch was founded in in 1962 in Annapolis, and now serves out of Stevensville, Maryland. Hydrasearch is a U.S. based manufacturer of specialized maritime and aerospace components for commercial, defense, and recreational purposes. Hydrasearch’s defense product categories include aerospace hose & fittings, marine hose & fittings, technical products such as valves & fittings, and underway replenishment products. Hydrasearch’s commercial and recreational products include aerators, air pipe heads, de-icers, deck drains, deck hardware, fountains, exhaust fittings, hose & clamps, nozzles, and miscellaneous hardware.
Bird Precision is a manufacturer and supplier of microminiature components and assemblies such as precision orifices, nozzles, and restrictors for the hydraulics and pneumatics industries. Bird Precision is a precision glass jewel manufacturing plant in the United States, founded by Richard H. Bird in 1913 and later joined by Randall P. Cameron, Sr. The company’s line of products includes precision orifices, orifice connectors and fittings for stainless and plastic tubing, filters, and jewel bearings.
APPLIED Adhesives, formerly known as Adhesion, Inc. is a manufacturer of adhesives and equipment for numerous industries including automotive, electronics, filtrations, renewable, packaging, construction, bottle labeling, furniture, and transportation. APPLIED Adhesives has ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001 certifications at its Rockford, Michigan facilities. APPLIED Adhesives provides adhesives for foam and mattresses, cabinetry, countertops, wood products, sportswear, workwear, and other individual uses. APPLIED Adhesives also provides sales, installation, automation, refurbishing, spare parts, and repair services.
Parker Hannifin Corporation was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Parker Hannifin is a manufacturer and distributor of motion and control technologies and systems for markets including mobile, industrial, and aerospace. Parker-Hannifin operates through two segments: diversified industrial and aerospace systems. Diversified industrial offers sealing, shielding, thermal products and systems, adhesives, diagnostics solutions, and hydraulic, pneumatic, and elctromechanical components and systems or industrial machinery and equipment. The aerospace segment offers control actuation systems and components, engine exhaust nozzles and assemblies, pilot controls, as well as others.
Caylor Indstrial Sales, Inc. was founded in Dalton, Georgia in 1980. Today, Calor serves a number of sectors of the industrial market, in particular engineering, construction, manufacturing, paper mills, and chemical plants. The company is a distributor of many industrial components including valves, fittings, pipe and tube hangers, actuators, and water, steam, and air regulators. The company also offers services as a manufacturer of both low and high-volume production custom parts using a variety of materials including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, Delrin, and Lexan.
Founded in 1969, and based in California, United States, Spears Manufacturing Company is a manufacturer and distributor of Plastic Fittings, Valves, Pipe, and Solvent Cement Products that are used by various industries. The Company provides swing joints, inserts, nipples, fume, and air ducts, that have applications in the Plumbing, Fire Protection, Irrigation, and Custom Fabrication Markets. Their products include acid waste systems, strainers, and other fabricated fittings, that are used in building construction, machinery manufacturing, and Plastic production industries.
Paani Precisions, a supplier, prioritizes customer satisfaction through efficient services, optimal packaging, and cost-effective rates. Inquiries are encouraged for timely responses and personalized deals. The company is set in its pursuit of excellence in both products and services, known for its responsive customer service. Through ongoing innovation for quality and packaging enhancements, the company ensures timely shipments and reduced delivery issues. With an extensive nationwide network in India, it sources products at competitive rates as scheduled, offering a comprehensive range of solutions at competitive prices.
SunSource is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company is a technically focused distributor providing design, technical understanding of the product, a streamlined supply chain, and a solutions-based approach to the needs of customer applications. The company serves the food and beverage, mobile machinery, oil and gas, and semiconductor industries. The company’s product lines include mobile hydraulics, industrial hydraulics, pneumatics, fluid process, and automation & motion control. To support these, the company offers design & application support, system assembly & fabrication, repair services, and mining supply services.
Springer Pumps, LLC was established in 16 in Eastern Pennsylvania and isa distributor for fluid handling solutions for the food & beverage, CPI, personal care, utility, refining, power generation and industrial wastewater markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. Springer Pumps specializes in pumps, mixers, product recovery systems, and tank cleaning components including diaphragms, metering, mixers, sumps, and accessories. Springer Pumps also offers aftermarket replacement parts, kits, mechanical seals, mixer parts, and heat exchanger parts.
Plastic Engineered Products, Co. is owned by the Ryan Herco Flow Solutions Company and is a a distributor of fluid handling, control and high value filtration systems for corrosive and ultrapure systems. PEP offers both sales as well as services. Sales offerings include tubing, hoses, measurement & control devices, housings, tanks, and pumps. Services include custom plastic & fiberglass fabrication while field servies include emergency repair as well as maintenance and testing as well as fabrication and welding.
Koehler Rubber & Supply Co. (Koehler) was founded in 1917 and operates out of Independence, Ohio. Koehler is a distributor for specialty fluid application products. Product offerings include spray finishing equipment, fluid pumping and handling, lubrication, hoses, sealants, adhesives, meter mix, dispense systems, spray systems, hydraulic & pneumatic equipment such as adapters and fittings, and measuring devices such as gauges and thermometers. Koehler also offers value-added services such as system design, service & repair, maintenance training, operator training, and efficiency analysis.
Green Rubber Kennedy Ag (GRKA) is the merger of two companies, both born in California’s Salinas Valley in 1990. The company has several distribution segments including Food Processing, Transportation & Baggage Handling, Wine and Brewing, Recycling, and Mining, Sand, and Gravel. The company excels in conveyor belt and related materials and also offers abrasion control products, sheet products & rubber goods, safety and sanitation products, industrial hose and assemblies, as well as offering specialized services.
Broward A & C Medical Supply, Inc. is based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and serves medical-grade liquids and gases to a variety of industries. Broward A & C offers services including medical gas leak detection analysis as well as calibration, leak detection fluids for specific gases, and ultrasonic leak detection systems. Brow A & C offers a selection of Liquids and gases including Oxygen USP, Nitrogen NFF, air USP, helium, ultra high purity helium, CO2, aviators breaking O2, argon, lung diffusion, dental sedation gases, and other specialty gas mixtures.
Ranking as of December 2024
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SSP Fittings Corp. |
4.4%
|
| 2 | Superior Products, Inc. |
4.4%
|
| 3 | Universal Outlets, Inc. |
3.7%
|
| 4 | S4J Manufacturing Services, Inc. |
3.1%
|
| 5 | Micromold Products, Inc. |
3.1%
|
| 6 | O'Keefe Controls Co. |
2.4%
|
| 7 | Vi-Cas Mfg. Co., Inc. |
2.4%
|
| 8 | Seelye Acquisitions, Inc. |
2.4%
|
| 9 | Kuriyama of America, Inc. |
2.0%
|
| 10 | Aram Machine Company |
2.0%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the barbed fitting page as of December 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
|
United States of America
|
49 | 90.7% |
|
India
|
3 | 5.6% |
|
Japan
|
1 | 1.9% |
|
Canada
|
1 | 1.9% |
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