Vertex Group

Vertex Group is a value-added distributor and sales engineering organization that represents over 150 OEM principals across North America, operating through a family of subsidiary companies each serving specific geographies and technical specialties. Founded on a shared-ownership model where subsidiary leaders are partners in the broader group, Vertex preserves individual company brands and cultures while leveraging cross-group OEM relationships and best practices. The group's six core product segments span process instrumentation and analytics, HVAC flow and energy measurement, fixed gas and flame detection, process heating and heat trace, industrial communications, and mechanical process equipment and lubrication. Subsidiaries include Alliance Technical Sales (Midwest — process control instrumentation, liquid analytical, and heating solutions), FLW Southeast (Southeast — instrumentation, controls, and test and measurement), Jasper Engineering (Upper Midwest since 1958 — process equipment, instrumentation, controls, and heat trace for water, mining, energy, food, beverage, and pharma), MCR Technologies (Southern California and Nevada — process instrumentation, industrial communications, IIoT, gas safety monitoring, and valve automation, representing ABB and ONICON for over 30 years), RITEC Enterprises (measurement, control, and communication products), and Vertex IC (national — secure industrial networking, remote monitoring, and field services for electric, gas, and water utilities). In the water and wastewater sector, Vertex companies provide SCADA instrumentation, remote lift station and PRV monitoring, distribution system analytics including chlorine and pH monitoring, heat trace for water infrastructure, and the Siemens-backed SIWA AI solution for sewer infiltration prediction and blockage detection up to two weeks in advance.