Providing Mission-Critical Solutions for Over 40 Years
At JC Cross Company, we distribute, repair, and custom-build low-pressure air + vacuum and other mission-critical equipment that keeps the Midwest’s numerous industrial and municipal segments operating smoothly and efficiently.
In over 40 years in business, we have evolved into the Midwest’s top distributor and service center for industrial process equipment, including the Authorized Distributor for the industry-leading Gardner Denver brand and their lines of positive displacement blowers and vacuum pumps (brands like Sutorbilt, Duroflow, Cycloblower, Heliflow, and Elmo Rietschle).
We have multiple Midwest locations, over 75,000 square feet of warehouse and production space, and a large team of well-qualified and well-trained professionals available to meet your needs.
We maintain the largest inventory of Gardner Denver blowers and vacuum pumps in the United States throughout our 6 strategic sales offices and warehouses, so our customers experience zero to minimal downtime teamed with the most reliable service in the industry.
JC Cross Company offers complete repair and reconditioning services performed at our company-owned repair facilities by our group technicians, who boast over 300 years of collective machine repair experience. Types of equipment we service include positive displacement blowers, centrifugal blowers, vacuum pumps, liquid ring vacuum pumps, process pumps, vertical turbine pumps, rotary airlock valves, and additional mission-critical rotating equipment.
Partner with us–a team with over 40 years in the process industry–and contact us to learn more about how we can assist you in procuring new equipment, prolonging the life of your existing industrial rotating equipment, or building custom equipment to meet your specific needs.
Read on to learn more about our journey to become the Midwest’s top distributor and service center for industrial process equipment.
1981
John Cross Sr founds JC Cross Co. to serve as a manufacturer’s rep firm and industrial pump parts repair service for numerous industrial processing segments.
1987
JC Cross Co. establishes its first HQ in commercial warehouse space – a small industrial suite located in Bettendorf, IA.
1988
JC Cross Co. acquires the exclusive rights to begin distributing for Gardner Denver’s low-pressure air and vacuum products in Iowa and Nebraska.
1996
JC Cross Co. establishes an Omaha, NE sales office and distribution warehouse.
2007
To strengthen its position with rotary airlock repair capabilities, JC Cross Co. acquires EBE Industrial in Walnut, IL.
2011
JC Cross Co. acquires the exclusive distribution rights for Gardner Denver in northern Illinois and Wisconsin.
2011
JC Cross Co. acquires a 6,500-sq-ft facility at 5328 Tremont Ave in Davenport, IA to serve as its HQ and main distribution center.
2012
JC Cross Co. establishes a Des Moines, IA sales office and distribution warehouse.
2016
JC Cross Co. adds an additional 6,500 sq ft to its Tremont Ave HQ to boost distribution space and service center capacity.
2019
JC Cross Co. becomes the certified ASC (Authorized Service Center) for Hoffman/Lamson products in Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois.
2020
JC Cross Co. acquires 22,000 sq ft at 5402 Tremont Ave, Davenport, IA, next to its HQ, for additional distribution/production space.
2024
John Cross Sr. still serves as Chairman of the Board and President of JC Cross Co.
Applications
Some of the Applications We Service
Some common applications we service include:
- Agriculture – on-farm grain conveying, grain metering
- Aquaculture – aeration
- Automotive – vacuum hold-down, molding
- Chemical – vacuum processing, conveying
- Cement and Lime – fluidization, conveying
- Cleaning – mobile vac trucks, mobile carpet cleaning
- Dairy – automated milking
- Dental Offices – medical vacuum
- Dry Bulk Hauling – trailer unloading, trailer loading, aeration
- Higher Education – power generation, aeration
- Hospitals – medical vacuum
- Environmental Services – vacuum remediation
- Ethanol – vacuum evaporation, pneumatic conveying, dust collection
- Food – vacuum/pressure conveying, industrial vacuum
- Gypsum – material conveying, material metering
- Milling and Baking – blending, conveying, dust collection
- Oil and Gas – collection, sparging, industrial vacuum
- Power Generation – fly ash conveying, aeration
- Process Gas – gas boosting, methane recovery
- Pulp and Paper – chip conveying, process vacuum
- Resin and Plastic – processing, conveying, blending, molding
- Soil Remediation – vacuum extraction, sparging
- Utilities – aeration, conveying
- Wastewater Treatment – aeration, filter backwashing
Why, How, and Additional Values
The Drug of Problem-Solving
Why do we do what we do? We love to problem-solve. Solving a complex problem–when it’s an emergency on someone’s part, and we’re able to go in and embed and figure it out with them and come out the other side–that’s one of the more rewarding feelings that you can have in this job. That’s the little dopamine hit that keeps us coming back when people call.
Sales Staff Longevity, Reliability
Our longevity and steady growth over 40-plus years go back to the way that we choose to go to market. We have long-tenured sales staff, and they all know their product very well. They know how to go out into the field, embed with a customer, and troubleshoot long-term.
Whereas it’s common in our industry to see one manufacturer’s rep one year, a new one the next, and a new one the year after that, you’ll see the same people with us. Many of our sales staff have been with us for 15-plus years.
Our customers know they can rely on us, which means you can rely on us. When you call and talk to our salespeople, we’ve got solutions for you now, next year, and the year after that.
Staff Training and Expertise
Your experience is what differentiates you when a problem falls in your lap. That’s just the truth. Who you work with is the difference between hours, days, or weeks of downtime.
To reduce your downtime to a minimum, we keep our staff updated on products and offerings, such as updates to new generations of the machines that we sell, repair, and consult on. Overall, the technology in our industry stays much the same from year to year, but our knowledge of that technology is expert-level.
No matter your industrial processing equipment needs, we have the inventory, repair capabilities, custom-build shop, pickup and delivery, staffing, and customer service to be your difference-maker.