Tencarva Machinery Company of Columbia

Tencarva Machinery Company of Columbia is a wholesaler in Columbia, SC, supplying pumps and process equipment to industrial and municipal customers. The company distributes liquid handling equipment and accessories, water and wastewater treatment equipment, blowers and vacuum pumps, and rotating equipment. Its product range includes centrifugal and submersible pumps, valves, vessels, filters, coolers, heat exchangers, pulsation dampeners, motors, and control systems, serving sectors such as chemical processing, oil and gas, manufacturing, and water treatment. Tencarva represents manufacturers including A-C Pump, Gorman-Rupp, SEEPEX Pumps, and ITT-Goulds Pumps, which named the company its exclusive distributor across 34 southern Kentucky counties, 13 counties in Mississippi, and six counties in Arkansas.

Founded in 1978, with roots dating back to 1926, Tencarva is an equipment distributor, engineering and design partner, and full-service repair center founded by Dick Smith, Bob Pascal, Bill Stewart, and Jack Miller. The company operates 35 locations across 15 states, including 22 full-service repair shops, with a sales territory spanning 16 states. Its services include system analysis and design, application engineering, custom fabrication of equipment packages such as booster systems, chemical dosing systems, and duplex multi-pump skids, automation and controls, equipment repair, and thermal hard coatings. Repair work is handled through service centers and mobile on-site repair vehicles staffed by technicians who restore pumps, mixers, and blowers of any size under the Tencarva Quality Repair System.

The company has expanded through acquisitions including Hudson Pump & Equipment, Southern States Industries, Uniguard Machine Guard Company, Electric Sales and Service, GPM Industries, Southern Sales, Pump Technology and Solutions, WWaterTech Services, and Hoffman-Kane Distributors. It has been named to Industrial Distribution's "Big 50" awards for 11 successive years and has appeared on Business North Carolina's NC100 list and the Triad Business Journal's "Fast Fifty."

The Columbia location sits on Old Dairy Drive, about a tenth of a mile from Bluff Road. The "Columbiad" Cannon and the National Guard Memorial are both within half a mile, as are the State Traffic Management Center and the SCDOT James B. Cagney Building. Williams-Brice Stadium is roughly six-tenths of a mile away.

With more than four decades of service and a repair network built for industrial and municipal systems, Tencarva Machinery Company of Columbia brings engineering, fabrication, and repair capabilities to the fluid handling needs of the Columbia area.

Services:

• Controls & Automation Solutions
• Custom Fabrication
• Process Equipment Distribution
• Repair Services
• Specialized Coatings