Balmoral Tanks has begun production at its new manufacturing facility in Mentor, Ohio, its third operations base after two plants in the UK, giving US water, wastewater and biogas customers a domestic source of large-volume storage tanks and shortening supply chains that previously relied on transatlantic shipping.

The 16,600 square foot facility manufactures epoxy-coated steel tanks under Balmoral's Efusion brand, using the company's proprietary in-house steel panel epoxy coating technology, for applications spanning water, wastewater, industrial, energy and infrastructure storage, including anaerobic digestion plants.

The Mentor site follows a $2 million investment and is expected to employ around 20 people, part of more than $30 million Balmoral has invested in its tanks business since 2018.

Balmoral Tanks, part of UK-based Balmoral Group Holdings, is a leading design and manufacturing company providing turnkey tank services spanning civils groundwork, design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and after-sales support, and is recognised as one of the world's leading producers of anaerobic digestion tanks, having supplied two 11,500m3 tanks for a major AD project in Michigan.

Jonathan Smith, vice president of sales at Balmoral, said the company's "made in the U.S.A." tanks deliver the same quality customers have trusted for more than four decades, adding that production underway in Ohio allows the business to respond more efficiently to US demand.

The move reflects a wider pattern of UK manufacturers localising production in the US rather than exporting, as domestic capacity cuts shipping costs and lead times on large, heavy steel tanks.

The timing tracks sustained growth in US biogas infrastructure, with the American Biogas Council recording 2,585 operational biogas capture systems and $39.9 billion in total installed capital as of December 2025, including $2.1 billion in new capacity investment that year alone.

For manufacturers supplying that build-out, a local plant reduces exposure to shipping delays and tariff risk on oversized components, while enabling faster turnaround on multi-tank digester projects that increasingly require domestic delivery timelines.

For the sector, Balmoral's Ohio plant signals that UK tank and equipment manufacturers are following US infrastructure and renewable-gas demand with local capacity rather than relying solely on exports across the Atlantic.

Source: Waste Today / Crain's Cleveland Business / Yahoo Finance / American Biogas Council (via GM Insights)