# Vortex Companies - Trenchless Infrastructure Solutions

> Vortex Companies is a Houston-based, privately held platform that makes, sells and installs trenchless technologies for renewing water, sewer and industrial infrastructure. Its unusual advantage is vertical integration: Vortex can assess a failing asset, formulate the resin or geopolymer, manufacture a liner, supply robots and curing equipment, train the installer and field its own contracting crew. That breadth gives municipalities, contractors and industrial operators a single partner for jobs designed to avoid the cost and disruption of open excavation.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** Mike Vellano (Co-founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** More than 1,700 employees worldwide and more than 50 locations, according to the company's current website; LinkedIn lists 1,001-5,000 employees.
- **Products:** Coatings and repair materials, Cured-in-place pipe liner systems, Sewer robotics and rehabilitation equipment, VeriCure curing monitoring, Turnkey trenchless rehabilitation services
- **Notable:** Expanded from a four-person, one-location startup in 2015 to nearly 1,000 employees and 25 locations by its tenth anniversary in 2025., The current company website reports more than 1,700 employees, over 50 global locations, five product-line brands and more than 75 products and systems., Won Trenchless Technology's 2022 Project of the Year - Rehabilitation for a City of Houston sewer renewal project.

## Products & services

- **Coatings and repair materials** — In-house geopolymers, hybrid mortars, polymeric coatings, resins, chemical grouts and patching materials for structural renewal, corrosion resistance, leak stoppage and soil stabilization.
- **Cured-in-place pipe liner systems** — Felt, fiberglass, UV-cured and potable-water liner systems that create a structural pipe within an existing host pipe, including United Felts, MaxLiner, EnviroCure and UnitedBLUE offerings.
- **Sewer robotics and rehabilitation equipment** — Custom robotic cutting and inspection platforms, high-speed drain tools, inversion drums, curing systems and material-application rigs supported by training and repair services.
- **VeriCure curing monitoring** — A fiber-optic distributed-temperature-sensing system that continuously measures CIPP curing conditions and produces installation data for quality control.
- **Turnkey trenchless rehabilitation services** — Assessment, cleaning and CCTV, bypass pumping, CIPP and UV lining, geopolymer lining, manhole rehabilitation, point repair, pipe bursting, slip lining, grouting and structure renewal.
- **Training and field support** — Facility and on-site instruction covering material application, liner installation, equipment and robotics, including the Tap Cutting Institute.

## Achievements

- Expanded from a four-person, one-location startup in 2015 to nearly 1,000 employees and 25 locations by its tenth anniversary in 2025.
- The current company website reports more than 1,700 employees, over 50 global locations, five product-line brands and more than 75 products and systems.
- Won Trenchless Technology's 2022 Project of the Year - Rehabilitation for a City of Houston sewer renewal project.
- Rehabilitated roughly 5,700 linear feet of deteriorated Houston sewer beneath Fulton Street while the street and METRORail remained operational.
- Built a portfolio spanning the Americas, Europe and Australasia through organic expansion and more than 20 announced acquisitions.
- Integrated Applied Felts, MaxLiner and FerraTex in 2024 to add liner manufacturing and distribution to its end-to-end CIPP offering.
- Secured trademark protection for the Vortex emblem in the United States, United Kingdom and Monaco in 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Appointed industry veteran Tom O'Neill as senior vice president of sales.
- **2026-06** — Acquired Iowa-based Municipal Pipe Tool Company, expanding sewer maintenance and rehabilitation coverage across six Midwestern states.
- **2026-06** — Promoted Matthew Peterson to executive vice president of products and technologies and Brooke Malone to senior vice president of human resources.
- **2026-04** — Acquired Mainlining America to expand Vortex Water's turnkey potable-water capabilities and East Coast capacity.
- **2026-02** — Entered an advanced strategic distribution agreement with MiniCam for Dancutter robotics and Sewertronics LED UV curing systems.
- **2025-04** — Acquired Prism Contractors & Engineers, adding civil engineering, surveying, trenchless rehabilitation and utility-construction expertise.

## Links

- Website: https://vortexcompanies.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vortex-infrastructure
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/VortexCompanies
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaZlr6bAUjReB8SC4r3E4Xg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vortexcompanies/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vortexinfrastructure/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13