Independent brands.
Shared purpose.
ALTA Global brings together a family of specialized manufacturing companies with roots spanning nearly eight decades. Founded across generations in Chicago, Denmark, and Italy, each business built its reputation independently through deep expertise, trusted relationships, quality manufacturing, and a commitment to solving real-world problems.
Today, ALTA provides a shared platform for these companies to evolve together—preserving the entrepreneurial spirit, category focus, and market relationships that make each brand successful while strengthening the values, capabilities, and long-term stewardship that connect them.
Designed around the people who make essential environments work.
We work to meet the needs of the people who specify, select, purchase, install, use, and maintain our products—with particular focus on facility owners and the architects, engineers, consultants, and other partners who shape the environments where our products are used.
Independent expertise. Shared principles.
From laboratory environments and emergency safety systems to fire protection and scientific infrastructure, each ALTA company has developed deep expertise within highly specialized markets where reliability, responsiveness, and trust are critical. Though our products differ, the principles behind how we build our businesses are remarkably consistent.
Long-term stewardship
Customer closeness
Quality + innovation
Deep specialization.
Pride in manufacturing
Human-centered problem solving
Across the portfolio, our companies are connected not only by what we value, but by how we work.
We learn. We continually build our knowledge, listen to customers and suppliers, and stay close to the environments we serve.
We collaborate. The best solutions come from bringing the right people together and respecting the expertise each person contributes.
We communicate. We value direct, honest conversation and the relationships that make good work possible.
We act. We are never static or complacent. We take responsibility, solve problems, and work to be better tomorrow than we are today.
Leadership
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Steve Kersten
Chief Executive Officer
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First Last
Chief Financial Officer
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Michael Strong
General Council
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Independent brands. Shared purpose.
Each ALTA company brings distinct expertise, history, and market relationships. Together, they form a portfolio built around specialized knowledge, long-term stewardship, and a shared commitment to helping essential environments perform at their best.
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WaterSaver specializes in faucets, valves, and related products for science laboratories. Built on decades of focused expertise, the company is known for quality, innovation, customization, and responsive service.
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NuovaFAR develops laboratory plumbing and safety products for laboratories, hospitals, schools, and other specialized environments. Its long-standing commitment to design, quality, customization, and customer responsiveness has supported growth across international markets.
Let’s work together.
For product information, specifications, sales, technical support, or service, the best place to start is with the company that serves your market.
- Year
- 1975
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
A letter from the founder
ALTA Global was created around a simple idea—that great companies deserve a place where they can remain great.
For decades, the companies that now make up ALTA built their reputations independently. They serve different markets, operate in different countries, and manufacture different products. Yet they share something fundamental: a belief that relationships, expertise, and quality matter, and that businesses should be built for the long term.
Those values existed long before ALTA. They are the reason we exist.
Today, our companies support laboratories, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, industrial operations, and commercial buildings worldwide. While their products serve different purposes, they share a common approach. We believe engineering should adapt to people, not the other way around. The best solutions come from understanding how environments actually function and designing products that make them safer, more capable, and easier to use.
The strength of ALTA comes from the people within each business—their expertise, their relationships, and the trust they have earned over time. We put customers first, invest patiently, and work alongside the people we serve to develop better products and solutions.
While each company brings distinct capabilities to its market, all share a commitment to quality, responsiveness, and doing things the right way.
ALTA is a new name. The companies behind it are not.
For generations, they have earned trust by solving problems, supporting customers, and standing behind their work. That trust is the foundation of everything we do today. We believe it is worth protecting—and that the future belongs to companies that never stop earning it.
Steven Kersten
President & CEO
ALTA Global
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Guardian Equipment
+1 312.447.8100 info@gesafety.com1140 N North Branch Street
gesafety.com
Chicago, IL 60642 -
OvalSafety
+1 630.635.5000 info@ovalsafety.com1140 N North Branch Street
ovalsafety.com
Chicago, IL 60642