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Countless sectors, including aerospace, chemicals, oil and gas, power, and transportation, as well as pulp and paper, rely on SSP’ s diverse offerings. A family-owned company headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio, SSP stands out as the largest single-site, vertically integrated manufacturer of fittings and valves. By combining the best people, capital, equipment, and processes with a safe work environment, the company consistently achieves remarkable results. We gain exclusive insights into SSP’ s history and processes from David King, Chief Executive Officer.
“ SSP is a 100-year-old manufacturing company with a rich history. For several decades, we operated as a screw machine shop focused on manufacturing fasteners. Around the Second World War, we transitioned into fitting manufacturing and served as a contract manufacturer until the 1970s, when my father transformed SSP into a product-focused company. This shift led us to develop a catalog of offerings, a model we have successfully continued to follow for the last 50 years. From the 1980s through to the early 2000s, we prioritized vertical integration. As a result, not only do we turn metal and manufacture fittings and valves, but we also produce all of our own specialty tooling. Being vertically integrated gives us a significant competitive advantage, as very few companies in North America still engage in forging today, resulting in long lead times for those that do not. Having primarily established ourselves as a fitting company, we acquired a valve company in the early 2000s, further expanding our offerings. In a more recent development, we successfully passed our registration audit to become AS 9100 certified,” he opens.
Driven by several factors, SSP’ s decision to develop in-house tooling and forging capabilities has made a significant and positive impact on both its production quality and timelines. The impetus behind the
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