Samson Roll Formed Products Company

What Samson Roll Formed Products Company does

Samson Roll Formed Products Company, founded in 1949 and headquartered at 6101 W. Oakton St. in Skokie, Illinois, is a U.S. contract roll forming manufacturer that converts flat strip metal into engineered shapes — channels, angles, tubes, rings, and custom profiles — for industrial customers across multiple sectors. The company operates approximately 40 roll forming lines in a large industrial facility just east of O'Hare Airport, supported by stamping, bending, parting, and assembly capabilities that can be integrated in-line. Its tooling library covers more than 2,000 stock shapes, and the company is positioned as one of the oldest and largest contract roll forming firms in the United States and one of the largest manufacturers of lock seam tubing in the industry.

The core technology is room-temperature roll forming, in which flat metal strip passes through consecutive roll stands that impart incremental bends until a target profile is achieved. Samson layers secondary operations onto this base process — pre- and post-notching, pre- and post-piercing, in-line welding of dimples, projections, tabs and stops, curving, helices, and clad (multi-material) shapes — producing parts that require little or no finishing at high speeds over long production runs. The company also offers engineering consultation and design support for custom part development, backed by employees trained in SPC, capability studies, and structured problem-solving methods.

Samson makes money through B2B contract manufacturing on a quote-based, project-driven basis; there is no subscription or recurring revenue component, and pricing is set per custom part based on specifications, material, quantity, and complexity. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales to procurement managers, engineers, and product designers at industrial OEMs, supported by a website catalog, a technical knowledge base, and a Request-a-Quote workflow with print and drawing upload. Customer end markets span office furniture, automotive, appliances, construction, fenestration, solar thermal, kitchen/bath, commercial air filtration, and POP/display fixtures. The company is a private subsidiary of Atlas Steel Products following a 2022 acquisition and has not raised outside venture or growth equity.

Name

Samson Roll Formed Products Company

Legal name

Samson Roll Formed Products Company

Website

https://samsonrollform.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Samson Roll Formed Products Company, founded in 1949 and based in Skokie, Illinois, is a contract roll forming manufacturer producing custom and stock metal shapes across approximately 40 production lines for industrial customers in furniture, automotive, construction, fenestration, solar, and consumer-adjacent verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Skokie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Contract roll forming manufacturing: B2B contract manufacturing business producing custom and stock roll formed metal shapes for industrial customers. Revenue is generated through the production and sale of roll formed parts. Customers submit prints or select from catalog shapes, and Samson quotes on manufacturing. The company operates on a project/quote basis with no recurring subscription revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Samson Roll Formed Products Company is a contract roll forming manufacturer producing custom and stock metal shapes including angles, butt seam tubes, C channels, hat channels, lock seam round and square tubes, open seam tubes, U and J channels, and more than 2,000 custom profiles. The company operates approximately 40 roll forming lines and offers value-added services such as stamping, bending, parting, and assembly that are integrated with the roll forming process. Products are sold B2B to industrial manufacturers across the United States on a quote-based pricing model.

Product overview

Samson Roll Formed Products Company is a contract roll forming manufacturer offering a portfolio of roll formed metal products. The core offering consists of eight main product categories: Angles, Butt Seam Tube, C Channels, Hat Channels, Lock Seam Round Tube, Lock Seam Square Tube, Open Seam Tube, and U and J Channels. These standard products are complemented by custom roll formed shape manufacturing services capable of producing over 2,000 different shapes ranging from simple channels and angles to complex exotic profiles. Value-added services including stamping, bending, parting, and assembly can be combined with roll forming operations. The company operates approximately 40 roll forming lines and serves diverse industries including appliances, automotive, construction, electronics, lawn and garden, office furniture, sports and recreation, and fenestration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Angles
• Butt Seam Tube
• C Channels
• Hat Channels
• Lock Seam Round Tube
• Lock Seam Square Tube
• Open Seam Tube
• U and J Channels
• Custom Roll Formed Shapes

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% savings for swimming pool wall support manufacturer compared to previous brake-formed techniques
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Shiloh Industries: Publicly traded large-scale provider of engineered metal products, stampings, and roll formed components primarily for automotive and industrial markets. Offers overlapping roll forming capability as part of a much wider portfolio and competes for large OEM programs.
• The Caldwell Group: Established U.S. metal forming and fabricated metal products manufacturer with capabilities including roll forming, stamping, and assembly for industrial customers. Comparable in product capabilities but operates as a broader incumbent with greater scale.

Direct peers

• Hyson Metal Solutions: Custom roll forming and metal stamping manufacturer serving industrial OEMs across the U.S. Comparable in offering roll formed shapes with value-added secondary operations in a B2B contract manufacturing model.
• Spinnaker Industries: Multi-site contract roll former and metal forming manufacturer serving automotive, appliance, and industrial OEMs. Comparable in offering roll formed components with secondary operations, but larger in scale and geographic footprint than Samson.
• Southwest Metal Products: Custom roll forming and metal fabrication company producing roll formed shapes for industrial customers. Comparable business model, product portfolio (channels, tubes, custom profiles), and target customer types.
• Wescon Products Company: Contract roll former producing custom metal shapes and assemblies for industrial OEMs. Directly comparable as a quote-based, engineering-driven contract roll former serving diverse end markets.
• Custom Roll Forming Inc. U.S. contract roll former offering custom roll formed shapes and value-added services to OEMs across industrial markets. Directly comparable in business model, production technology, and customer base to Samson.
• Steel Roll Forming Industries: Independent roll forming manufacturer producing custom and stock metal shapes for industrial OEMs. Comparable in scale, product categories (channels, tubes, custom profiles), and B2B contract manufacturing model.
• Salco Engineering: U.S.-based roll forming and metal stamping manufacturer serving industrial OEMs. Comparable in producing custom roll formed shapes with integrated secondary operations for diverse end markets.

Regional players

• Profil Roll Forming: European (Sweden) contract roll former with U.S. presence offering custom roll formed profiles for industrial customers. Comparable technology and product portfolio, but primarily competes outside Samson's U.S. core market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SamsonRollForm
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/samson-roll-formed-products

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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