Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication

What Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication does

Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication (SS&PF), operating under the brand "THE Industrial Fabricator," is a privately held, custom structural steel and plate fabrication company founded in 1976 and headquartered in North Salt Lake, Utah. The company operates a single 17-acre, 94,000 SF manufacturing facility composed of 3 buildings and 5 bays, equipped with cutting-edge machinery for precision steel and plate work. It is dually certified by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME S, U, and PP stamps) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), and holds the National Board Repair Certificate of Authorization (R stamp), qualifying it to fabricate and repair pressure vessels, power boilers, pressure piping, and structural steel for regulated industrial applications.

SS&PF's core product is project-based custom steel fabrication, with a portfolio of past work spanning drying towers, hydro-powered penstocks, elevated knockdown tanks, ejector stacks, boilermaker training towers, and shaft liners with head discharge hoppers. Its underlying production approach is solution-oriented engineering supported by product lifecycle management, emphasizing customization, regulatory compliance, and large-scale production capacity. The company sells directly to industrial customers via enterprise field sales, with no intermediaries, quoting custom projects and delivering from its Utah facility to clients across Utah and the western United States.

The business model is project-based, professional services revenue on custom fabrication contracts, with no public pricing, no disclosed subscription or recurring component, and multi-year contract billing on major projects. Primary customer segments are industrial manufacturers needing structural steel and pressure equipment, and energy and utility companies requiring ASME-certified pressure vessels and boilers. The company is independently owned with no disclosed external funding, no parent entity, no M&A activity, and no partnerships, and is led by Ken Payne as president and founder.

Name

Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication

Legal name

Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication

Website

https://ssandpf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication is a Utah-based, ASME- and AISC-certified custom steel and plate fabricator serving industrial manufacturers and energy/utilities across the western United States from a 94,000 SF North Salt Lake facility, since 1976.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Steel Fabrication

NAICS

Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312), Plate Work Manufacturing (332313), Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing (3324)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440), Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) (3443)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD), Steelwork & Fabrication Facilities (Plate/Section Processing, Welding Lines) (IMAJALAH)

Keywords

• Structural steel fabrication
• Plate fabrication
• ASME certified fabrication
• Pressure vessel manufacturing
• Custom steel engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

North Salt Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Steel Fabrication Services: Project-based fabrication services for structural steel and plate work. Customers commission specific fabrication projects based on engineering specifications and requirements.
2. ASME/AISC Certified Fabrication: Specialized fabrication services meeting strict industry certifications for pressure vessels, boilers, and structural steel applications

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication provides custom industrial steel and plate fabrication services, including structural steel work, pressure vessels, power boilers, pressure piping, and custom metalwork. As an ASME- and AISC-certified fabricator, the company delivers project-based, engineered-to-spec solutions from its 94,000 SF North Salt Lake, Utah facility to industrial manufacturers and energy/utility customers across Utah and the western United States.

Product overview

Structural Steel & Plate Fabrication (SS&PF) operates as a single-product industrial steel fabrication company offering custom structural steel and plate fabrication services. The company provides a comprehensive range of fabricated steel products including drying towers, boilermaker training towers, hydro-powered penstocks, elevated knockdown tanks, ejector stacks, and shaft liners with head discharge hoppers. Services encompass solution-oriented engineering, product lifecycle management, and cutting-edge machinery fabrication, serving industrial clients across Utah and the western United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Steel Fabrication Custom structural steel and plate fabrication services including structural steel work, pressure vessels, boilers, pressure piping, and custom metalwork for industrial manufacturers and energy/utility customers across Utah and the western United States.
• S02 Drying Tower Custom fabricated drying tower built for industrial processing applications.
• Boilermaker Training Tower Custom fabricated training tower designed for boilermaker education and certification purposes.
• Hydro-Powered Penstock Custom fabricated penstock equipment engineered for hydroelectric power generation applications.
• Elevated Knockdown Tank Custom elevated tank fabricated for industrial knockdown applications.
• Ejector Stack Custom fabricated ejector stack equipment for industrial processing applications.
• Shaft Liners with Head Discharge Hoppers Custom fabricated shaft liners with integrated head discharge hoppers for material handling applications.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Vigor Industrial (Oregon Iron Works): Pacific Northwest heavy industrial fabricator producing large structural and marine/industrial assemblies including pressure vessels and plate work. Comparable in heavy plate and structural fabrication but primarily competes in the Pacific Northwest rather than the Intermountain West.

Broad incumbents

• Schuff Steel (Schuff-Hoover Steel): Large national structural steel fabricator with multi-region plant footprint serving commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Overlaps in AISC-certified structural fabrication but at meaningfully greater scale and geographic reach.
• Northwest Pipe Company: Manufacturer of steel pipe and pressure/vessel products for water infrastructure, energy, and industrial markets. Adjacent overlap with SS&PF's plate and pressure-equipment fabrication, but operates at significantly larger scale across more end markets.
• Cives Steel Company: North American structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator with multiple plants across the US and Canada. Comparable in AISC-certified structural fabrication but with broader geographic footprint and capacity.
• High Steel Structures: One of the largest structural steel fabricators in the US, producing bridge and building structural steel. Overlaps directly in AISC-certified structural steel fabrication, but operates at national scale with a much broader project mix.

Direct peers

• SteelFab: Structural and miscellaneous metals fabricator with multiple regional plants producing beams, columns, and plate-based assemblies. Comparable in certified structural fabrication services and industrial customer base.
• TrueNorth Steel: Mid-market structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator serving industrial and commercial customers across multiple US regions. Closely comparable in size, product mix (structural steel and plate work), and project-based delivery model.
• Zalk Josephs Fabricators: Structural steel and miscellaneous metals fabricator serving commercial, industrial, and infrastructure customers. Comparable mid-sized fabrication shop competing in similar AISC-certified structural steel work.
• Hillsdale Fabrications: Structural steel and miscellaneous metals fabricator producing beams, columns, and plate assemblies for industrial and commercial projects. Comparable custom-fabrication shop competing in similar AISC-certified markets.
• Wythe Iron Works: Structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator serving industrial and commercial customers in the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast US. Comparable AISC-certified custom fabrication business with a similar project-based delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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