S&S Metal Fabrication

What S&S Metal Fabrication does

S&S Metal Fabrication (doing business as Schneider Simpson Sheet Metal) is a privately held custom sheet metal fabrication company founded in 1946 and headquartered in a single facility at 1551 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, Washington. The company provides integrated custom metal fabrication services across industrial, commercial, and residential customer segments in the greater Puget Sound area, with capabilities spanning design and layout, precision punching, rolling and forming, shearing, plasma cutting, water jet cutting (via a Maxiem 1530 machine), and welding and finishing. Originally founded as Schneider Sheet Metal by Elmer Schneider to perform blowpipe work for the wood industry, the firm transitioned as wood-industry demand declined and evolved into a leader in custom-designed metal projects, including stainless steel and aluminum products.

The business operates as a traditional job-shop fabricator with no disclosed pricing model, no public revenue figures, and no external investment or parent company involvement. Its revenue model is project-based, with sales driven by a direct channel of project managers (Harold Schulz III as President/Project Manager, plus Jordan Potucek, Chad Schrader, and Travis Riley) handling quoting and customer relationships. Select disclosed customers include the City of Olympia (a government water feature installation) and Copperstone Apartment (residential signage), indicating a mix of public-sector and private real estate work alongside broader industrial and residential fabrication. With 11-50 employees and no reported funding, M&A activity, partnerships, certifications, or technology platform beyond physical fabrication equipment, S&S presents as a stable, family/management-controlled regional operator with no observable recent growth or expansion signals.

Name

S&S Metal Fabrication

Legal name

S & S Metal Fabrication

Website

https://ssmetalnw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

S&S Metal Fabrication (dba Schneider Simpson Sheet Metal) is a privately held, family/management-controlled custom sheet metal fabrication shop founded in 1946 in Tacoma, Washington. It serves industrial, commercial, and residential customers across the greater Puget Sound area with design, cutting, forming, and welding services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Sheet Metal Fabrication

NAICS

All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (33299)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Sheet Metal Machinery (Laser/Plasma/Waterjet Cutting, Punching) (IMAHADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Metal Forming & Fabrication Machines (Presses, Bending, Shearing, Stamping) (IMAHADAC)

Keywords

• Custom sheet metal fabrication
• Metal cutting services
• Welding fabrication
• Water jet cutting
• Industrial metalwork

Headquarters

HQ city

Tacoma

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

S&S Metal Fabrication manufactures custom sheet metal components from stainless steel and aluminum for industrial, commercial, residential, and government customers in the greater Puget Sound area. Its integrated capabilities cover design and layout, CNC punching, rolling and forming, shearing, plasma cutting, Maxiem 1530 water jet cutting, and welding and finishing, delivered as project-based custom orders rather than catalog products.

Product overview

S&S Metal Fabrication (dba: Schneider Simpson Sheet Metal) is a custom sheet metal fabrication company serving the greater Puget Sound area for over 75 years. The company offers a comprehensive suite of metal fabrication services including Design and Layout, Punching, Rolling and Forming, Shearing and Plasma Cutting, Water Jet cutting, and Welding and Finishing. The company specializes in custom-designed metal projects and works with various materials. Services are delivered as an integrated manufacturing capability rather than as distinct software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design and Layout Custom design and layout services for sheet metal fabrication projects, providing customers with engineered drawings and project plans prior to cutting and forming. Targeted at regional industrial, commercial, residential, and government buyers in the greater Puget Sound area.
• Punching Precision sheet metal punching services for custom fabrication runs. Available to industrial, commercial, residential, and government customers in the greater Puget Sound region.
• Rolling and Forming Rolling and forming services that shape sheet metal into curved, bent, or otherwise formed components for custom fabrication projects. Targeted at regional industrial, commercial, residential, and government customers.
• Shearing and Plasma Cutting Precision shearing and plasma cutting services for cutting sheet metal to size and profile for custom fabrication jobs. Available to industrial, commercial, residential, and government customers in the greater Puget Sound region.
• Water Jet Cutting Water jet cutting services using a Maxiem 1530 water jet machine for precise, distortion-free cuts in sheet metal. Targeted at customers needing tight tolerances or complex cut profiles in stainless steel and aluminum parts.
• Welding and Finishing Welding and finishing services for custom sheet metal projects, including stainless steel welds and surface finishes such as swirl, DA/angel hair, and other custom textures. Aimed at regional industrial, commercial, residential, and government customers.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

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 indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Mayville Engineering Company (MEC): MEC is a publicly traded, large custom metal fabricator serving industrial, commercial, and energy markets with a broad fabricated components portfolio that overlaps heavily with S&S's custom sheet metal service offering, though at far greater scale and geographic footprint.
• Olympic Steel: Olympic Steel is a publicly traded metal service center and fabrication company providing metal processing and contract manufacturing — its contract manufacturing / fabrication arm competes indirectly with S&S for industrial customers in the Pacific Northwest and nationally.
• Worthington Industries: Worthington Industries is a large, diversified metal manufacturing company with fabricated metal products, pressure cylinders, and steel processing businesses that overlap thematically with S&S's custom fabrication services; it is much larger and operates across multiple segments rather than focused custom regional work.
• BTD Manufacturing: BTD Manufacturing is a full-service custom metal stamping and fabrication provider operating across multiple U.S. facilities, serving industrial and consumer customers with design-through-finishing capabilities similar to S&S, but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Talan Products: Talan Products is a small, privately held contract manufacturer specializing in custom sheet metal fabrication, stamping, and assemblies for industrial customers, with a comparable headcount and scope to S&S Metal Fabrication.

Others

• Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Reliance Steel is the largest metals service center company in North America, supplying the stainless steel and aluminum raw materials that S&S Metal Fabrication processes; it is a key supplier/enabler rather than a direct competitor but is thematically and operationally connected to the custom sheet metal value chain.
• TW Metals: TW Metals is a specialty metals distributor serving aerospace, medical, and industrial customers with stainless, aluminum, and alloy bar/tube/sheet; like Reliance it is an enabling supplier to fabricators like S&S rather than a direct fabrication competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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