Simpson Manufacturing Company

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Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Public
Traded as
Industry Building material
Founded 1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Headquarters 5956 W Las Positas Blvd, Pleasanton, California, U.S.
Key people
Barclay Simpson
Products Structural ties, anchor bolts
Revenue Increase US$1.14 billion (2019)
Number of employees
3,337 (2019)
Subsidiaries Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.
Website simpsonmfg.com

Simpson Manufacturing Company is an engineering firm and building materials producer in the United States that produces structural connectors, anchors, and products for new construction and retrofitting.

The company was founded in by Barclay Simpson in Oakland in 1956, as a successor to his father's window screen company.[1] Simpson manufactured joist hangers and the company's subsidiary Simpson Strong-Tie Co. Inc. became a dominant producer of structural connectors in North America and Europe.[1] The company subsequently moved to Pleasanton and went public in 1994.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sam Whiting, "Barclay Simpson, philanthropist and building supplies titan, dies", San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 2014.
  2. Neil Henry, "Barclay Simpson: An Oral History", Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2012–13.


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