Brief History
We have been cold-drawing steel wire and steel
bar for more than 132 years. Precision Kidd makes both
standard and custom special steel shapes at two manufacturing
facilities located in Aliquippa, PA and Clinton, PA. Our quality
system has been awarded the ISO
9001:2015 - ANSI/ISO/ASQ-Q9001-2015 Certificate of Registration.
PK and its force of highly talented employees
have built an outstanding reputation for specializing in the
manufacturing of High Quality, Close Tolerance, Cold Drawn
Steel Bars and Steel Wire in Standard Sections and Customer
Designed/Special Steel Shapes & Steel Profiles. These
products are manufactured in a wide variety of steels: Carbon,
Alloy, Free Machining, Leaded, Tool Steels and Stainless Steels.
At PK, Custom Engineered Process Designs, Extensive Experience
(over 1400 man years) and Cutting Edge Technology have been
combined in a culture that is willing to Accept Challenges
and strives for Continuous Improvement.
Historic Milestones
| 1885 |
Kidd Steel Wire Company is founded in
Harmarville, PA. |
| 1902 |
New plant opens in Aliquippa, PA after
fire destroys the old plant, which had been located in
McKees Rocks, PA. |
| 1966 |
Business is acquired by Precision Industries
and re-named Precision-Kidd. |
| 1978 |
Second production facility opens in Clinton,
PA. |
| 1992 |
Precision Kidd Steel Co., Inc. is incorporated
as a stand-alone entity. Precision Kidd Employees Union
and PK sign an on-going contract in perpetuity. |
| 2002 |
QS 9000 Certificate of Registration.
|
| 2005 |
ISO 9001:2000 - ANSI/ISO/ASQ - Q9001-2000
Certificate of Registration. |
| 2007 |
PK
doubles its draw bench capacity |
| 2009 |
PK Exhibits at G-20 Trade Expo in Pittsburgh,
PA
Press
Release | Article |
| 2015 |
Precision Kidd Steel has received an investment from V&A Capital |
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