From Catch to Packaging: Simmons’ Seafood Processing Blades

In 2020, U.S. commercial fisheries hauled in approximately $4.8 billion worth of fish and seafood across all ports. The fact that that figure only concerns fish and seafood caught in U.S. waters speaks to the massive size and growth of the fish and seafood processing industry.  In fact, according to market research firm The Insight
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From the President’s Desk: What to Expect from Simmons in 2024

While 2023 certainly wasn’t a record-breaking year for Simmons from a fiscal perspective, the slow-down in production allowed us to develop some exciting new products, improve our existing processes, and better manage our vendor relationships to benefit our customers. As we step into 2024, it’d be foolish not to acknowledge the challenges posed by geopolitical
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President Colin Murphy’s 2023 Year-In-Review

As I reflect on these last few years (and 2023 specifically), I can’t help but think that it’s all felt like one long rollercoaster. In 10 or 15 years, somebody’s going to look back at financial statements from 2020-2021 and think, “What the heck was going on there?” For a while, it seemed like most
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From the President’s Desk: What to Expect from Simmons in 2023

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In my “2022 Year-In-Review” blog post that was published last month, I mentioned that the past few years have created an extremely unique business environment. On the consumer side, things have obviously returned to a much more normal state throughout the past two years. On the business side though, 2021 and 2022 forced Simmons to
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From the President’s Desk: 2022 Year-In-Review

President Colin Murphy's 2022 Year-In-Review blog post.
As we near the end of the year, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on Simmons’ performance in 2022. It’s been a great year for us as a business, but it hasn’t been without its share of challenges. Some of our existing customers may be aware of the various obstacles Simmons has faced
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Behind the Culture of Simmons Knife & Saw

Simmons' employees pose for a photo in front of a backdrop.
Simmons Knife & Saw is a family-owned company and has been that way for more than 75 years. Throughout that time, we’ve grown exponentially and expanded into new or emerging markets, all while consistently meeting the needs of our customers. Looking back, it’s clear that our continued success can only be attributed to our employees.
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A Closer Look at Simmons Knife & Saw

A Simmons employee coils and ties up a bandknife blade.
If you’ve gone looking for cutting solutions within the last 75 years, chances are you’ve heard of Simmons Knife & Saw. Maybe you’ve even ordered blades from us in the past. However, you probably don’t really know who we are, what we’re passionate about, or what’s next for us. We’d like to fix that starting
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4 Ways Simmons’ ISO Certification Benefits Our Customers

According to the International Standard Organization’s (ISO) website, “the [ISO 9001:2015] standard is based on a number of quality management principles, including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach, and continual improvement.” In many ways, these principles have helped to inform and shape Simmons’ own tenets of Quality
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