From the President’s Desk: 2024 Year-In-Review & What to Expect from Simmons in 2025
17 December 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to share my thoughts on what has been an extraordinary year for Simmons Knife & Saw. This year marked a return to stability and growth after the uncertainty of 2023, and there are quite a few exciting opportunities on the horizon for Simmons
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Maximize Foam Cutting Efficiency with Simmons’ CNC Blades
27 September 2024
Raise your hand if your business uses contour-cutting machines to cut patterns of all shapes and sizes into foam. Now, raise your other hand if you need blades for your contour-cutting machines. If one or both hands are raised right now, you’re in the right place. You should maybe feel a little silly, but you’re in
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The Benefits of Heat Treating Your Bandsaw Blades
31 July 2024
Ever wonder how to make your blades last longer and perform better? The answer lies in a key step of the manufacturing process: heat treating. Why Heat Treating Matters When we talk about heat-treating bandsaw blades, we’re not referring to the entire blade. Heat treatment usually targets the edge or teeth of a blade. This
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Simmons’ Packaging Knives for HFFS Machinery
27 June 2024
When it comes to packaging solutions, Simmons Knife & Saw can supply you with a variety of knives for your case sealers, vacuum packaging machines, cup and tray sealing machines, and more. We already published a blog post all about that, which you can find here. This time around, we’d like to focus specifically on
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On Saturday, May 18th, the Simmons team and their family members once again took the liberty of cleaning up Westlake Park in Bloomingdale, IL. Simmons Knife & Saw officially adopted the park and was recognized as its sponsor in 2019. Since then, Simmons has held multiple volunteer cleanup events at the park, which has led
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It’s not every day that we get to show off a new product for the first time, so, with that in mind, we’re ecstatic to introduce you to Simmons’ DuraSplit Carcass blade. What’s the difference between Simmons’ standard SimCut Butcher blades and the DuraSplit Carcass blade? Simmons’ standard SimCut Butcher blades are 5/8” thick and
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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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A Guide to Simmons’ Packaging Knives
22 February 2024
If you’ve bought blades from Simmons before, you know that we manufacture bandknife and bandsaw blades for applications like foam, bread, meat, and produce. What you might not know is that Simmons is also a provider of high-quality packaging knives for end-of-line operations. If you think that makes us the perfect industrial blade partner who
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Scallop Blades for Foam, Meat, & More Cutting Applications
31 October 2023
If you’re looking for a blade with an extremely diverse list of cutting applications, including bread, meat, foam, and more, then you’ll want to stick around and learn more about Simmons’ Scallop blade. When Simmons Knife & Saw was founded, a consumer bread-slicing blade with a Scallop edge was the first blade we ever manufactured.
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Discussing SimCut Butcher Blades for Heavy-Duty Meat Cutting
26 September 2023
If your business’s operations involve cutting bone-in meats like beef, pork, fish, or poultry, then you’ll find butcher blades to be your new best friends. Produced from specialized steel with a superior tooth configuration, the SimCut Butcher blade’s longer blade life helps lower cutting costs while still yielding fast, clean cuts with minimal waste. These
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