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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From the President’s Desk: What to Expect from Simmons in 2024
30 January 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
21 December 2023
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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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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Food Processing Blades: An Overview
22 July 2023
The food processing industry is one of the largest in the world. It can be broken into hundreds of sub-industries, some of which are massive in their own right. Simmons’ decades of experience in the industry have provided us with the knowledge to determine which food processing blades work best for each application, and now
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Breaking Down Foam Cutting Blades
16 June 2023
Have you ever wondered if you’re using the right foam cutting blade? What if you could find a blade that provided better cutting results for your foam fabrication operations? What if that blade was more cost effective and reduced machine downtime? There are plenty of foam cutting blades on the market that could offer benefits
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Simmons Teams Up With Feed My Starving Children
03 May 2023
On Saturday, April 29, Simmons’ employees along with their families spent the day volunteering at Feed My Starving Children’s location in Schaumburg, IL. This marks the third time Simmons has teamed up with Feed My Starving Children, and we’re proud to continue supporting their cause. Feed My Starving Children is a Christian non-profit organization whose
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6 Tips for Bandsaw Maintenance & Safety
10 April 2023
We tend to think of ourselves as blade experts, but when you’ve manufactured bandsaw blades as long as we have, you tend to learn quite a bit about how bandsaw machines work as well. More accurately, you learn a lot about bandsaw maintenance and how to adhere to safety standards so that your blade doesn’t
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