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S & R PRODUCTS CO
SINGLE TO DOUBLE VISE CONVERTER IS
CONVERTING COMPETITORS INTO CUSTOMERS
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alencia, Ca. based S & R Products Co is a service to running the machines,” tells Oscar Ramirez, company focused on building strong and president of sales/marketing and Salvador’s son. “Dad reliable tools for the manufacturing industry. said no, and the guy asked if he wanted to own his own
Using high quality materials and aerospace practices, company. If so, they would just go directly to him for
their products are proudly made in the USA and designed by machinists, for machinists.
The origin story of S & R is one for the ages, and probably impossible in 2022. Salvador Ramirez immigrated to the United States and began a career as a machinist. He spent years working for other people in various shops throughout Southern California. In 1994 Salvador was basically running a company for an absentee owner when he was approached by a buyer with an interesting proposition. “My dad tells the story of a buyer asking him one day if he was one of the owners since it seemed he was doing everything from order taking and customer
all their work since he was doing it anyway. Long story short dad didn’t have the money to open a CNC machine shop, but with this supplier’s reputation and signed contracts in hand, the buyer got us hooked up with the right machinery dealers who financed the equipment and even helped find a building to put them in. With us as their new manufacturer pricing was better, they had job priority, and my dad was a business owner. Mr. Martinez has since retired, but he made it all happen and almost 30 years later we are still thankful. Personal relationships like that are so rare now, seems impossible, but that is how S & R CNC Machining got into aerospace manufacturing.”
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S & R offer the single to double vise converter in multiple sizes. Here are the two most popular sizes the 4” and 6” models installed on a vise.