Who We Are
Our History
Salit Specialty Rebar (SSR) is North America’s stainless steel rebar fabrication specialists.
SSR was established in 2002 with its Divisional Office in Niagara Falls, NY. The core business of SSR is to fabricate and distribute stainless steel reinforcing bars and mesh for the concrete construction and precast concrete industries.
In 2013, Salit opened SSR’s 40,000 square-foot facility at 1050 Military Road, Buffalo and began phase out of its Niagara Falls facility. The Buffalo facility was opened to expand its services and easily supply clients in Canada and the United States with an increasing range of stainless steel products. In addition, the facility was opened to firmly establish the company as the leading supplier of cut stainless steel rebar, and preformed stainless steel rebar and mesh in North America. The facility is approximately 6 km from the Peace Bridge, a major international border crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York.
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1050 Military Road, Buffalo, NY
The 40,000 square-foot facility was opened in October, 2013 to complement Salit’s Niagara Falls facility and to firmly establish the company as the leading supplier of cut stainless steel rebar, and preformed stainless steel rebar and mesh in North America. SSR supplies rebar and mesh products throughout the USA and Canada.
Our Capabilities, Strengths
SSR is the dominant supplier of fabricated stainless steel rebar as it is the largest and most experienced player with over 18 years of operational knowledge in this field.
The benefit of working with SSR is that the vast technical knowledge and stainless steel rebar fabrication expertise we have amassed over the past 18 years is part of the package we offer. Stainless steel rebar fabrication is what we do.
Dealing with SSR means that all aspects of the stainless steel rebar supply chain is managed for you – we stock all the various stainless steel rebar types, absorb the storage and carrying costs, fabricate to your specifications, take care of the waste, tag the bundles to your specific requirements and ship the material to your location.
We are passionate about working in partnership with our customers and going above and beyond to help them find solutions to their challenges.
Read more about our capabilities and the advantages we offer our customers in this specialized rebar market segment :
- We are a Full Service Provider – We stock all common stainless types, cut and bend to your specifications, stock couplers and tie wire, thread bars and deliver to your location.
- Track Record - An unequalled track record of success in supplying stainless steel rebar on small and large scale projects.
- Experience – SSR has supplied stainless steel on a number of major projects throughout North America. The table below outlines projects which are completed or are currently underway.
- Technical Leader — The North American leader in developing stainless steel rebar fabricating know-how.
- Cost Savings – You are only billed for what you need, when you need it, there is no waste, no inventory carrying cost.
- Ample Capacity – Two plants with over 20,000 tonnes of annual fabrication capacity – one located in Niagara Falls, NY and a second in Buffalo, NY.
- Plants Dedicated to Stainless – We fabricate only stainless steel in our plants.
- Contamination-free – SSR instituted the procedures and installed material handling safeguards to ensure that the material will not be contaminated by black carbon steel.
- Material Availability – A large inventory level of all the common types of stainless steel rebar is kept on hand.
- Security of Supply — Secured access to raw material based on long term relationships with the mills.
- Quality Assurance – A comprehensive quality assurance program covering all steps of the fabrication process
- Turn-Around Time, Delivery – Normally we deliver within 2 to 4 weeks of receiving an order.
Projects in North America using Stainless
The table below outlines a number of major projects located in various regions of North America which have been completed or are currently underway where stainless steel rebar was the primary method of increasing durability.
| Client | Project | Location | Status | Size in tons, Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina DOT | Flatiron Construction | N.C. 12 Rodanthe Bridge | From the southern end of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge over the Pamlico Sound into Rodanthe, N.C. | Ongoing | 1,850 tons of Grade Enduramet 32 / XM-28 (UNS24100) |
| The Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Brooklyn Rebar | Verrazzano Bridge Ramps | Connects the New York City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn | Completion 2021 | 1,100 tons of XM-28 (UNS-S24100) stainless steel rebar |
| Virginia DOT | VA I-64 South Side /High Rise Bridge | Southern Branch Elizabeth River, City of Chesapeake, VA | Completion 2021 | 3,200 tons of Grade 2304 (UNS32304) |
| NYC Department of Sanitation | Brooklyn Rebar | Brooklyn Sanitation District Brooklyn 3 Garage | New York City | Completion 2021 | 1,060 tons of 316LN |
| New Jersey DOT | Pulaski Skyway | Newark-Jersey City, NJ | Completion 2021 | 4800 XM-28 |
| New Jersey DOT | Patterson Plank Road Bridge Deck | North Bergen, New Jersey | 2017-2021 | 625 Duplex 2205 |
| New York DOT | Brooklyn Rebar | Bruckner Viaduct Deck Replacements | Borough of the Bronx in New York City | Completed 2020 | 1,200 tons of XM-28 (UNS-S24100) stainless steel rebar |
| New York State DOT | Interstate #81 and NY Rt. #17 Interchange Route #17 at Prospect Mountain | Binghamton, NY | Completed 2019 | 1,600 XM-28 |
| Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development | Salt Bayou Bridge | Slidell, Louisiana | Completed 2018 | 100 316LN, |
| New York State DOT | Kosciusko Bridge (Phase 2) | Brooklyn, New York | Completed 2018 | 1,600 XM-28 |
| City & County of Honolulu | Kapolei Consolidated Corporation Yard Phase 3 | Kapolei, HI | 2018 | 180 2304 Duplex |UNS-S32304 |
| New York New Jersey Port Authority | George Washington Bridge Rehabilitation Program | Hudson River between New York and New Jersey | 2017-2024 | 1,300 316LN Austenitic UNS S31653 |
| Wisconsin DOT | ZOO Interchange | Milwaukee | Completed 2015-2018 | 2500 2304 |
| Minnesota Department of Transportation | Smith Avenue High Bridge | St. Paul, Minneapolis | 2018 | 260 2304 |
| North Carolina DOT | Bonner Bridge | The Oregon Inlet | On-going 2017-2020 | 3600 XM-28 |
| Rhode Island DOT | Sakonnet Parkway Bridge | Sakonnet River | Completed, 2009-2010 | 1200 2205 |
| New York - New Jersey Port Authority | Goethals Bridge Replacement | New York City | Completion by 2016 | 1200 2304 |
| New York State DOT | Kosciuszko Bridge | Brooklyn | Completion by 2016 | 2500 XM-28 |
| Illinois Tollway, I-90 | Fox River Bridge | Illinois | Completion by 2016 | 1000 2304 |
| New York State DOT | Major Deegan Expressway | New York City | Completion by 2016 | 1600 XM-28 |
| US Army Core of Engineers | Jacksonville Harbor | Jacksonville, FL | Completed | 450 2205 |
| Wisconsin DOT | Hoan Bridge | Milwaukee, WI | Completed 2015 | 5000 2304 |
| New York DOT | Patroon Bridge | Albany, NY | Completed 2015 | 2500 XM-28 |
| City of Edmonton | North Light Rail Transit | Edmonton | Completed 2013 | 1200 XM-28 |
| New York City | Manhattan Sanitation Garage | New York City | Completed, 2011-2013 | 1200 2205 |
| Louisiana DOTD | Caminada Bay Interchanges | Grand Isle | Completed 2011 | 1200 2304 |
SSR’s Military Road Plant Equipment
SSR’s facility on Military Road includes a new RMS Shearline that can be operated conventionally, or controlled by computer software. Integrated with the Shearline is a RMS 611 Hydraulic Guillotine Shear, which is a completely automated Shearing System. The R.M.S. station has double loading tables and double discharge. A MEP Planet 20 Plus coil machine is used for coil processing, straightening and shaping. The high productivity of the Planet 20 is for serial production (same diameter with two wires up to 16 mm) and “classified” production, when processing individual building elements such as beams and columns (variable diameters with single wire up to 20 mm).
Equipment
The Radius Machine was purchased from R.M.S. to form a radius without pre-bending the bar and in most cases in a one-step operation.
See the 1 min. 16 sec. demonstration about the features of the machine.
The R.M.S. Spiral Machine spirals rebar without the need to pre-bend the leading end of the bar.
See the 1 min. 12 sec. demonstration about the features of the machine.