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About SPD

SPD is a leading supplier of gas springs and industrial hardware to world markets. We are part of Barnes Group Inc. www.barnesgroupinc.com under the Associated Spring Raymond division. Founded in 1857, Barnes Group Inc. is a diversified international manufacturer of precision metal components and assemblies and a distributor of industrial supplies.

Associated Spring is the largest manufacturer of precision springs in North America, and one of the largest makers of nitrogen gas springs in the world, with 14 facilities in eight countries. The Raymond division is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of catalog and custom springs, struts, washers, die springs, gas springs, hardware, precision metal components and assemblies.

As SPD, we are your engineers and hardware specialists with global distribution capabilities. We provide stock and custom gas springs and dampers, related mounting hardware, and industrial door and truck body hardware, including a complete line of stainless steel specialty items for the marine industry. Our products are used primarily for doors, hatches, and lids in a wide variety of applications. If the product you are looking for is not a catalog item, we can design a custom product to fit your OEM application. Click here.

Associated Spring-Raymond supplies over 130,000 SKU’s of standard and custom ready-stock parts to industry through direct sale to manufacturers and via distributors of specialty products around the world. Raymond trademark lines include:

To access Associated Spring Raymond’s web site, please click here.

Mission Statement
Our mission is to exceed customers' expectations by supplying innovative engineered products through a world class distribution system while maximizing quality, delivery and customer service.

Quality Policy
To provide quality products and services on a worldwide basis that exceed the expectations of both our internal and external customers.

Our goal of maintaining world class industry leadership will be accomplished through ongoing customer focus at all organizational levels along with superior customer and supplier relationships.

• Recognize that top management and all organizational units are fully committed to quality. Quality is everyone's responsibility and our future is dependent upon maintaining a position of quality leadership.
   
• Make regular improvements in quality and productivity through ongoing training and employee awareness.
   
• Adopt zero defect and a defect prevention approach to quality rather than defect detection.
   
• Realize that quality is total conformance to specifications, including statutory and regulatory requirements.
   
• Involve customers and suppliers to optimize quality and reduce non-value added costs.
   
• Establish a cooperative environment for teamwork and mutual problem-solving among all employees.