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Member Spotlight
Member Spotlight: Walashek Industrial & Marine
Walashek Industrial & Marine Inc is a premier small-business prime contractor specializing in comprehensive ship repair, marine engineering, and industrial maintenance solutions. Founded in 1986 the corporation has built a forty-year legacy of engineering excellence, delivering high-utility technical services to defense, federal and commercial maritime sectors worldwide. Headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia…
Member Spotlight: American Scaffold LLC
American Scaffold is an established leader in providing quality scaffold and containment systems that address the most challenging maritime, industrial, commercial, and residential projects. Our comprehensive end-to-end services meet the project needs of a diversified clientele that stretches from America’s eastern seaboard to strategic ports located midway across the Pacific Ocean.Our…
Member Spotlight – Sherwin Williams
Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine delivers world-class industry subject matter expertise, unparalleled technical and specification service, and unmatched regional commercial team support to our customers around the globe. Our broad portfolio of high-performance coatings and systems that excel at combating corrosion helps customers achieve smarter, time-tested asset protection. We serve a wide…
Member Spotlight: USI Insurance Services Northwest
From many great individuals, USI has become one unique industry leader. USI began in 1994 with a single office of $6.5 million in revenue and 40 associates. Today, USI has approximately $3 billion in revenue and over 10,500 associates across nearly 200 offices nationwide. USI has served over 500,000 clients meeting…
Member Spotlight: NAVCORCON LLC
A SeaPort-NxG Prime contractor based in Poulsbo, WA, NAVCORCON LLC is an SBA Certified Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) that provides mission-critical technical and corrosion engineering services to the U.S. Navy Ship Repair Maritime Industrial Base. Anchored by the mantra “BE TECHNICALLY CORRECT,” the firm integrates ISO “Plan-Do-Check-Act” (PDCA) theory to optimize…
Member Spotlight – Everett Ship Repair
Everett Ship Repair, LLC (ESR) is a subsidiary of Ice Cap Holding, LCC and sister company to Ice Floe, LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Shared Ice Services, LLC, and Everett Floating Structures, LLC. ESR was established in October 2019; expanding Ice Cap’s shipbuilding portfolio. Together the sister-companies offer a complete…
Member Spotlight: AMP United
AMP United is strategically located throughout the United States to accommodate various regional military, port, commercial, and industrial installations. AMP United began as a full-scale marine preservation company for Navy and Coast Guard pier-side, emergent, and extended maintenance availabilities. With a long-established background in Industrial & Commercial Coatings, AMP United serves various industries…
Member Spotlight: Tradesmen International
Tradesmen International provides construction contractors and industrial companies with North America’s best, safety-minded skilled craftsmen, simply because we are the industry’s premier skilled workforce recruiters. From our National Recruiting Center and network of more than 100 local offices, industry recruitment experts with multiple years of construction experience identify top craftsmen who…
Member Spotlight – Puget Sound Coatings
They been provided painting, coating and surface preparation services for more than 70 years. Serving the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and beyond, we specialize in commercial, industrial and marine projects of all sizes. Industry experts since 1945, we have the experience and know-how to complete any project, no matter its size. Throughout…
Member Spotlight: Port of Seattle
Founded in 1911 by a vote of the people as a special purpose government, the Port of Seattle’s mission is to promote economic opportunities and quality of life in the region by advancing trade, travel, commerce and job creation in an equitable, accountable and environmentally responsible manner. Their vision is to…
Member Spotlight: MD Marine Electric
Since its inception in 2000, MD Marine Electric—the cornerstone maritime division of the MD Electric Group—has evolved from a specialized regional provider into a globally recognized leader in marine electrical engineering. Founded by David “Mac” Davey to support the Pacific Northwest’s essential tugboat and fishing fleets, the firm now leverages the synergistic capabilities of its…
Member Spotlight: Superior Skilled Trades LLC
Superior Skilled Trades, LLC (also known as SST) was Founded in 2018 in Rockledge, Florida. Veteran-owned and minority-owned business Certified as a VOSB (Veteran-Owned Small Business) and MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) The Mission is to elevate the standards in skilled trades staffing by delivering qualified, safety-conscious, and dependable professionals who enable…
Member Spotlight: ASI Service Inc.
ASI Services headquarters, incorporated in 2011, is located in San Diego, California. Since its inception, ASI has provided exemplary workmanship in the marine, industrial, and commercial industries. Focusing on quality and safety over quantity and profit, ASI has established itself as a premiere contractor and employer. Capable of delivering an exceptional…
Member Spotlight: Venture Dynamics
Established in 2000, Venture Dynamics operates as a premier workforce solutions provider and human resources partner specializing in the recruitment, placement and strategic management of highly skilled industrial and shipyard tradesmen. By maintaining a robust talent pipeline that encompasses the full spectrum of marine construction and heavy industrial specialties including certified…
Member Spotlight: Trade Team LLC
Established in 2004, Trade Team carries forward a distinguished industrial tradition originating in 1875, when Charles J. Colonna founded a marine repair company in Virginia that evolved into Colonna’s Shipyard—the oldest continuously family-owned and operated private shipyard in the United States. Founded by Willoughby Warren Colonna, Jr. Driven by sustained operational…
Member Spotlight – Ameri-Force
The Ameri-Force approach to fulfilling the staffing needs of our clients begins by developing a deep understanding of their company culture, needs, and processes. Our goal is to work in conjunction with in-house hiring teams to provide the most qualified and best-fitting candidates possible.We assign an experienced representative to your account…
Member Spotlight – South Bay Sand Blasting & Tank Cleaning
South Bay Sand Blasting and Tank Cleaning, Inc. is a Minority Owned, self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business, headquartered in San Diego, California. The company was incorporated in 1991 by Canuto T. Lopez who is the sole owner and current President. With sales far surpassing $20 million annually, South Bay Sand Blasting and…
Member Spotlight – Delphinus Engineering
Founded in 1994 as a small, diversified professional services company, Delphinus today employs more than 300 professional and technical personnel supporting a customer base that spans the Defense and Federal markets.A successful graduate of the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program, we have evolved into a leading provider of expert services in…
Member Spotlight: E7 Defense
E7 Defense LLC is experienced in performing complete technical flushing and chemical cleaning services; specializing in critical and complex systems both shipboard and land-based. Our team has worked extensively with industry leading companies to support the US Navy, US Coast Guard and MSC with best-in-class technical flushing services; focusing on responding…
Member Spotlight – Jo-Kell
Jo-Kell, Inc. is an electrical distribution, engineering and solutions provider servicing the military, commercial marine and industrial marketplaces for almost forty years. Jo-Kell is a leading supplier of Navy shipboard and high-tech industrial automation products, systems and services. Jo-Kell is a Woman-Owned Small Business headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia, with offices in…
Member Spotlight – Metropolitan Solutions
In today’s highly competitive environment, quick turnaround, absolute precision, professional expertise, and personalized attention to your needs matter more than ever. Across our portfolio of environmental testing, training and real estate due diligence services, we pledge to you the best in rapid, attentive client service and dedication to providing you with…
Member Spotlight: Motive Power Marine
Motive Power Marine, LLC Motive Power Marine Division – doing business as Motive Power Marine LLC is a HUBZone certified small business that provides marine vessel maintenance, repair, cleaning, preservation, inspection, and transport services to federal government agencies. Through prime federal contract awards, Motive Power Marine has provided extensive maintenance, repair,…
Member Spotlight: Precision Analytical Laboratories LLC
Precision Analytical Laboratories is a fully accredited and WA Department of Ecology certified lab and was founded in 2021 to primarily expand the services of the Ship Repair and Maritime laboratory and testing services. We leverage 35 years of front-line experience in environmental compliance and industrial waste treatment and analysis. Our…
Member Spotlight: Platypus Marine, Inc.
Platypus Marine operates as one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest full-service indoor shipyards situated on a strategic ten-acre waterfront facility in Port Angeles Washington, directly off the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This prime maritime location delivers exceptional deep-water access, boasting 1,000 feet of deep-water dockage, a 35-foot draft haul-out capability…
Member Spotlight – Aerotek
Bringing Great People and Great Organizations Together ©The key to a successful partnership with a staffing agency is to understand all the services they have to offer. Traditionally staffing agencies were used to provide employees on a short-term basis. Today the staffing industry successfully integrates contingent employees into all levels of a…
Member Spotlight: The Sun Building
The Sun Building is 2 blocks from the PSNS main gate, with over 30,000sf suitable for office, light industrial, and storage, and has ample reserved parking. For more detail, please see visit: https://sites.google.com/view/sunbuilding/home Contact Info:Phone: (206) 650-5864545 5th StreetBremerton, WA 98337Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sunbuilding/home
Member Spotlight: CIRCOR
CIRCOR designs and manufactures a variety of pumps and valves from brands Allweiler, IMO, Warren, and Portland. These pumps and valves are used on all of the Navy ships and submarines in critical applications. They have been working in the pumps and valves industry for 20+ years in engineering, product management,…
Member Spotlight: Bender CCP
Privately owned, Bender US was purchased in 2008 by Michael and Randy Potter. In 2010, with a goal of expanding the company’s field service capabilities, the brothers purchased California Centrifugal Pump repair company, CCP, and relocated it to Vernon where it would operate under one roof with Bender US. With each…
Member Spotlight: PeopleReady
PeopleReady Skilled Trades is a specialized division of PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI). Since 1987, we have connected tradespeople and work across a wide range of trades, including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, welding, solar installations and more. Whether you need a single tradesperson or require a coordinated effort to dispatch skilled…
Member Spotlight: Frontline Naval-Marine
The New Frontline Naval-Marine Team has multiple decades of experience providing technical flushing services to the Naval industrial base. We always show up with the right people, the right equipment and are committed to safety, integrity, and ethics. Frontline knows what it takes to complete a successful project on time. They are…
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The Puget Sound Ship Repair Association (PSSRA) facilitates critical strategic engagement between our membership and Navy Regional Maintenance Center (RMC) leadership. Through general membership and specialized committees, PSSRA provides a formal forum for bilateral dialogue regarding mission-critical challenges.
Our collaborative focus encompasses technical and operational drivers, including Quality Assurance (QA), Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), projected workload, NAVSEA Standard Items, and Process Control Procedures (PCP). We invite your organization to contribute its expertise and join a unified voice dedicated to the advancement of the maritime industrial base
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