Albina Pipe Bending Co., Inc. Celebrates 70 Years in the Steel Industry

March 11, 2009 - PRLog -- Seventy years have passed since three co-workers had a dream and started a pipe bending company.  They had very little, but a strong desire when they started that business in an old blacksmith shop at 225 N. Russell. Their dream grew through hard work and a determination to grow.

Albina’s original owners hired two employees, one being John Smith.   As a first order of business, John Smith along with the original owners, built Albina’s first bending machine utilizing the transmission and parts from a Model-T Ford.  This machine still works to this day, and is in storage at Albina’s current location. At a later date, John Smith was able to purchase the business from its last living entrepreneur.

In January of 1967, John’s son, Bill Smith, purchased the company located then at 7805 NE Halsey.  Under Bill’s leadership, Albina proved to be capable of supplying unique, quality products to a wide range of industries including structural steel fabricators, public works contractors, pulp and paper mills, truck manufacturers, architectural designers, sculptors, shipbuilders and many others.

Albina’s product line grew to include heat exchangers, coils, boiler tubes, chip lines, formed structural supports and framing, institutional barriers and fencing, art work and sculpture, playground equipment, medical and dental equipment. Over the years, Albina has proved they could produce virtually any other metal component that needs to bend or curve without the use of pre-formed fittings.

Bill’s son, Brian Smith, came on board in 1998 and was instrumental in the decision to move to the current 50,000 sq. ft. building in Tualatin, Oregon that was custom built in 2001.  Brian currently controls all day-to-day operations and holds the title of CFO and General Manager.

Albina’s growth is the result of the American dream, solid ideas and hard work.  We thank all that have been involved with this growth and we look forward to providing our customers with many more years of the quality customer service and products associated with the Albina name.

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Architectural, structural steel, pipe and tube bending and fabricating services since 1939. Roll forming, rotary draw, structural profile, compression, hot and cold bending of angle, wide flange, I-Beam, channel, square and rectangular tubing, pipe, extrusion, and rail. Off-axis, multi-axis and compound bends. Custom spiral staircases and stringers bent to spec. Architectural exposure quality spiraling of tube steel (HSS), channel, pipe, flat bar and plate for circular, curved or spiral stair components. Plate rolling and forming services to produce cylinders, cones and other plate formed sections.

Store fronts, roof trusses, bridges, canopies, heat exchangers, coils, computer and electronic components, ship and barge repair, playground equipment, automotive parts, pipe spools, bike racks, boiler tubes, heavy manufacturing equipment, and other AESS design applications. Some industries include structural steel fabricators, architectural designers, and public works contractors.