SSD · CIK 920371
What Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. told the SEC could break it.
Simpson's costs ride on steel, the primary raw material for its connector and fastener products, so steel availability and price swings flow straight into its input costs — and it carries steel purchase obligations but no long-term supply contracts. It also has a manufacturing concentration in Jiangsu, China, where a halt or disruption would interfere with its supply chain and customer base, and shifting that production elsewhere would itself be costly and disruptive. On top of that, U.S. tariffs on imported products hurt its costs in 2025; it has implemented tariff-driven price increases (expected to add about $40 million to 2026 net sales) to partly offset the hit, with tariffs still pressuring gross margin.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Commodity & input dependence
- steel — primary raw materialhigh
Simpson's connector/fastener products depend on steel as their primary raw material, so steel availability and price swings directly drive its input costs (it carries steel purchase obligations but no long-term supply contracts).
“The Company's business is also dependent on the availability of steel, its primary raw material.”
Geographic concentration
- Jiangsu, China manufacturing facility — supply-chain concentrationmedium
Simpson maintains key manufacturing capability in Jiangsu, China; a halt or disruption there would interfere with its supply chain and customer base, and shifting production out of China would entail significant costs and disruption.
“Any halting or disruption to our operations at or near our Jiangsu, China manufacturing facility could substantially interfere with our general commercial activity related to our supply chain and customer base.”
Regulatory & policy
- U.S. tariffs on imported products raising costsmedium
U.S. tariffs on imported products negatively affected Simpson's costs in 2025; it implemented tariff-driven product price increases (expected to add ~$40M to 2026 net sales) to partly offset the impact, with tariffs pressuring gross margin.
“A portion of the product price increases were to partly offset the negative impact of tariffs for product imported into the United States.”
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