A History of Excellence

GSM Industrial’s heritage dates back to 1946, when Fred Gooding decided to pursue his dream of starting a roofing company. Bill Simpson soon joined the business venture. Fritz Mackes, a sheet metal mechanic, later joined the duo and the Gooding, Simpson & Mackes roofing company was born.

The company established a small sheet metal division that was managed by Fritz until his passing in 1974. Jim Towers became head of the division, which steadily grew over the years. In 1983, GSM Industrial became its own entity and continued to expand into non-roofing related custom metal fabrication.

Over three distinguished decades, GSM Industrial has emerged as the choice contractor for millwright services and custom metal fabrication. Our commitment to excellence, safety and service is as strong today as it was on day one.

Part of The Gooding Group

GSM Industrial and GSM Roofing make up The Gooding Group. GSM Industrial has been led by the Towers family for over 35 years and GSM Roofing has been led by the Gooding family for more than six decades. John Gooding and Jim Towers are brothers-in-law, and each has two sons who are part of their respective businesses.

The Gooding Group Foundation

Founded in 1988, The Gooding Group Foundation carries out the philanthropic efforts of the Gooding family. It supports non-profit organizations in South Central and South Eastern PA, northern MD, and DE. In addition to its charitable contributions, the Foundation also honors employees through a matching gift charity program and college scholarship program.

Equipped for Excellence

To deliver the best products and value to our customers, you need excellent employees and a safe, top-notch facility for them to work in. At GSM Industrial, we have both. Our skilled fabricators and tradesmen work their magic in our world-class metal fabrication facility located in Lancaster, PA.

GSM Industrial Facility Features

• Single 110,000 square-foot facility with a wide open floor plan designed for minimizing material handling and maximizing production
• Heavy fabrication bay that houses (2) CNC plasma cutters and variety of heavy shears, press brakes and rolls
• (2) designated fit-up, welding and assembly bays fitted with 5-, 10- and 15-ton overhead cranes; maximum single-bay lifting capacity of 55 tons
• Light fabrication bay under two-ton cranes intelligently laid out for small fabrication processes and projects
• Well-equipped structural steel fabrication area
• State-of-the-art full downdraft paint room and separate blast room, each housed within the facility and designed for easy material handling (GSM has blasted and painted large projects exceeding 64’ in length)

Capabilities

• MIG, TIG and Stick Welding to AWS and ASME requirements
• CNC Plasma Cutting (sheet sizes up to 96″ x 288″)
• CNC Structural Steel Drilling
• Cutting and Coping Structural Steel
• Plate Rolling (up to 8′ wide)
• Angle Rolling
• Shearing
• Punching
• Forming
• Welding
• Piping
• Machining
• Grit Blasting
• Painting
• Assembly
• Skidding
• Trucking

Serious About Safety

It’s simple. GSM Industrial takes safety seriously, and our safety rating proves it. When it comes to our employees and customers, the prevention of accidents and injuries is so important that a safe working environment takes precedence over productivity.

GSM employs a full-time Safety Director. Jim McDevitt leads our OSHA construction safety courses and First Aid/CPR classes, and is extremely knowledgeable about fall protection safety and many other topics. Through extensive safety training and stringent safety procedures, every GSM employee performs their job safely.