August 2019 Volume 1

ASSOCIATION NEWS

Member Spotlight: Specialty Ring Products

FIA is proud to have Board Chairman Alex Jennings at the helm of the 130-year-old forging organization. As the fourth-generation president of Specialty Ring Products, Bensalem, Pa. Alex leads the company his great-grandfather founded in 1890—23 years before the predecessor organizations of FIA were a twinkling in the eye. FIA President & CEO Jim Warren has toured the Specialty Ring facility twice and recently visited with Alex, FIA CFO Joe Boni, and Alex’s older brother, Dan Jennings, who is senior vice president of sales. A Family Affair The youngest of eight siblings, Alex spent his formative years working up the ladder to become SRP’s youngest president ever. Three brothers and two cousins work in the business. Alex started at SRP in 1994, when he was 23 years old. When asked what some of his most formidable challenges leading SRP are, Jennings mentioned: • Large legacy equipment investments and finding work to justify continued investment. • Sustaining the excellence of aging equipment that SRP currently enjoys. • Finding, developing and retaining the next generation of maintenance professionals. • Powering through and earning major industry certifications, which opened up new business and industries to sell to.

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