ABOUT US

A brief history...

With the invention of the Sims Pump Valve for use in reciprocating pumps, Sims was launched in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn in 1919 by Admiral Sims and his brother. Growth necessitated first a move to downtown New York and later to the company’s present address in Hoboken, New Jersey.

From the outset, the company offered its unique guarantee of customer satisfaction. Introduced by the founder of Sims, the guarantee continues today as an integral part of operations.

In the first four decades that followed, Sims was steadily at the helm providing maritime and other industries with valves of bronze, stainless steel and monel. The inherent clattering of the reciprocating pump valve caused by the pump rotator pounding against the disk lead to the invention of one of the first composites on the market in 1945, the SimsiteŽ disk.

Recognizing that conventional metal impellers were subject to electrolysis, corrosion, erosion, and unbalance problems when used in services such as salt or brackish water; Sims, in 1955, introduced the first SimsiteŽ Casing Rings and Impellers. The highly innovative use of this structural composite material, patented and invented by Sims, was a great success. It outlasted the life expectancy of bronze and stainless steel impellers and rings by years and extended the entire pump life.

The SimsiteŽ structural composite technology continued to improve over the years, making the composite stronger, more resistant to chemicals and abrasion and capable of withstanding higher speeds and higher temperatures (400 degrees F).

In 1985, Sims manufactured the first structural composite, all SimsiteŽ, Vertical Pit Pump and Sims won the Innovative Product Award for these pumps in 1990.

In April, 1994, Sims received the honor of approval from the United States Navy for centrifugal pump internals. SimsiteŽ was tested and qualified for centrifugal pump replacement parts and was the first composite to be certified.

In 1995, Sims manufactured the largest composite pumps in the world -- two SimsiteŽ vertical turbine pumps for Potomac Electric Power Company. They were 40 Feet long and 3 Feet in diameter.

In  2003 - SIMS PUMPS are U.S. Navy Shock Qualified.

Two traditions still go hand-in hand: the guarantee that stands behind each Sims product and the more than 80 years of service and experience offered by Sims.