Founded in 1956 by John Kopczynski Sr., Ascension Industries is a North Tonawanda manufacturer of industrial and filtration equipment, providing precision turnkey manufacturing from design through installation. The family-founded company operates a 100,000-square-foot facility with cranes rated for loads up to 50 tons, and is also known for its patented St. Mary Spin Rolls, invented by Kopczynski. Ascension Industries has held ISO 9001:2015 certification since 2017.
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China Pressure Vessel Code
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AWS D1.1
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ANSI B31.1
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API 650 & 620
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PED
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CSA
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R.P. Fedder IndustrialSince 1959, Rochester-based R.P. Fedder Industrial has designed and manufactured custom and OEM filters, with its roots in the toner-bag filters made for early Xerox machines. The company also stocks and distributes standardized filtration equipment and has spent more than 40 years designing cleanrooms and clean workstations, including some of the first in the Greater Rochester area. R.P. Fedder is ISO 9001:2015 certified for custom-filter design and manufacture and joined the Rensa family in 2023.ROCHESTER, NY
R.P. AdamsFounded in 1937 by inventor Renard P. Adams, R.P. Adams has built its identity around solving industrial equipment problems from its Tonawanda, New York plant. The company employs more than 50 people in a 60,000-square-foot facility where design and manufacturing are handled in-house, a setup that supports custom engineering and unusually long-lived equipment. Its history includes developing the first multi-element automatic backwash strainer patented in the United States, and some of its products remain in service for 50 years or more.TONAWANDA, NY
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