Global engineered access solutions manufacturer for transportation, medical, and industrial OEMs
Southco is a century-old manufacturer of engineered access components (latches, hinges, handles, fasteners) serving over 100,000 customers across transportation, medical, industrial, and data-center verticals. The tech stack reveals a traditional manufacturing IT footprint—SAP ERP, Salesforce CRM, and desktop CAD tools (NX, CATIA)—with near-term focus on ISO 27001 compliance and security infrastructure. Hiring velocity is accelerating across manufacturing and engineering roles in North America and Europe, while active projects cluster around system upgrades, compliance audits, and constraint mitigation, indicating operational scaling pressure.
Southco designs and manufactures engineered access solutions—the mechanical interfaces (latches, hinges, handles, locks) that define product touch points for OEMs in transportation, medical equipment, industrial machinery, and data centers. Founded in 1899 and based in Concordville, Pennsylvania, the company operates 17 manufacturing and stocking locations across 9 countries and maintains sales, engineering, and support presence in 30+ countries. The customer base spans over 100,000 accounts globally. Operations are managed through SAP (including S/4HANA and FICO modules), with product design anchored in CAD platforms (NX, CATIA) and CRM managed via Salesforce.
SAP ERP (S/4HANA, FICO), Salesforce CRM, Microsoft 365, CAD tools (NX, CATIA), APQP for quality management. No cloud analytics or modern data platform visible in current usage.
17 manufacturing and stocking locations across 9 countries. Sales, engineering, and support teams in 30+ countries. Headquarters in Concordville, PA; currently hiring in Brazil, United Kingdom, United States, and Germany.
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