On Monday, February 17, 2025, SPS Technologies experienced a major fire that broke out at our fastener manufacturing operation in Abington Township. Thankfully, our team members working at the time of the fire are safe and well.
We are providing the information and resources on this site to keep our community up to date on what’s happening. If you have questions or concerns, please contact us.
Feb. 28, 2025
Updated Monitoring Results
Air and water monitoring continues. The air monitoring has had no identified issues since the PM 2.5 identified on February 24th. SPS still has 15 air monitors in place. Six monitors circle the plant itself; the remainder are placed in the surrounding communities.
Feb. 27, 2025
Neighborhood Clean-up Activities Continue
SPS continued to focus on residential properties and a few schools today. SPS continues to test representative samples of debris. Debris sampled to date has been confirmed to be non-asbestos containing materials.
Feb. 26, 2025
Overview of Our Manufacturing Processes
We have been asked for more information about our processes. We’ve developed a SPS Process Overview to provide information on what we make and how we make it, including the chemicals used in the process. As reported previously, the main chemical storage area was not impacted by the fire.
Feb. 25, 2025
Residential Clean-Up Accelerates
SPS continues to ramp up cleaning of properties in the area. After completing work around local schools, the crews focused mostly on residential properties – cleaning 115 homes today. The crews – consisting of approximately 70 trained individuals so far – are expected to expand by 20 more people on 2/26.
Feb. 23, 2025
Neighborhood Clean-Up Continues
SPS dispatched multiple trained crews to remove debris from schools, parks, and residences who requested this service. They will continue to work with our neighbors on additional cleanup needs for the foreseeable future.
Feb. 22, 2025
Firefighters Have Extinguished the Fires
Firefighters have extinguished the fires at the SPS Technologies plant. We cannot overstate our gratitude to the fire department and the others onsite, who have worked tirelessly to manage the situation.
Feb. 20, 2025
Public Statement
SPS Technologies continues to assess the extent of the damage from the major fire that broke out at our fastener manufacturing plant in Abington Township last Monday evening. Thankfully, our team members working at the time of the fire are safe and well.