About SAF

As a company we are committed to our core values:

Integrity

Innovation

Collaboration

Pride

Diversity

  • SAF Drives is founded, beginning five decades of engineering drive and control systems for heavy industry.

  • SAF builds its foundation in industrial drives, DC drive systems, starters, and custom-engineered control solutions.

  • DC drive technology dominates much of heavy industry. SAF’s work grows around complex systems, precise motion control, and customer-specific engineering.

  • SAF deepens its role in steel and OEM-driven industrial projects, supporting systems across production environments where reliability, coordination, and uptime are critical.

  • SAF builds long-term customer relationships by supporting critical equipment, solving custom engineering problems, and helping customers keep production running.

     

    Technology shift
    Industry moves from DC-dominant systems toward AC drives, modern controllers, and more flexible integration. SAF evolves from drive manufacturer to engineering-led systems integrator.

     

    Market shift
    As many OEMs consolidate or move offshore, SAF’s work increasingly focuses on end-user retrofits, modernization, service, and support.

  • SAF brings 50 years of engineered reliability to critical systems across steel, mining, pulp and paper, and other heavy industrial sectors.

     

    Modern era
    SAF supports heavy-industry customers with drive upgrades, control system integration, diagnostics, remote support, and retrofit planning that reduces downtime risk.

  • SAF continues helping customers modernize aging equipment, improve maintainability, support automation readiness, and build systems that are ready for the future.

50 years of engineered reliability. Built for what comes next.

SAF knows what it takes. With a 45+ year history of providing solutions for automation and drive systems in a wide range of applications, SAF understands experience minimizes your risk. SAF’s proven track record on both new and vintage systems routinely generates significant Return On Investment (ROI).

SAF’s best fit approach, combined with strong relationships with our suppliers and optimized execution efficiencies, allow us to offer high quality cost effective solutions.

OUR MISSION: Our team strives to exceed Customer expectations by providing integrity-based, innovative solutions built on quality, passion and exceptional service.

OUR VISION: To be the preferred provider of value driven industrial solutions that make our customers more successful.

WHY CHOOSE SAF?

Proven Methodology

SAF’s proven methodology is the foundation to achieve success consistently. We listen to fully understand the requirements of our customers from start to finish on every project.

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Commitment

Complete customer satisfaction is more than a commitment, it’s SAF practice. If we built it, we stand by it. No service contracts, no fine print. SAF offers “Full Service Support”.

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HEAR FROM OUR CUSTOMERS

They are skilled professionals who understand what the customer is asking for.

Michael Pollock

Levy Steel Mill Services Mobile Equipment Area Manager
Edward C. Levy Co.

We have done a number of systems from packaging, pick and place, flying cut-offs and complete tube mills and the SAF team has excelled at them all.

Jim Jackson

Engineering Manager
NOVA Steel – Woodstock