About Us

Our Mission

Sharpsville Container Corporation is a high growth, profitable company that satisfies the needs of its customers. We accomplish this by providing innovative world class quality products, on time, at a fair price in a safe environment.

Our team conducts business with integrity in order to achieve the expectations of those associated with our company and community.

History

At the corner of Main and Sixth streets in downtown Sharpsville, PA, sits a historic two story brick office structure that exudes turn of the century success. The company was originally founded as Sharpsville Boiler Works in 1860. Sharpsville Boiler Works was pulled into the petroleum boom and a long association with the emergent petro-chemical business. Indeed, the company fabricated the first iron tank used by Colonel Drake of the oil industry.

The Civil War and the expansion of the iron and steel industry enabled the company to further diversify its products. In the Archives of the Sharpsville Historical Society, there is a picture of the facility taken during the Civil War. It shows draft horses pulling a wagon through the huge doors at the West end of the plant. Mounted on the wagon were metal fabrications that were actually components for fighting ships being built during the Civil War. The growth of the automobile industry required the fabrication of storage tanks for refineries, bulk and service stations, and tanks for transporting petroleum products. One of the company’s early achievements of national prominence was the manufacture of the first motor driven meter pumps now found in all gasoline retail outlets.

Utensco, who was a large provider of stainless steel commercial kitchenware and containers, had purchased the facility and re-christened it, "Sharpsville Container." In 1997, the company was sold again to The Reserve Group located in Akron, Ohio. Sharpsville Container, under this new management, has recently undergone extensive remodeling in the office building and facility upgrades. There is once again a sense of pride and ownership in these historic buildings. Today, Sharpsville Container manufactures high quality, stainless steel vessels for a multitude of applications ranging from pharmaceutical, to food storage, to specialty gas.