Our Capabilities

Exotic Materials Grinding

Surface Grinding

Blanchard Grinding

CNC Machining

AS9100D & ISO 9001:2015

Advanced CAD/CAM System

11,000 Square Feet / 47 Machines

50+ Years of Service

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One of the specialties at Specialty Surface Grinding is high-volume, precision grinding of fasteners for use in high-stress and high-temperature environments. Specialty Surface Grinding has perfected the tooling and techniques to grind complex, close-tolerance configurations on difficult-to-machine metals like Inconel, Waspaloy and Rene 41. Combined with decades of experience and state-of-the-art equipment, Specialty Surface Grinding offers a cost-effective alternative for these mission-critical components. “We use our grinding process to achieve finishes and hold tolerances faster and easier than conventional machining,” explains Paul Casadio, general manager. “Our normal tolerance is +-.002 from centerline and we can hold .0002 when necessary… and grinding leaves no burrs to remove.”

From prototype quantities to 100,000 pieces, Specialty Surface Grinding is the answer to complex, precision fastener machining requirements. Specialty Surface Grinding can start saving you money today.

Specialty Surface Grinding is your source for quick-turnaround, top-quality second-operation surface grinding. “Our shop has over 900 man-hours available each week,” says Paul Casadio, general manager. “We have thirty-five grinding machines available and turn most jobs around in a matter of days. We even keep two or three machines open all the time just for rush orders.”

Specialty Surface Grinding customers know that they can depend on exceptional customer service, backed-up by decades of experience and a quality system second to none. “When you send us your second-operation grinding work,” continues Paul, “you put thirty-five years of grinding quality and integrity to work for you.” Trust Specialty Surface Grinding to solve your second-operation surface grinding problems today.

In addition to our extensive grinding services, Specialty Surface Grinding also offers precision CNC machining. Our customers asked for a complete, one-stop facility for steel parts that require grinding and machining, and we responded with a solution that combines these two manufacturing operations under one roof. Our two Fadal VMCs have 10,000-rpm spindles, 30” x 16” x 20” xyz capacity, 21-tool automatic tool changers, and 900-ipm rapids for fast and efficient machining.

Our CNC machining capability is yet another aspect of the continuing commitment to exceptional value and customer service at Specialty Surface Grinding. Let us prove it to you. Contact us for your next grinding/machining requirement.

It does not matter if a business has been around for fifty years if its employees have only been around for several months. At Specialty Surface Grinding, the tradition of quality and customer service runs deep and is reflected in the average tenure of its employees. The average employee has been with Specialty Surface Grinding for over twenty years; one has over thirty years of loyal service. Employees are at the heart of any manufacturing business. Theirs are the hands that run the machines and produce the products that keep the customers coming back time and time again.

Specialty Surface Grinding is proud of its employees. Their loyalty is one of the keys to the overall success of the business. At Specialty Surface Grinding, you can count on decades of experience and knowledge found nowhere else in the manufacturing industry.

Specialty Surface Grinding has expanded steadily to keep up with customer demand. In addition to doubling our manufacturing facility, we have continued to add the latest grinding, machining and quality-assurance equipment in order to maintain our edge in state-of-the-art manufacturing technology. Our latest acquisitions include a new 2008 Okamoto DCX3 3-axis auto - 6x18 surface grinder with .00005 resolution; and an additional Chevalier FSG1224ADII 3-axis auto - 12x24 surface grinder.

At Specialty Surface Grinding we will continue to invest in new facilities and equipment in response to the needs of our customers; and to continue to offer a level of service and expertise found nowhere else in the industry.

AS9100D & ISO 9001:2015 Registered

About Specialty Surface Grinding

Piero Casadio, founder and president of Specialty Surface Grinding, began his manufacturing career in Florence - Rifredi, Italy, in 1943 at age fourteen. After working in the same grinding factory in Italy for nineteen years, Piero and his wife, Ione, came to the USA looking for opportunity and a new beginning. They found it in Los Angeles, California, where Piero started work at Blanchard Masters as an operator. Five years later, when Piero left the company to start his own business, Blanchard Masters had grown five-fold in size due, in large part, to Piero’s skill and dedication.

“Our number one priority is 100% quality and outstanding customer service.”

Piero Casadio, Co-Founder

In 1967, Specialty Surface Grinding was founded in Piero’s garage. The new business specialized in grinding complex and precise fastener head configurations for companies like Todeco. Within six months, Specialty Surface Grinding had grown from two machines in a garage to four machines in 1,600 square feet of manufacturing space in Inglewood, California. Along with his intimate knowledge of the grinding process and his years of experience, Piero also had the assistance of two close friends and business associates, Gale Sturdevant and Bruce Chisolm. These two gentlemen were instrumental in helping Piero and Ione get started in America and in business.

As the years passed, Specialty Surface Grinding continued to grow in size and reputation. 1975 saw a move into 3,600 square feet with twelve machines and five employees. In 1990, the company moved into its current location with 5,000 square feet, eighteen machines and twelve employees. Today, after acquiring additional space in 2000, Specialty Surface Grinding has 20 employees, 47 machines and 11,000 square feet of modern manufacturing space. Our facilities are AS9100D & ISO 9001:2015 registered. Amazingly, the company has never advertised itself. Customers are acquired by reputation and recommendation only. Years of high-quality, exceptional value and outstanding customer service speak louder than words at Specialty Surface Grinding.

In 1990, after working on and off at the company for ten years, Paul Casadio joined Specialty Surface Grinding with a BA degree from the University of California. Paul worked from the shop floor up, using his talents to enhance production flow and quality to increase value for his customers. Today, Paul serves as general manager and is responsible for all manufacturing operations at Specialty Surface Grinding. Piero Casadio can still be found each day at his desk or on a grinder, overseeing the company, while Ione handles the day-to-day administration of the business that they founded together more than fifty years earlier.

The future at Specialty Surface Grinding is being built on the success of its past. “We will continue to take excellent care of our customers while we expand the business and advance into CNC machining services,” explains Paul. “Our number one priority, as always, is 100% quality and outstanding customer service.” Specialty Surface Grinding delivers old-world craftsmanship using state-of-the-art manufacturing technology.