SSE Steel Fabrication (formerly Southern Services & Equipment, Inc.)

About SSE Steel Fabrication (formerly Southern Services & Equipment, Inc.)

Established in St. Bernard, Louisiana, SSE Steel Fabrication (formerly Southern Services & Equipment, Inc.) operates as a 100% woman- and minority-owned small business led by President and CEO Mindy Nunez Airhart. The company serves commercial clients and government agencies from a 22,000-square-foot fabrication facility complemented by a 2-acre blast and paint yard and a 10-acre laydown yard. SSE specializes in architectural and structural steel fabrication, employing robotic welding, CNC machining, and a suite of automated equipment that includes the PythonX Structural Fabrication System, welding cobots, a robotic structural beam line, and an HD oxygen/plasma burn table. The shop also provides structural steel erection, product assembly, on-site welding and repair, in-house design and drafting, prototyping, sandblasting, painting, and quality measurement control. The firm’s customer base spans commercial, government, defense, aerospace, industrial, retail, and municipal sectors. Concrete project examples include the structural steel scope for the New Orleans Police Department 2nd District Station and fabricated and erected components for the Louis Armstrong International Airport North Terminal. SSE also holds certifications with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Alabama Department of Transportation, and other public agencies. SSE differentiates itself through early adoption of automation — notably the first robotic CNC plasma machine in south Louisiana — and by maintaining AISC certification with a Bridge Component Manufacturing endorsement. The company emphasizes precision, code compliance, and turnkey project support from detailing through delivery.

Equipment

• PythonX Structural Fabrication System
• Robotic CNC plasma machine
• Welding cobots
• Robotic structural beam line
• HD oxygen/plasma 20' x 10' burn table with articulating robotic arm
• CNC tube processor
• Horizontal machining centers
• Vertical machining centers
• Turning machining centers

Company details

Location

St Bernard, Louisiana

Company type

Manufacturer

Ownership

Woman-owned, Minority-owned, Small business

Certifications

DBE (Louisiana Unified Certification Program), WOSB (U.S. Small Business Administration), MBE (National Minority Supplier Development Council)

Listed under

• Structural Steel in Louisiana
• Welding in Louisiana
• Metal Fabrication & Machining in Louisiana

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