Pipe Welding
Process and structural pipe welding for plant systems, in our shop or in the field.
Learn More →Mechanical / Welding + Fabrication
We Come With Solutions, Because We’ve Been There
You call, we answer
90+
Unique Plants Worked
250+
Collective Years on Site
350+
Southern Team Members
50
States Served
120+
Projects Per Year
By Industrial Manufacturers For Industrial Manufacturers
15+
Years as Southern Welding
When you’ve been in the business as long as we have, you’ve seen it all.
Southern Welding began over 15 years ago as the solution we wished we’d had when we worked for industrial manufacturers. Our team has all come from running and maintaining manufacturing plants. Today, we specialize in keeping these same plants and mills up and running.
From 1996 to 2007, founder Shane Boston learned every part of running, managing and maintaining industrial plants, as did much of the Southern team over the last several decades. They built the industrial services company they wanted as plant and product managers. Today, we’re an integral company in the American Industrial Service family of companies (AIS) and known across the country as Southern Welding.
That’s the Southern Way.
What We Do
Mechanical Welding, Fabrication & Industrial Maintenance
Welding and fabrication for heavy industrial plants — in our shop or at your facility. One call covers the scope.
Structural Welding
Structural steel welding for platforms, supports, walkways and load-bearing plant components.
Learn More →Metal Fabrication
Custom-fabricated parts and assemblies built to your plant’s exact specification.
Learn More →Welding & Fabrication
Welding and fabrication delivered together by one crew, on one schedule.
Learn More →Specialty Welding
Specialty welding processes for the jobs that need a specific method done right the first time.
Learn More →Mobile / Field Welding
On-site welding and fabrication brought to your facility when the equipment can’t leave it.
Learn More →Industries We Serve
We Solve Problems at Every Kind of Industrial Plant
We know the ins and outs of every type of plant and can upgrade or repair almost every piece of equipment at your facility. We build and fabricate at our facilities or on-site, allowing us to provide fully customized solutions and delivery within a timely manner.
Cement + Lime
Kilns, coolers, crushers and the equipment that keeps a cement or lime plant producing.
Learn More →Metals, Mining, + Aggregates
Furnaces, conveyors and material-handling equipment across metals, mining and aggregates operations.
Learn More →Pulp + Paper Mills
Repair, fabrication and maintenance work for the process equipment inside pulp and paper mills.
Learn More →Power Plants
Stacks, ductwork, piping and structural work for power generation facilities.
Learn More →Facility Assessment
Get an Expert Industrial Facility Assessment
Before the next outage, know what needs attention, what it will take and when it should happen. Our team walks your facility and turns the repair list in your head into a plan you can budget and schedule against.
What an assessment gives you
- Rank-order your planned repairs and upgrades
- Long-term planning for major improvements
- Estimates of timing and costs
- Create an outage schedule
- Prepare for emergencies
Case Studies
Recent Project Work
A look at the kind of work our crews are called in for — on the equipment plants can’t afford to have down.
Aggregates
Conveyor Belt Repair
Conveyor belt repair for an aggregates operation.
Read the Case Study →Real crews, real plants — the team behind every job.
The Southern Team
Need help? We’ve got you.
At Southern, our team knows every aspect of industrial plants because most of us joined Southern after working for years on the manufacturing side.
Who We Work With
We work with many of the most well-known industrial manufacturers around.
Manufacturers choose us because they know we get fabrication projects done safely, on budget and within timeframes that others can’t. We rearrange schedules, add shifts and expedite projects faster than anyone. That’s the Southern Way.
You Call, We Answer
Who do you call when you’re in a pinch?
That’s us. The team you can depend on when you need the job done right and you need it done now. We get it done on time and on budget.