Supplying
utilities since
1982.
Southern Switch & Contacts was founded in Palm Harbor, Florida with a single focus: supplying the electric utility industry with quality components. Over 40 years later, that focus hasn't changed — we've just added field services to go with it.
We started making switch contacts and machined components for utilities in the Tampa Bay area. Word spread — our lead times were shorter, our parts were accurate, and we understood what utilities actually needed. Over time, our customer base grew from local co-ops and municipal utilities to large multi-state investor-owned utilities.
In 2017, we launched our Field Services Division after customers kept asking: “Can you send someone to install these?” We built a team of experienced substation technicians, and the answer became yes.
“Since 1982, Southern Switch & Contacts has been supplying the electric utility industry with quality components. Our customers range from large multi-state utilities to rural co-ops.”
one partner.
From a single replacement switch contact to a full substation build, Southern Switch & Contacts covers both the parts and the people. Most jobs touch both sides of the business — we machine the component, and our crews put it in service.
Precision fabrication of switch contacts, transformer hardware, and custom utility components — machined to OEM specifications. Home of our patented UGOR universal gear operator replacement and reverse-engineering of discontinued parts.
Turnkey substation work — new construction, scheduled maintenance, switch and transformer service, testing & diagnostics, and emergency response across Florida and the Southeast.
Every decision.
We don't serve general manufacturing. Our materials, documentation, and lead time commitments are built around how utilities actually procure components.
Utilities can't wait weeks. We're known for fast turnaround — including emergency same-day machining for unplanned outage situations.
Since 2017, you can call us for the component and the crew to install it. One partner, one call, full accountability.
Communication, budgeting, and quality workmanship — that's how customers describe working with us. We earn repeat business by delivering on our promises.
to co-ops
Documented.
Utilities can't install a part they can't trust. Every component we manufacture is machined to OEM dimensional specifications from the correct alloys. When a part has been discontinued by the original manufacturer, we reverse-engineer it from a sample or a drawing.
- Machined to OEM dimensional specifications
- Material certification available on request
- Reverse engineering of obsolete parts
- Short lead times, including emergency turnaround
Parts, field work, or both — tell us your model number or scope and we'll respond within one business day.