Special Mine Services, Inc. (SMS) was founded in September 1983 with the mission of distributing and repairing electrical cables for the coal mining industry in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Recognizing a need within a few years, the company expanded its operations to manufacture electrical connectors to accompany the cables it sold. This shift marked the […]
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