ASP is the brand name of Stainless Steel and High Alloy Pipe Fittings, Unions, and other Specialty Components manufactured by Knickerbocker Machine Shop Inc.

Leadership and Executive Management of a well-known and widely respected manufacturer of Stainless Steel and High Alloy Piping Components and other machined metal parts. The ASP Pipe Fitting brand has been meeting and exceeding its claim of "Time Proven Fittings Since 1944" on a continuous basis since its inception. Ms. Appleton has been with the Knickerbocker Machine Shop Inc./ Alloy Stainless Products Company Inc. in a variety of roles since 1981.

Executive Management responsibility for all Manufacturing / Production / Machinery Technology and Personnel, Scheduling, and Resource Allocation and all Quality/Engineering/Technical/Inspection Technology and Personnel, Scheduling, and Resource Allocation in @80 person Machine Shop/Manufacturing Operation with Production Staff of@8 Supervisory and @50 Operational; @6 in Quality Control / Assurance; = 1 Engineering, 1 Management, 4 Inspection including direct and delegated participation in Plant Technology innovation and improvement (machinery and equipment), Production Scheduling, Personnel Deployment, Union and other Employee Negotiations, and Quality Assurance Systems and Procedures, Standards and Specifications Review, Inspection Procedures and Practices, Supplier and Internal Audit Programs, Nonconforming Material Management, Quality Cost Reduction, Corrective Action Programs.