A fire, explosions reported at SPS Technologies in Abington Township Photo by James Short.
Abington Township's Environmental Advisory Council and Shade Tree Commission will hold a special joint meeting on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., which will be conducted in person in the Abington Township Board Room, located on the second floor at 1176 Old York Road, Abington.
The primary item on the agenda is a review of the land development submission for 1900 Kenmore Avenue, the former site of the SPS Technologies facility that was destroyed in a 2025 fire.
In addition, the officials will consider any other business typically brought before them. The full agenda is available on the Township’s website.
Residents interested in attending or following the discussion are encouraged to view the agenda in advance, which can be found at the Township’s online agenda portal.
New Facility Coming
Plans for the new Jenkintown plant specializing in the manufacture of high strength nuts, bolts and associated products, primarily used in the aerospace industry, were presented at a community meeting on September 25, 2025.
Following an explosion around 9:30 p.m. Feb. 17, 2025, hundreds of firefighters from 69 fire companies battled the 4-plus alarm blaze at the 650,000-square-foot manufacturing plant at 301 Highland Avenue in the Jenkintown section of Abington Township that was extinguished after 114 hours on Feb. 22.
The three-story plant was 80 percent destroyed in the fire, but chemicals stored at the site were not impacted, David Dugan, director of corporate communications for Precision Castparts Corp., the parent of SPS, said in a recent interview.
Demolition of the old plant was completed the beginning of September and construction of the new facility, a mixture of glass and brick expected to cost “hundreds of millions of dollars,” is anticipated to begin in 2026 for an early 2028 opening, he said. The manufacturing area will be about 300,000 square feet with an additional 50 square feet of office and other space, he said.
The previous facility was entirely brick and “we were able to save a ton of the bricks” to use on the front façade of the new building “in a nod to the past,” along with the old Standard Press Steel concrete sign, which will be incorporated into the new structure, as well, David Dugan, director of corporate communications for Precision Castparts Corp., the parent of SPS, said.
It will be a “less imposing, one-story building” further set back from Highland Avenue and neighboring structures and fields, he said.
The SPS website notes the complex will “meet all applicable building, safety, and environmental codes,” and use solar panels and other green features to attain LEED certification. The facility “will have environmental controls for the protection of air, water and soil” and “use the latest technology and automation.”
SPS had about 475 employees at the time of the fire, of which around 250 lost their jobs, Dugan said.
A total of 200 employees were working out of a temporary site in Langhorne to get some parts made, with plans to put in some additional equipment, he said. The company intends to have a little more than 200 to start at the new facility, he said.
