ACS Industries, Inc. is the world leader in engineered knitted wire mesh solutions. Founded in Providence, Rhode Island in 1939, American Copper Sponge, Inc. manufactured just that: knitted copper sponges. In fact, our original knitted wire mesh air and grease filters, first put to market in 1946, were originally products of excess knitting capacity. After experiencing heavy growth in the knitted wire mesh business unit and moving the corporate headquarters to Lincoln, RI in 1959, management changed the company’s name to ACS Industries, Inc. in 1960.