Simpson Strong-Tie's founder, Barclay Simpson, started the company with a simple belief—help customers solve problems. Barc did just that when he created the first joist hanger in 1956 for a customer who needed to make a roof connection. Today, Simpson Strong-Tie has many more solutions to meet customers' construction needs with their full product offering of structural connectors, fasteners, fastening systems, anchors, lateral systems, software, and concrete repair, protection and strengthening systems.