Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

Fragola Performance Systems is headquartered in Southington , Connecticut. (USA) In 1973 Frank Fragola  started  F.F. Screw Products as a job shop that was run as a part time operation with 1 employee. Within 4 years, it changed to a full time operation with 10 employees.  In 1982 after years of doing job shop components for many large companies they decided to start making their own products and that is when F-K Bearings was started.  At that time they were operating both F.F. Screw Products and F.K. bearings in two separate buildings that were approximately 36,000 square feet combined. In 1999 they formed Fragola Performance Systems after many of their customers kept inquiring why they didn’t manufacture fittings for the racing industry. They are now housed in a 80,000 square foot building with 35 employees .Their sister company F.K. Bearings is across the street from them with their own 80,000 square foot building with 55 employees. All of the companies are...