While many years have passed since C.P. Sutter started his Clarksburg, W.Va.-based commercial roofing company in 1902, the fourth generation continues the long-running success of the company. “Sutter Roofing was founded by my great grandfather, who worked in all phases of roofing, eventually specializing in sheet metal, interior stamped metal ceilings and ornamental cornices,” said Doug Sutter, the current president. A West Virginia University graduate, Doug began his roofing career as a technical representative for Carlisle and then worked with another roofing contractor for a couple years, eventually joining the family business in 1989.
Sutter Roofing’s business shifted during the 1930s and 40s to steel piping fabrications designed as part of a special dust-collection operation for mining and toxic plant environments. It was a large business segment for decades, but eventually the market diminished and became very competitive as deep mining gave way to newer strip-mining methods.