OUR STORY

Good People Making Things the Right Way

A blessed business with the spirit of a dedicated surfer — finding the hot waves, paddling out against the push, and riding every opportunity to the finish.

Go into the water with no fear. Paddle out against the resistance and surf that want to push us back to shore.

Fourward Always ✦ Soul of a Surfer ✦ Built. Finished. Delivered. ✦ Small Town. Bigger Thinking. ✦ One Partner. Fully Integrated.

25+

YEARS

750+

CLIENTS

90+

PEOPLE

We aren't surfers and don't claim to be. We're Designers, Engineers, and Finishers. We worry less about straight-edge perception and care more about following our passions.

WHO WE ARE

Small Town.

Bigger Thinking.

Signature 4 started in Coldwater, Ohio as a custom badge shop tucked into a single warehouse rack. That was the whole operation. A few clients, a handful of people, and a lot of ambition.

“We’re all in this ride together. Ideas, leadership, creativity, exploration, innovation — all products of our people.”

Twenty-five years later the resume looks different. 750+ clients. 90+ employees. Four distinct manufacturing disciplines. But what hasn’t changed is the attitude — the small-town work ethic that shows up in every part we ship and every customer we answer for.

We treat each other like friends and neighbors. We think bigger, but we stay grounded. That tension is the whole thing.

OUR CREDO

Find the Hot Waves. Ride Every One.

THE BRAND

The Evolution of Signature 4

EST. 2000

One rack. A few clients. The whole operation.

2005 – 2012

Growing capabilities. Engineering and design expand.

2013 – 2020

Multi-facility. 750+ clients. Surf culture becomes the credo.

2021 – NOW

New identity. Same soul. Fourward always.

WHO WE ARE

Our People Make

All the Difference