This business was established in 1919 as a patternmaking shop, the State Pattern & Machine Co. That same year the company's secretary, Victor Fehrm, applied for a patent on a tablesaw design that had a table that tilted on trunnions and that kept the motor low in the pedestal housing; the saw was intended as a semi-portable job-site saw. The patent was granted in 1921, and at about that time the company began manufacturing the saw.

In 1922 the company re-organized as State Manufacturing & Engineering Co. in 1922 with George Eiermann as president, George Ramquist vice-president, Victor Fehrm as secretary, andRobert Carlson as treasurer. They began manufacturing sanding machines beginning in about 1932. Their disk sanders and oscillating spindle sanders were heavy-duty machines that remained essentially unchanged for many years. Manufacture of these products tailed off in the late 1900s and then officially ceased in about 2020. The company remains in business manufacturing unrelated products. Until recently, parts and service were available from Freeman Manufacturing and Supply Co., but no longer.

Information Sources

• 1922-04-06 The National Corporation Reporter, page 260, in the "New Illinois Corporations" column: "State Manufacturing & Engineering Co., 2826 W. Lake St., $20,000; machine, tools, patterns, etc. George Ramquist, George Eiermann, Victor Fehrm, Robert Carlson, Carl J. Anderson. Cor., Gail E. Deming, 604, 74 W. Washington St."
• 1922-04-13 The Iron Age, page 1049.

  The State Mfg. & Engineering Co., 2826 West Lake Street, Chicago, has been incorporated with $20,000 capital stock to take over the business of the State Pattern & Machine Co. The company will manufacture patterns, tools, dies and jigs, wood-working and special machinery. In addition to the machinery taken over from the State Pattern & Machine Co., the new organization is in the market for a punch press, a shaper, a lathe and a tool grinder. Officers include George Eiermann, president; George Ramquiet, vice-president; Robert Carlson, treasurer; Victor Fehrm, secretary.

• 1924 Certified List of Domestic and Foreign Corporations, page 1179: "State Manufacturing & Engineering Co. / 2826 W. Lake St., Chicago / [President] G. Eierman, 3812 N. Kildare, Chicago / [Secretary] W. Fehm, 1135 N. Mason, Chicago / [Authorized capital stock] $20,000".
• 1925 Hendricks' Commercial Register of the United States lists "State Mfg. & Engineering Co., 2826 W Lake, Chicago, Ill." in the category of "Saws (electric driven)".
• 1927 issue of Iron Trade Review and Western Machinist, volume 80 page 815.

  State Mfg. & Engineering Co. has moved to 2756 Fulton street, Chicago. Vector Fehrn is president.

• 1927 issue of Foundry, volume 55 page 319.

  State Mfg. & Engineering Co., recently has removed to its new plant at 2756 Fulton street, Chicago. The firm manufactures a universal saw machine. Victor Fehrn is president.

• 1946 Certified List of Domestic and Foreign Corporations, page 2238, lists "State Manufacturing & Engineering Co. / State Manufacturing & Engineering Co. / 2756 W. Fulton St. , Chicago 12 / G. Carlson, 1801 N. Newland Ave., Chicago / V. Fehrm, 1412 N. Mason Ave., Chicago / Oscar Carlson..."
• The State Manufacturing & Engineering Co. web site says that the company was established in 1919, and has been manufacturing since 1932. The archive.org repository of past iterations of the State website documents the decreasing emphasis on their sander lineup.
• An owwm.org forum discussion notes that several parts, including trunnions, handwheel and lock knob, were sourced from Delta Manufacturing Co.; the parts are identical to the corresponding parts on Delta's Unisaw.