Founded in 1919, Davis Machine is Saskatoon's oldest established machine shop. In placing that longevity into a historical context, a story was related to long-term employee Phil Hamm by the company founder, Bill Davis. It seems someone visiting the city approached Davis to fix a broken automobile axle. Davis complied and discovered later to his amazement that the owner of that automobile was none other than Al Capone, the infamous Mafia chief.

Not every day in the past years has brought that kind of excitement to Davis Machine…but the days have brought every kind of machining and welding work imaginable.

Founder Bill Davis ran the company until 1960 when partners Larry Woodward and Ian Tiessen took over. The shop was then located on Idylwyld Drive.

In the spring of 1967 Davis Machine moved to 46th Street and 1st Avenue where it remains as part of an industrial community to this day. At that time however, the shop was a true pioneer; there were few other buildings so far North at the time.

Davis Machine's greatest asset is it's highly skilled and professional work force. All employees have worked through a four-year apprentice program and most of them have been with the company for many years. The Davis Machine journeymen will turn their hand to any job within the machining and welding field.

Plenty of customers remember having work done at Davis Machine many years ago-hardly surprising considering its 80+ year history. We like to think it's our unparalleled reliability and performance that have kept our customers coming back year after year.