Since 1856, the name Filer and Stowell has been linked to the lumber industry.  From early on, F&S had built not only all the machinery for the green lumber mills, but also the steam engines that helped generate electricity and the steam rail locomotives to bring in logs to the mill.  While some  F&S products have found their way into other industries in the past, F&S now produce solely for the lumber mills.

Today, Filer and Stowell is focused on expanding and continuing it's reputation for building the heaviest duty machinery in the forest industry and continuing it's innovations aimed at increasing log recovery, or in the words of Delos Filer, "Getting more squeal of out the pig."  He frequently used to say to John Stowell, "Remember, you can never build anything too heavy for a sawmill."  Although John Stowell did not need reminding, it showed how committed both Filer and Stowell were to building enduring sawmill equipment.

Filer and Stowell points with pride that it is still  able to furnish repairs for sawmill machinery built before the 20th century and has been awarded the maritime "M" award for building triple expansion steam engines for the liberty ships in WWII and cargo ships in WWI.  We look forward to contributing "State of the Art" machinery for at least the next 150 years.

Please report any problems encountered on this website to: gURlgeek@ctcweb.net.