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Providing the best for your needs

At Sawco, we are your one-stop shop for all your saw maintenance and repairs.

We pride ourselves on customer service and ensuring our customers have the best saws to meet their unique milling needs.

Only the top-quality carbide tips are used in the repair of existing saws and state of the art CNC equipment utilized for sharpening.

Using over 50 years of combined experience in the sawfiling business we ensure your saws are maintained, repaired and sharpened for optimal performance.

Our Services

Saw Repairs and Maintenance

Only the top quality carbide tips are used in the repair of existing saws and state of the art CNC equipment utilized for sharpening. Our experienced saw filing team will ensure your saws are maintained, repaired and sharpened for optimal performance.
We pride ourselves on customer service and ensuring our customers have the best saws to meet their milling needs.

Consulting and Custom Saw Design

The team at Sawco has over 50 years of combined experience in the design, repair and maintenance of round saws for industrial applications.
We work with customers to understand their specific sawing situation and then apply our knowledge to design and build saws that improve recovery and quality while reducing costs.

V-Top Technology

The industry has demanded a better quality cut and reduced kerf at higher speeds. Sawco meets this challenge with revolutionary V-Top carbide tipped saw blades.
The V-Top will result in:
– reduced tear outs
– increased feed rates
– superior finish
– significant noise reduction
– increased blade life between saw changes
– superior performance in frozen wood

Company News

February 3, 2025 – Sawco Industries is looking for a Junior Machinist in Salmon Arm, BC.

Sawco Industries is looking for a Junior Machinist in Salmon Arm, BC. This is a great entry-level position that will offer training, mentorship and growth potential for those who are mechanically inclined and enjoy working within a shop environment.

To apply, please send your resume to jobs@sawcoindustries.com or drop off your resume in person, at 4240 45 St SE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 2W1 from 8:00am – 3:30pm, Monday – Friday.

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August 21, 2024 – Sawco Industries Ltd and HMT Machine Tools Canada announce new strategic partnership

Sawco Industries Ltd, located in Salmon Arm BC and HMT Machine Tools Canada, located in Surrey BC are excited to announce a new strategic partnership.

Sawco has purchased the saw sales and manufacturing portion of the HMT business and will focus on industrial saw sales, service and manufacturing across Western Canada and the US. HMT will focus their skills and knowledge on sawfiling machine sales, parts refurbishing and service to industrial clients across North America.

Sawco and HMT management and staff have worked together for years, and this new relationship of cooperation and support just ensures that our customers get the full benefit of the synergies between the two companies. This alignment of skills and knowledge will ensure our customers get the best quality saw filing equipment, saws and service.

Both companies are committed to support each other in the marketplace in both saw and equipment sales and service.

“This new strategic relationship will allow us to focus our skills and abilities on providing a quality saw product to our customers and support them in their saw filing equipment needs and service.” – Cam Sitch Customer Service and Sales Manager, Sawco Industries

“I’m very happy to continue the tradition of Canadian sawfiling excellence through this strategic relationship with Sawco, another great Canadian company.” – Eric Gabara, President of HMT Machine Tools Canada

For inquiries with Sawco, please contact Cam Sitch, Customer Service & Sales Manager:
tel: 250-833-0342 cell: 250-804-6616 csitch@sawcoindustries.com

For HMT Machine Tools Canada, please contact Eric Gabara, President:
tel: 604-371-1266 cell: 604-302-2730 eric@hmtcanada.ca

TESTIMONIALS

What Our Clients Say

“We have worked with Sawco (previously Hodgson Saw) since 2009. We needed to improve our trim finish and heard the V-Top saws were the best in the industry. We put together a program with them for our planer and the results were instant! Overseas customers called us immediately to find out what we had changed. We have been so impressed by the service, reliability, knowledge, and performance at Sawco that we even started using them in our two new sawmills in Alberta and Saskatchewan. I highly recommend Sawco Industries.”

Lee Mason – Process Development Manager, Dunkley Lumber Ltd.

“Louisiana Pacific Golden has been dealing with the team at Hodgson/Sawco for over 10 years. We originally had our blades sharpened by another company and had decided to send blades after being approached by the previous owner Jim years ago. After receiving the blades back we were impressed. The turnaround time is good for our location and if we require something to be done immediately they will step up and service. We have chosen to purchase the plate for any new sawblades from Hodgson/Sawco as an agreement between us has been made and we send all saws to them for sharpening and repair. They have and continue to provide excellent service and quality to our saw cutting requirements.”

Jody Hiraoka – Materials Manager II, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

“The Sawco team has always done prompt and excellent work for us even going out of their way to getting blades out for us in a couple of days if we’ve been in a bind . Since we deal quite a bit in the Japanese market and finish is everything including the end trimming, Sawco has always done an excellent job with our V-Top trim-saws . In the last 2 years we have also added a brand new CLT plant which Sawco does a lot of various sized V-Top saws for and the work is always second to none . I look forward to doing more business with them in the future.”

Eric Eggers – Saw Filer

“Sawco has been manufacturing and servicing our Sawmill and Planer trim saws for several years including benching, sharpening and retipping them. The saw mill saws are a 24” alternate top and the planer are a 17” V-top. Sawco has also manufactured saws for both of our gangs and our board edger. We have also sent gang saws to get retipped when our tipper has been down. Sawco has been a great asset for us and are always there to help us out. The quality of work and service is top notch.”