In 1992, Payam Towfigh took over the operation and a joint venture was established with RollerBlade Inc. of Minnesota to manufacture patent-pending in-line skate wheels for international markets. Virtually overnight, State Industries became a major manufacturer of wheels in North America. A fully automated factory was built in Winnipeg and several million skate wheels were produced. At the same time, the industrial division of State Industries grew rapidly and new techniques and methods were developed to produce more complex parts for many applications. When the bulk of skate wheel production moved offshore in the late 1990s, most of the employees of the wheel division of State Industries who had years of valuable casting experience, transferred to StateMix and the new company was born.

Since 2009, StateMix Ltd. has been located at our 40,000-square-foot world headquarters facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba. According to Payam Towfigh, President and Founder of StateMix, “We needed more space for R&D, engineering, manufacturing, spare parts inventory, and for our new line of Vortex Mixers. We also needed to plan for future growth and the expansion of our product lines. A new building was the only answer.”

The facility includes offices, engineering space and in-house training facilities, spare parts storage areas, and manufacturing space. It was designed to meet StateMix’s design and production needs for years to come. We now have the ability to build more equipment at a faster pace and provide more extensive training and customer service.