Evansville Electric & Manufacturing Company, Inc., was founded in 1920 by John W. Poling, Griffith T. Powell, and Gilbert J. Poling doing business as Evansville Electric Works. John and Gilbert Poling were experienced in mining equipment maintenance and repair.

In 1921 the company was incorporated as Evansville Electric & Manufacturing Company, Inc. with the three originial founders as major share holders.

In 1941 when John Poling died, Gilbert Poling became President of the Corporation and remained Chief Executive Officer until late in 1962. At that time John G. Mathias, Sr. and John W. Schwentker, Sr. assumed the leadership, continuing to the present time.

From it's inception the company has primarily concentrated on repairing electric motors and providing new replacement parts for mining machinery. The company's service area includes Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana, and Western Kentucky.