Dixon Valve & Coupling Company

1943-45: Nearly 100% of Dixon production goes toward military contracts.

1952: Acquisition of Buck Iron Company, a Pennsylvania metals foundry.

1954: Founder H.W. Goodall dies; R. B. Goodall becomes president and chief operating officer.

1955: Introduces Tuff-Lite line of nylon fittings - non-metallic hose fittings (Tuff-lite fittings).

1976: Corporate headquarters moves from Philadelphia, PA to Chestertown, Maryland.

1980: Enters cam and groove market and patents Boss-Lock, a fitting with a safety-locking handle.

1981: Dixon Adflow, Ltd. (now Dixon Group Europe) opens in Preston, United Kingdom.

1985: Acquisition of the Andrews line of cam and groove fittings from Parker Hannifin.

1992: Major renovation and updating of headquarters facility in Chestertown, Maryland.

1993: Acquisition of Perfecting Service Company, a North Carolina manufacturer (now Dixon Quick Coupling).

1994: R. B. Goodall dies. Sons Richard and Douglas become third-generation family leaders

1996: Acquisition of Australian-based Minsup (now Dixon Asia Pacific).

1999: Acquisition of American Coupling Company of Chicago (now Dixon Brass).

2000: Acquisition of Bayco Industries (now Dixon Bayco).

2003: Begins operations in Mexico with creation of Dixva subsidiary.

2005: Boss magazine launched, a quarterly publication of Dixon Valve that explores the world and its industries.

2006: Acquisition of Powhatan and integration of its product line with other fire protection industry products to form Dixon Powhatan (now Dixon Fire).

2007: Dixon Asia Pacific Private Limited incorporated.

2007: Dixon (Shanghai) Trading Company Limited established.

2008: Dixon Singapore established.

2011: Acquisition of Northline Couplings Systems (absorbed into Dixon Fire).

2012: Acquisition of Eagle America (now Dixon Eagle).

2013: Acquisition of Bearon Manufacturing, Inc..

2013: International sales office and warehouse opened in France.

2014: Vent-Lock safety cam and groove introduced.

2016: Dixon celebrates 100 years in U.S. manufacturing.

2017: Acquisition of Automated Design Services, Inc. (ADS Controls).

2017: Dixon introduces EZLink Armless cam and groove.

2017: Dixon officially breaks ground on a highly automated 150,000-square-foot distribution center in Chestertown, Maryland.

2018: Dixon begins construction on a 60,000-square-foot headquarters building in Chestertown, Maryland.

2019: Richard L. Goodall named chairman and CEO of The Dixon Group. At the same time, fourth-generation leadership begins as Taylor Goodall is named President of The Dixon Group.

2019: Dixon Bayco moves into a new 40,000-square-foot building in West Chester, Ohio. In addition to offices, the location contains a training room, a clean room electronic assembly area, an engineering test lab, and a CNC manufacturing area.

2019: The new 150,000-square-foot Dixon distribution center in Chestertown, Maryland ships its first package.

2020: Dixon begins construction on a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chestertown, Maryland.

2020: Dixon moves headquarters to a new 60,000-square-foot building in Chestertown, Maryland.

2021: Dixon Boss moves into a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chestertown, Maryland.

Dixon Boss

Manufactures and supplies brands such as Air King couplings, and king combination nipples in addition to complete coupling systems such as Boss, LPS frac fittings, Holedall, and King Crimp. Eagle brand bellows seal valves round out their product offering.

Dixon Brass

Manufactures and supplies a variety of products such as brass ferrules, welding connectors, and pipe, push-on compression, and DOT air-break fittings.

Dixon Eagle

Designer, manufacturer and testing of zero emissions bellows seal gate and globe valves. Bellows seal valves eliminate fugitive emissions of toxic or regulated fluids and they prevent corrosive or harmful atmospheric conditions from entering the process, minimize maintenance and reduce life cycle costs in process plants including steam, cryogenic, heat transfer oil and vacuum systems. Bellows seals are considered zero-emission devices by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Dixon Fire

Manufacturers and supplies a diverse line of fire protection products including valves, fire hoses, racks, reels, fire department connections, and Storz and LDH suction hose fittings.

Dixon Group Canada

Canadian distributor of products produced by the Dixon companies worldwide. Manufacturer of the “Bayco” product line of petroleum and dry bulk fittings and accessories used on tankers to transfer liquids or dry bulk materials from tankers to in-ground and above-ground storage facilities.

Dixon Group Europe

Supplier of industrial hoses, hose assemblies, couplings and fittings to customers in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Dixon Quick Coupling

Manufacturers and supplies a diverse range of hydraulic and pneumatic quick couplings including HT-AG series adapters, high-pressure TD-series fittings, and the Correct Connect color-coded system.

Dixon Sanitary

Supplies a full line of 304 and 316L stainless steel hygienic fittings, tubing, valves, pumps, filtration systems, and accessories such as instrumentation and sight glasses. All products meet the 3A standard for sanitary processing along with a number of the products meeting the EHDGE European Hygienic standard.

Dixon Specialty Products

Manufactures and supplies ball joint armored and PTFE hose assemblies, swivels, loading arms, and a full line of cam and groove fittings and accessories.