A 110 Year History of Continuous Innovation

Dixon's original founder, Thomas Henry Dixon, set up T H Dixon & Company in the east end of London, England in the 1890’s to serve the growing photographic industry.

Local and international success fuelled growth and in 1912 the company moved to a new purpose built facility at Letchworth Garden City, England.

Initially Dixon manufactured coating, slitting and cutting machines solely for the photographic industry but soon extended this capability into flexible web machinery of all types.

Dixon has a record of continuously introducing technology that has revolutionised a wide range of industrial processes. A few notable innovations include:

• 1950
  Dixon was the first to introduce the Lab Pilot Coater, paving the way for over 1,000 subsequent installations world-wide.
• 1958
  Dixon pioneered the modular, removable coating system, a concept still in wide use today.
• 1971
  Dixon broke new ground, successfully developing the first fully automatic industrial tissue roll machine.

This reputation remains today where Dixon is recognised world-wide as a market leader in the supply of:

• Complete custom built and modular production coating lines
• Ultra high precision coating machinery
• Pilot coating machines
• Speciality web handling and treating systems

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