Dixie Southern Marks 50 Years of Steel Plate Fabrication Excellence!
Dixie Southern is celebrating 50 years of operations, marking a significant milestone in its journey as a provider of custom steel plate fabrication services since its founding in 1976. Over the past five decades, the company has built a strong reputation for delivering complex, high-quality fabricated steel products to a wide range of industrial sectors.
Throughout its history, Dixie Southern has manufactured an extensive portfolio of custom steel plate products, including ASME pressure vessels, API shop-fabricated tanks, and a variety of structural steel fabrications. These products serve industries with demanding regulatory, safety, and performance requirements, reflecting the company’s long-standing focus on quality, compliance, and engineering rigor.
Dixie Southern offers a comprehensive, end-to-end fabrication capability. Its services span design and engineering, welding, heat treatment, nondestructive examination, as well as painting, coating, and lining. By integrating these capabilities in-house, the company is able to maintain tighter control over quality, lead times, and project execution, while providing customers with a single-source solution for complex fabrication needs.
The company operates from an ASME-accredited and UL-certified manufacturing facility in Mulberry, Florida, underscoring its commitment to meeting recognized national and international standards. This certification base enables Dixie Southern to support pressure-retaining and safety-critical applications across energy, industrial, and infrastructure markets.
A key strategic advantage of the Mulberry facility is its proximity to major maritime infrastructure. Dixie Southern has established long-standing relationships with the Port of Manatee, Port Redwing, and the Port of Tampa Bay, all located within a 30-mile radius. This access allows for efficient shipment of large and heavy fabricated components by barge, reducing logistical complexity and transportation costs for customers.
As it marks its 50th anniversary, Dixie Southern reflects on a legacy built on technical expertise, operational reliability, and customer trust. The milestone also positions the company to continue supporting evolving industry needs with proven fabrication capabilities, strong regional infrastructure access, and decades of hands-on experience in steel plate fabrication.
