Dixie-Southern, founded in 1976, is a privately held ASME code steel plate & pipe fabricator with more than 70 employees specializing in oversized and overweight fabrication, processing and handling capabilities. Examples of our fabrication work can be found on both the photo gallery and case studies pages.

Dixie-Southern started as a small fabrication job shop and now encompasses a 12-acre facility with unlimited storage capacity. We continue to be a leader and innovator among steel fabricators specializing in heavy platework including; ASME code and non-code tanks, pressure vessels, ductwork, large-diameter pipe, chutes, bins, silos, stacks, launders and hoppers.

Dixie-Southern serves the power generation, water treatment, waste treatment, phosphate, chemical, pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries.

We are located in rural, West Central Florida, 30 minutes from Port of Tampa and Port Manatee, 45 minutes from Tampa International Airport and 90 minutes from Orlando International Airport with direct access to two Interstate Highways, I-4 and I-75.

Dixie-Southern Board of Directors

Stan Kinnett – President & CEO of Dixie-Southern and formerly, VP of Whirlpool Corp.

Steve Lux – Managing Director of Stonehenge Growth Capital

Haynes Carswell – President of Direct Metals Co., LLC.

Mark Brown – Former CFO & Senior VP of Global Sourcing, Whirlpool Corp.

Advisory Director

Gary Claville – Former Owner & President of Dixie-Southern Constructors, Inc.

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