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RIX Industries

Benicia, California maker of shipboard and submarine air compressors, nitrogen and oxygen generators and methanol-to-hydrogen reformers for naval and commercial marine use.

Benicia, CA · Company

About

RIX Industries was organized in 1878 by Edward Austin (E.A.) Rix and has operated continuously since then, trading earlier as Rix & Firth, Rix Compressed Air Machinery Company and Rix Compressed Air and Drill Company. The company moved from Emeryville to Benicia, California in 1997.

RIX installed its first submarine compressor on a U.S. H-Class submarine in 1922 and its first low-pressure air compressors on surface combat ships in 1972, and received its first contract for MARC 350 compressors for aircraft carriers in 2001. Its quality management system is certified to AS9100:D, it runs a dedicated prototype facility and the Otterson Center of Excellence for Advanced Development, and it is a member of the Marine Machinery Association.

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