About us

Your Project’s Success is Our Responsibility

About Us
About Us

As a subsidiary of Crane Company, Barksdale possesses the financial resources of a global leader, while focusing on building strong partnerships with individual customers and our communities.

Crane Company: Four Engineering-Led Manufacturing Businesses

Crane Company business segments design and manufacture engineered industrial products.

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How We Help OEMs and Our Community to Succeed

 

As a subsidiary of Crane Company,Barksdale possesses the financial resources of a global leader, yet we also are focused on building strong partnerships with individual customers and our communities.

The Crane Fund

Established in 1914 as a private charitable trust, The Crane Fund provides financial assistance to former employees of Crane Co. (or their dependents) who are physically disabled or unable to be self-supporting and in need of assistance. Currently, the fund assists more than 1,200 individuals/families globally.

Crane Foundation

Created in 1951, Crane Foundation Inc. is a nonprofit organization. The focus of the fund is to make charitable contributions to religious, cultural, educational and scientific groups. Crane Foundation offers its employees a program wherein monetary gifts to educational institutions are matched. Any employee with at least one year of service may receive a 100% match on their donation up to a maximum of $5,000 per year. Email Crane Foundation for an application form

The Crane Fund for Widows and Children

The mandate of the Crane Fund for Widows and Children is to provide direct assistance to the underserved by financially supporting local agencies, charities and schools in the communities where Crane Co. and its subsidiaries conduct business.

Our History

Helping OEMs to Succeed Since 1949

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1949

Barksdale founded in 1949 by L.S. Barksdale, Los Angeles

Invented Shear-Seal® technology

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1950

Barksdale became a division of DeLaval Turbine Co.

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1960

First sale of mechanical pressure switch

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1964

Foundation of Barksdale GmbH International (Frankfurt)

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1968

Dynalco founded with a focus on process industries

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1988

Compact mechanical pressure switches invented

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1989

First electronic pressure switch with display, the UDS1 transducer

Barksdale air valve developed for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, leveraging Shear-Seal® technology

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1992

First air suspension valve (ASV) developed for trucks

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1994

Crane Co. purchased Barksdale 

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1995

Acquisition of UNIMESS

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1997

Barksdale introduced the explosion-proof pressure switch

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2004

First compact mechanical pressure switch Series 8000 launched

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2005

Barksdale began sales in China with a sales team in Shanghai

Began manufacturing in Suzhou
 

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2009

Series 600 pressure transducers introduced

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2010

Opening Sales Office in India

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2011

Barksdale consolidated with Dynalco

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2014

Generation 3000 electronic switch product line introduced

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2016

Dynalco introduced digital speed switch SST7000

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2018

Electronic expansion with HART pressure transducer BIT

IO-Link sensors and electronic thermostat

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2022

Introduction of new generation of pressure transducer BoT

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