About us
Your Project’s Success is Our Responsibility
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.
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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