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Industrial Machinery ManufacturingCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
RIX Industries is an industrial machinery manufacturer headquartered in Benicia, California, at 4900 Industrial Way, ZIP 94510. Founded in 1878, the company operates a production facility in Sparks, Nevada and an Innovation Center in Rockville, California. It designs, develops, and manufactures hydrogen and gas generation systems, precision high-pressure compressors, and cryogenic cooling technologies. RIX serves critical infrastructure markets and supports mission-critical applications across marine, aerospace, land, energy, industrial, and medical sectors, including efforts in hydrogen-on-demand systems for infrastructure initiatives worldwide. In March 2026, Dana Otterson James was named President and Chief Executive Officer. During the same period, the company announced partnerships with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to develop cryogenic cooling solutions for the Next Generation Very Large Array and was awarded a U.S. DOT Small Business Innovation Research contract for an advanced commercial vehicle tire management system.