Dixon Industries designs and manufactures butt fusion equipment at our plant in South Australia. Sold under the FUSIONMASTER® trademark, Dixon made equipment has achieved a reputation for excellence of engineering, ease of use, and the ability to survive in the toughest of Australian conditions. Many of the first machines ever built are still operating in the field. Norm Dixon began designing and producing butt fusion equipment for the natural gas reticulation industry to weld small diameter polyethylene (PE) pipe in 1973.