Swindell Dressler provides products and services, from the custom Kiln requirements of the Ceramics industry to Car Moving and Clay Preparation systems for clients worldwide. SDIC has forged technical breakthroughs for the heavy clay, technical ceramics, and whiteware kiln industries. Using these cutting-edge technologies, SDIC can meet the Kiln requirements of both start-up industries in developing countries to established technical ceramics or brick companies.

We are proud to have:

  • Designed and built the first Low-Set™ brick plant in the world. The flexibility and speed of the Low-Set™ kiln enables brick manufacturers to expand their niche in the marketplace.
  • Emerged as a quality provider of bell kilns and shuttle kilns to the technical ceramics and refractory industries.
  • Refined our first-fire and refire whiteware kilns to provide the maximum return on our clients' investment in the expanding whitewares industry.

SDIC is currently affiliated with The National Brick Research Institute, The Brick Industry Association and The American Ceramic Society.

Swindell Dressler International Company is based in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . We were founded by Phillip Dressler in 1915 as American Dressler Tunnel Kilns, Inc. The first whiteware tunnel kiln - developed by Dressler - was built for Universal Rundle in 1915. The first oil-fired refractory tunnel kiln was built by Dressler for Norton Company in 1919.

In 1930, American Dressler Tunnel Kilns, Inc., merged with William Swindell and Brothers to form Swindell-Dressler Corporation. The Swindell brothers designed, built, and repaired metallurgical furnaces for the steel and aluminum industries. The new company offered extensive heat-treating capabilities to heavy industry worldwide.

Pullman Incorporated of Chicago purchased Swindell-Dressler in 1959. The company expanded into the fields of heavy engineering and construction. By 1970, Swindell-Dressler was called Pullman Swindell. By 1980, Pullman Swindell had designed and built a variety of plants in countries such as Poland , Saudi Arabia , Iraq , Iran , Indonesia , Colombia , Venezuela , Mexico , Canada , and the USA .

In 1980, Wheelabrator-Frye acquired Pullman, Inc. Pullman Swindell was teamed with The Rust Engineering Company, the sixth largest engineering firm in the USA . The Swindell furnace group was sold. The original ceramic group, under the name Swindell-Dressler, moved to our present location just outside Pittsburgh in Coraopolis , Pennsylvania in the mid-1980's. Swindell Dressler's facilities include sales, administrative, and engineering offices, as well as development laboratories and assembly shops.

In 1991, Swindell Dressler International Company (SDIC) was purchased by private investors from Pittsburgh . The revitalized company has expanded into worldwide markets as well as continuing to provide services to American markets. With satellite offices in Melbourne , Australia and Mexico City , Mexico , SDIC can ride the wave of development in the global marketplace.

 

Swindell Dressler International Company is now in a strong position to meet our clients' needs well into this century.

Our people have always been Swindell Dressler's true strength . Most of our engineering, service, and sales staff have come up through the ranks of our workforce. SDIC's field teams have developed the unique skill sets to see a project through from kick-off to commissioning. Our hands-on approach to design and engineering has created satisfied repeat clients throughout the world.

Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States of America

Melbourne , Victoria , Australia

Mexico City , Mexico