History

Dill Manufacturing was founded in 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1915, Dill began manufacturing tire covers for tire valves. These covers (known as caps today) were used on the Model T and eventually other vehicles. By 1924, Dill produced 4 million valve stems, 5.5 million valve cores a year as well as several tire covers. In 1925, Dill expanded into Toronto, Canada and one year later, opened a warehouse in Los Angeles, CA.

In 1932 Dill began to diversify and started manufacturing permanent wave machines for beauty salons. During 1935-1945, Dill produced lock components for military aircraft. In 1950, Dill manufactured the Dill electric vulcanizer and rubber patch repair kits.

In 1955, Dill began production of the rubber snap-in tire valve. The snap-in revolutionized the passenger car market and the basic design is still used today. What later became named as Eaton Corporation acquired Dill in 1961 and moved the business from Cleveland, Ohio, to Roxboro, North Carolina, in 1964. The move to Roxboro was completed in 1969. While Dill continued to be the brand name of the products, Eaton named the business as their Air Controls Division in 1970.

Eaton continued to successfully operate the business in Roxboro, North Carolina, where the business continued to make new products for different markets and applications. During 2004, the business sold over 1,000 different products to approximately 600 customers throughout the world.

On March 16, 2005, Air Controls Business Assets were sold by Eaton and Dill Air Controls Products, LLC was formed. The assets were moved from Roxboro to Oxford, NC, between July 15 and September 30, 2005. Many former Eaton Air Controls employees (some active and some previously retired) joined the new company along with other skilled employees as the new company with a long history started over again.