Dixie-Narco

History (1960s–present, consolidated 2017)
Founded in Ranson, West Virginia, later moved production to Williston, South Carolina (1989). Early on tied to Maytag, later became part of Crane; in 2017 the brand was retired into Crane Merchandising Systems. Known for late bottle-era and can vendors, then glass-front systems. Wikipedia

Notable models

• DN 300 / 350 / 360 / 400 / 500 (late 1960s–1970s) – bottle-era uprights leading into the can age. (Model family histories are widely discussed in vending trade forums and catalogs.) The VENDiscuss Forums+1

Why Dixie-Narco matters
They dominated post-1960s mass vending for soft drinks and evolved with the industry through cans to modern glass-front elevators—technology that continues under Crane today. Wikipedia