The Manitowoc Company

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The Manitowoc Company (NYSE: [MTW]) is a manufacturer of high-capacity lattice-boom crawler cranes, tower cranes, and mobile telescopic cranes for heavy construction, commercial construction, energy-related, infrastructure, duty-cycle, and crane-rental applications. It is also a producer of boom trucks. Additionally, The Manitowoc Company is a manufacturer of ice machines, ice/beverage dispensers, soft-drink dispensing valves, cast aluminum cold plates, and commercial refrigeration equipment for the food service, lodging, convenience store, health care, beverage, and bottling industries. The Manitowoc Company is also a provider of shipbuilding, ship-repair, and conversion services for government, military, and commercial vessels operating on and off the U.S. Great Lakes.

History

The Manitowoc Company was founded by Charles West and Elias Gunnell in the lakeshore community of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in 1902 as a shipbuilding and ship-repair organization under the name Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. Since that time, the company has grown and diversified, entering the lattice-boom crane business in the mid-1920’s and branching into commercial refrigeration equipment shortly after World War II.

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