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History
HistoryManitowoc Company Inc. was founded by Charles West and Elias Gunnell on 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 and branching into commercial refrigeration equipment shortly after World War II. In November 2002, the company acquired Grove Crane company for approximately $271 million. During WWII, the Department of the Navy contracted Manitowoc to build a total of 28 Submarines. Plus the cancelled Chicolar (SS-464). Before they built the submarines for the defense department the company built carferries.
Construction
Manitowoc produces several lines of cranes to serve the construction industries. The company produces high-capacity lattice-boom crawler cranes, tower cranes, and mobile telescopic cranes for heavy construction, commercial construction, energy-related, wind farm, infrastructure, duty-cycle and crane-rental applications. It is also a producer of boom trucks.
Main Brands;
Manitowoc cranes - Crawler cranes
Grove cranes - rough-terrain, truck-mounted, al-terrain, Grove YardBoss, industrial cranes and Shuttlelift carry deck cranes. Grove began producing cranes in 1947 in Shady Grove, Pa.
Potain cranes - Tower cranes and Self erecting tower cranes. Founded in La Clayette, France in 1928.
National Crane - Articulating truck-mounted cranes (telescoping line was discontinued at the end of 2008). Founded in Nebraska in 1947 and all production of National Cranes moved to Shady Grove, Pa. after the acquisition by Manitowoc. Manitowoc in now building a huge crane to work in the diamond mines.
Manitowoc Crane Care - customer service branch established in 2000. Crane Care operates in 15 countries at 22 locations.
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Food Service
Manitowoc Food service is a sub-division of the Manitowoc Company which produces ice machines and refrigeration equipment for homes and businesses. Manitowoc has the sole rights to have their ice machines in Coca Cola dispensers. In 2008, the company acquired Enodis PLC, a UK cooking supply company The Manitowoc Food service announced that they will be selling off the ice division of Enodis. The sale of that division was completed several weeks ago .
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Marine Division
Manitowoc Marine is a sub-division of the Manitowoc Company, which builds and repairs commercial and military ships at yards in Marinette, Wisconsin, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and Cleveland, Ohio. Notably, the Marinette shipyard, Marinette Marine, built the first United States Navy littoral ship, USS Freedom (LCS-1) and the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw.In August 2008 Manitowoc Marine Division repaired the SS Badger. The SS Badger is like the carferries that were built by Manitowoc Company before they built 28 submarines for the defense department during WW2.It also repaired a ferry from New York. The Manitowoc Company announced in August 2008 a proposal to sell the marine division to Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. The sale closed on December 31, 2008 .
Corporate governance
Board of Directors (2008)
Glen E. Tellock - president and CEO, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Dean H. Anderson - president and owner, Dynamic Specialties, Inc.
Virgis W. Colbert - executive vice president, Miller Brewing Company
Daniel W. Duval - chairman and CEO, Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Cynthia M. Egnotovich - vice president and segment vice president, Nacelles and Interior Systems
Kenneth W. Krueger - executive vice president, Bucyrus International
Keith D. Nosbusch - president and CEO, Rockwell Automation, Inc.
James L. Packard - chairman, Regal Beloit Corporation
Robert C. Stift - retired chairman, president and CEO, Strategic Industries, LLC.
Senior management (2008)
Glen E. Tellock - president and CEO, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Carl Laurino - senior vice president and CFO.
Maurice D. Jones, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary
Thomas G. Musial - senior vice president - human resources and administration
Dean Nolden - vice president of finance and controller
Eric Etchart, senior vice president, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. and president and general manager, Manitowoc Cranes
Michael J. Kachmer - senior vice president, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. and president and general manager, Manitowoc Foodservice
Financial Information
Year
Net sales (in millions)
Operating earnings (in millions)
Number of shareholders
Number of employees
1999
680.0
59.5
2,746
3,202
2000
737.0
55.8
2,787
4,405
2001
984.0
44.4
2,719
6,124
2002
1,253.0
39.0
2,746
7,766
2003
1,468.0
8.6
2,804
7,700
2004
1,845.0
38.1
2,726
7,600
2005
2,254.0
59.1
-
8,000
2006
2,933.0
166.5
-
9,500
2007
4,005.0
333.6
2,520
10,500
See also
USS Potomac (AG-25)
References
^ Business Journal of Milwaukee. "Manitowoc closes on sale of Marine unit. 02 Jan. 2009
^ Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (Doubleday, 1973), pp.72, 74, 76, & 94.
^ "Manitowoc Wind Power Crane". Alternative Energy. 2007-05-15. http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/manitowoc-wind-power-crane/. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
^ {{Cite web With both companies it is like one stop shopping for equipment from ice maches to grills and many other items. One of Enodis most successful companies is Merrychef LTD . The Manitowoc Company had some trouble with the acquisition of Enodis PLC because Enodis owned some ice companies called Icematic and Tecnomac with The Manitowoc Ice division and these two companies Manitowoc would have a monopoly in the ice business.|url=http://www.jsonline.com/business/29399764.html |title=Manitowoc Co. wins Enodis |publisher=Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel |accessdate=2008-10-26 |date=2008-07-01 }}
^ "Fincantieri Acquires Manitowoc Marine". Defense Industry Daily. 2008-08-11. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Fincantieri-Acquires-Manitowoc-Marine-05028. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
^ "Manitowoc Completes Sale of Its Marine Business". The Manitowoc Company. 2009-01-02. http://ir.manitowoc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67844&p=irol-newsArticle2&ID=1240058.
^ http://ir.manitowoc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67844&p=irol-govboard
^ http://ir.manitowoc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67844&p=irol-govmanage
^ The Manitowoc Company. 1999 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2000 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2001 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2002 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2003 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2004 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2005 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2006 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
^ The Manitowoc Company. 2007 Annual Report (PDF) The Manitowoc Company. Retrieved 08 Jan. 2009
External links
The Manitowoc Company's website
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