:The Manitowoc Company

{{Short description|Designs, manufactures, & supports mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, and boom trucks}}

{{Infobox company

| name = The Manitowoc Company, Inc.

| logo = The Manitowoc Company.svg

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| type = Public

| traded_as = {{nyse|MTW}}
Russell 2000 Component

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| foundation = 1902

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| location_city = 11270 W. Park Place
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| location_country = United States

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| key_people = Aaron Ravenscroft {{small|(CEO)}}

| industry = Manufacturing

| products = Cranes

| services =

| revenue = {{increase}} US$ 1.85 Billion {{cite web|title=The Manitowoc Company Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2018 Financial Results and Full-Year 2019 Guidance|url=https://ir.manitowoc.com/investor-relations/news-releases/press-release-details/2019/The-Manitowoc-Company-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2018-Financial-Results-and-Full-Year-2019-Guidance/default.aspx}}

| revenue_year = 2018

| operating_income = {{decrease}} US$ (19.3 Million)

| income_year = 2018

| net_income = {{decrease}} US$ (67.1 Million)

| net_income_year = 2018

| assets = {{decrease}} US$ 1.54 Billion

| assets_year = 2018

| equity = {{decrease}} US$ 601 Million

| equity_year = 2018

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| num_employees = 5,000 {{cite web|title=Manitowoc 2018 Annual Report|url=https://s21.q4cdn.com/264200883/files/doc_financials/annual/2018/2018-MTW-Annual-Report.PDF | access-date=December 18, 2019 | date = March 2019}}

| num_employees_year = 2018

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| divisions = Manitowoc Cranes

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| homepage = {{URL|www.manitowoc.com}}

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The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is an American manufacturer which produces cranes and previously produced commercial refrigeration and marine equipment. It was founded in 1902 and, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and supports mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, lattice-boom crawler cranes, and boom trucks under the Grove, Manitowoc, National Crane, Potain, Shuttlelift and Manitowoc Crane Care brand names.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

History

File:USS Robalo SS-273 launch.jpg at Manitowoc]]

Manitowoc Company, Inc. was founded in 1902 by Charles West and Elias Gunnell in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Through the purchase of the Burger & Burger Shipyard and Drydock, it was known as a shipbuilding and ship-repair company under the name Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. The company grew and diversified, entering the lattice-boom crane business in the mid-1920s and branching into commercial refrigeration equipment shortly after World War II.

During World War II, the Department of the Navy contracted Manitowoc to build a total of 28 submarines, plus the canceled USS Chicolar (SS-464).Lenton, H. T. American Submarines (Doubleday, 1973), pp.72, 74, 76, & 94. Before they built the submarines for the Department of the Navy, the company built car ferries.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

In November 2002, the company acquired the Grove Crane company from Kidde for approximately $271 million. In March 2016, Manitowoc completed the tax-free spin-off of its food service equipment operations, placing itself as a standalone crane company.{{cite news |title=Manitowoc to move crane operations to Pa. |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2016/08/09/manitowoc-move-crane-operations-pa/88489336/ |accessdate=December 29, 2018 |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=August 9, 2016}}

Divisions

=Cranes=

Manitowoc produces several lines of cranes to serve the construction, energy, and numerous other industries. The company produces high-capacity lattice-boom crawler cranes, tower cranes, and mobile telescopic cranes for heavy construction, commercial construction, residential construction, energy-related uses, wind farm,{{cite web

|url=http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/manitowoc-wind-power-crane/

|title=Manitowoc Wind Power Crane

|publisher=Alternative Energy

|accessdate=2008-09-07

|date=2007-05-15

}} infrastructure, duty-cycle, crane-rental applications, among others. It is also a producer of boom trucks. The company has a thriving after-sales business as well, providing service, parts, renovation and training.

Main Brands:

Manitowoc cranes — Lattice Boom Crawler cranes
Grove cranes — rough-terrain, truck-mounted, all-terrain, Grove YardBoss, industrial cranes and Shuttlelift carry deck cranes. Grove began producing cranes in 1947 in Shady Grove, Pa.

File:Vue interieur grue Potain Batimat 2011.jpg event Batimat in Villepinte near Paris {{Cite web |url=https://www.parisdigest.com/business/villepinte.htm |title=Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center|author= | year=2018 |publisher=Paris Digest |accessdate=2018-11-09}}]]

Potain cranes — Tower cranes and self-erecting tower cranes. Founded in La Clayette, France in 1928.
National Crane — Telescoping boom trucks (articulating line was discontinued at the end of 2008). Founded in Waverly, Nebraska, in 1963 and all production of National Crane Boom Trucks moved to Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, after the acquisition by Manitowoc.

=Food service =

Manitowoc Foodservice was a sub-division of the Manitowoc Company, producing ice machines and refrigeration equipment for businesses.

The company acquired SerVend International, a manufacturer of ice and beverage systems equipment for the foodservice industry, in October 1997.{{cite web | title=Company News; Manitowoc to Acquire Maiker of Beverage Dispensers | website=The New York Times | date=October 2, 1997 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/02/business/company-news-manitowoc-to-acquire-maker-of-beverage-dispensers.html | access-date=February 9, 2018}}

In 2008, the company acquired Enodis PLC, a UK-based supplier of restaurant equipment, including fryers, ovens, and ice machines. Manitowoc Foodservice was required to sell off the ice division of Enodis, including the Ice-O-Matic, Scotsman, Simag, and Barline brands, to address antitrust concerns.{{cite web |title=Manitowoc Sells Enodis Ice Business |url=https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/manitowoc-sells-enodis-ice-business/ |website=QSR Magazine |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=30 March 2009}} The division was sold to American private equity firm Warburg Pincus in 2009.{{cite web |title=Warburg Pincus Completes Acquisition Of Enodis Global Ice Machine Business From The Manitowoc Company |url=https://www.foodonline.com/doc/warburg-pincus-completes-acquisition-of-0001 |website=www.foodonline.com |access-date=2 March 2024}} Warburg Pincus later sold the ice division to the Italian Ali Group.{{cite press release |title=ALI Group To Acquire Scotsman Industries From Warburg Pincus |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ali-group-to-acquire-scotsman-industries-from-warburg-pincus-177484601.html |website=www.prnewswire.com |access-date=2 March 2024 |language=en}}

On March 4, 2016, The Manitowoc Company completed a one for one common share split and created Manitowoc Foodservice. As of March 7, 2016 the newly created company began standard stock offerings on the NYSE under the symbol "MFS"{{cite web|author=Joe Cornell |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joecornell/2016/03/08/manitowoc-mtw-spins-manitowoc-foodservice-mfs/#20b36d48644b |title=Manitowoc Spins Manitowoc Foodservice |work=Forbes.com |date= |accessdate=2018-02-05}} Manitowoc Foodservice rebranded itself as Welbilt, Inc. and traded under the symbol "WBT".{{Cite web|url=https://www.welbilt.com/News/News/2017/February/Manitowoc-Foodservice-Changing-Name-to-Welbilt|title=Welbilt - Manitowoc Foodservice Changing Name to Welbilt|website=www.welbilt.com|access-date=2019-12-18}}

The newly formed company was under the leadership of former Manitowoc Company executive Hubertus M. Muehlhaeuser, who had eight direct reports.{{cite web|url=http://ir.manitowocfoodservice.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/executive-leadership-team/default.aspx |title=Welbilt Inc. - Investor Relations - Corporate Governance - Executive Leadership Team |publisher=Ir.manitowocfoodservice.com |date=2016-03-17 |accessdate=2018-02-05}} They were supported by a seven-member board of directors which included Mr. Muehlhaeuser.{{cite web|url=http://ir.manitowocfoodservice.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx |title=Welbilt Inc. - Investor Relations - Corporate Governance - Board of Directors |publisher=Ir.manitowocfoodservice.com |date=2016-03-17 |accessdate=2018-02-05}}

Manitowoc Foodservice consisted of 23 global brands that include 12 holding either #1 or #2 position in their respected global markets.{{cite web|url=http://www.manitowocfoodservice.com/Our-Brands#Our-Brands |title=Welbilt - Bringing innovation to the table |publisher=Manitowocfoodservice.com |date= |accessdate=2018-02-05}}

In 2022 Welbilt was acquired by the Italian Ali Group.{{cite web |title=Ali Group Completes Acquisition of Welbilt |url=https://www.aligroup.com/news/ali-group-completes-acquisition-of-welbilt/ |website=Ali Group Worldwide |access-date=2 March 2024}} As part of the acquisition, Manitowoc Ice was sold off to British-American firm Pentair to address antitrust concerns.{{cite web |title=Pentair Completes Transaction to Acquire Manitowoc Ice |url=https://investors.pentair.com/investor-relations/news-releases/news-release-details/2022/Pentair-Completes-Transaction-to-Acquire-Manitowoc-Ice/default.aspx |website=Pentair.com |access-date=2 March 2024}}

=Marine=

Manitowoc Marine was a subdivision of the Manitowoc Company, which builds and repairs commercial and military ships at yards in Marinette, Wisconsin; Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; and Cleveland, Ohio. The Marinette shipyard, Marinette Marine, built the first Freedom class littoral combat ship for the United States Navy, and the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw. In August 2008, Manitowoc Marine Division repaired the SS Badger The Manitowoc Company announced in August 2008 a proposal to sell the marine division to Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.{{cite web

|url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Fincantieri-Acquires-Manitowoc-Marine-05028

|title=Fincantieri Acquires Manitowoc Marine

|work=Defense Industry Daily

|accessdate=2008-10-26

|date=2008-08-11

}} The sale closed on December 31, 2008.{{cite web

|title=Manitowoc Completes Sale of Its Marine Business

|publisher=The Manitowoc Company

|date=2009-01-02

|url=http://ir.manitowoc.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67844&p=irol-newsArticle2&ID=1240058}}

Corporate governance

Kenneth W. Krueger — Chairman of the Board, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.{{cite web|last=Ravenscroft|first=Aaron|date=|authorlink=Aaron H. Ravenscroft|title=The Manitowoc Company, Inc. - Investor Relations - Corporate Governance - Board of Directors|url=https://ir.manitowoc.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/default.aspx|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2021-03-10|website=Manitowoc|publisher=Ir.manitowoc.com}}
Aaron H. Ravenscroft — President and Chief Executive Officer, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.{{Cite web|last=Ravenscroft|first=Aaron|title=The Manitowoc Company, Inc. - Investors - Corporate Governance - Senior Management|url=https://ir.manitowoc.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/senior-management/default.aspx|access-date=2021-03-10|website=ir.manitowoc.com}}
Brian P. Regan — Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Leslie L. Middleton — Executive Vice President Mobile Cranes, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Jennifer L. Peterson — Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
James S. Cook — Executive Vice President, Human Resources, The Manitowoc Company, Inc.