Company type | Private |
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Founded | 1945 |
Headquarters | New Bremen, Ohio, USA |
Products | Lift Trucks |
Revenue | $5.18 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | 19,600 worldwide |
Website | www |
Crown Equipment Corporation is a privately held American manufacturer of powered industrial forklift trucks based in Ohio. The fifth-largest such manufacturer, Crown had $5.18 billion in worldwide sales revenue for fiscal year 2023.[1] The company was founded in 1945.
Based in the small community of New Bremen, Ohio, Crown got its start by first manufacturing temperature controls for coal-burning furnaces and then television antenna rotators. It diversified in several directions before finding its niche in the material handling industry. Its lift trucks are used worldwide in a variety of applications, such as transporting goods through the narrow aisles of warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities.