Crown Equipment Corporation

Crown Equipment Corporation
Company typePrivate
Founded1945
HeadquartersNew Bremen, Ohio, USA
ProductsLift Trucks
Revenue$5.18 billion (2023)
Number of employees
19,600 worldwide
Websitewww.crown.com
A Crown Equipment dealership in Vandalia, Ohio

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.

  1. ^ "Modern Materials Handling Top 20 Lift Truck Suppliers," August 2022. https://www.mmh.com/article/top_20_lift_truck_suppliers_2022