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Founded | 1916 |
Modine Manufacturing is a thermal management company established in 1916 in the United States.[1][2] The company started as Modine Manufacturing Company by Arthur B Modine who patented the Spirex radiator for tractors. The Modine company manufactured the Turbotube radiator for Ford Model T cars.[3] The company built the world's first vehicular wind tunnel in Racine, Wisconsin in 1941.[3] During WWII, Modine manufactured aftercoolers for the P-51 Mustang fighter plane.[3] After WWII, Modine introduced the Airditioner HVAC unit for both residential and non-residential applications.[3] The company expanded with a European operation, Modine Schnappling Europe, in 1990 and in 1993 acquired Längerer & Reich, a German heat transfer company founded in 1913.[4] Today, the company employs around 11,000 people.[5]