Modine Manufacturing

Modine Manufacturing
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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]

A Modine unit heater at a nursery
  1. ^ "Modine Manufacturing Radiates Success". The Milwaukee Journal. January 10, 1988.
  2. ^ "About Modine". modine.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  3. ^ a b c d "Modine Commercial & Industrial Applied Product Line Catalog" (PDF). Modine. August 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  4. ^ "History". modine.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
  5. ^ "Modine". Owler.com.