Crown forklift
Crown reduced its hazardous waste emissions by more than 300,000 pounds by removing chromium (in the form of ammonium dichromate as a flash rust inhibitor) from water-based paint formulations. As part of EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) program, Crown set a partnership goal of eliminating chromium from its paints. In 2004, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated Crown a Waste Minimization Partner, publicly recognizing the firm for its voluntary efforts.
CROWN FORKLIFT ISO
Since April 2006, Crown has been manufacturing hand pallet trucks in a 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m 2) facility in Suzhou, China.Īll Crown manufacturing facilities – including the small components, motor, mast and final assembly plants, as well as engineering, purchasing, design, distribution center and tool rooms have obtained ISO 9001:2000 certificationĬrown received the State of Ohio Governor's award for Outstanding Achievements in Pollution Prevention in 1992. It has manufacturing, distribution and sales operations in Germany and Mexico. Crown also has manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Indiana and Illinois. Crown’s lift truck manufacturing facilities include over 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m 2) in west central Ohio. Jim Dicke III is Crown’s current president.Ĭrown manufactures 85 percent of the parts used in its lift trucks, producing components ranging from wire harnesses to electric motors. Jim Dicke II was president from 1980 to 2002 and is the current CEO. In 1952, when Carl died, 31-year-old Jim Dicke became president. became Crown Equipment Corporation on October 15, 1988.Ĭarl and Allen Dicke and Carl’s son Jim Dicke founded Crown Controls in 1945. Incorporated: 1945 as Crown Controls Corp. Additional corporate offices in Munich, Germany Sydney, Australia and Suzhou, China.Įstimated sales revenue: $4.01 billion in 2021. 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.Ĭorporate headquarters: New Bremen, Ohio, USA.
It diversified in several directions, before finding its niche in the material handling industry. In 2021, the company ranked 123rd on that list.īased 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. Crown has appeared at least ten times on Forbes’ list of the largest private companies in the United States. Crown had $4.01 billion in worldwide sales revenue for fiscal year 2021. company, Crown Equipment Corporation is the fifth largest manufacturer of powered industrial forklift trucks in the world.