Crown Equipment Corporation (Crown) is one of the world’s leading material handling companies. Crown offers its customers a broad range of electric and internal combustion (gas) forklifts, as well as automation and fleet management technologies. Crown seeks to provide customers with forward thinking and innovative products designed to improve performance and lower operating costs. Sales and service of the products are handled by Crown-owned direct operations and independently owned dealers throughout the world.
Crown designs and manufactures more of its own forklift components, providing superior quality, flexibility and the ability to accommodate special requests from customers. In addition, integrated manufacturing aids the company’s sustainability efforts by reducing transportation miles and greenhouse gas emissions.
Crown manufactures material handling equipment in eight United States locations (New Bremen, Ohio Greencastle, Indiana New Castle, Indiana Kinston, North Carolina Celina, Ohio Minster, Ohio New Knoxville, Ohio Troy, Ohio). The company also has international manufacturing operations in Suzhou, China Roding, Germany and Querétaro, Mexico.
Today, Crown Equipment Corporation products are known globally for design excellence and have earned more than 100 prominent international design awards.