Our Family of Businesses

Leading companies from a global leader

The Manitowoc family of companies — Manitowoc Cranes and Manitowoc Foodservice — are leaders in their respective industries. Join them and become part of a respected heritage of quality, performance, and innovation.

Manitowoc Cranes

With the completion of its first lattice-boom crane in 1925, Manitowoc began a decades-long evolution that has culminated in Manitowoc Cranes becoming a global leader in lift solutions. The brands under today’s global Group umbrella — Grove, Manitowoc, National Crane, and Potain — represent a collection of the most respected names in lifting anywhere in the world, supported by a manufacturing, sales, and service support network that runs through many countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. As it always has, Manitowoc Cranes will continue to stand for passion, innovation, creativity, and customer value.

Manitowoc Foodservice

In the 1950's, Manitowoc Equipment Works began building a high-quality line of commercial refrigerated display cases for the emerging supermarket industry. It then pioneered the successful development of commercial ice machines, and with the addition of walk-in refrigeration and beverage dispensing equipment to the cold-focused portfolio, Manitowoc Foodservice was born. Today, Manitowoc Foodservice is the world’s largest manufacturer of hot and cold-focused commercial foodservice and food retail equipment supplying restaurants, convenience stores, hotels, institutions, and commissaries around the world. Innovation, quality, and performance come to mind when our industry-leading brands are mentioned - Cleveland, Convotherm®, Delfield®, Fabristeel, Frymaster®, Garland®, Jackson, Kolpak®, Kysor//Warren®, Kysor Panel Systems®, Lincoln, Manitowoc® Ice, Multiplex®, Merrychef®, Servend® and Manitowoc® Beverage Systems. Manufacturing and distribution facilities are located in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.