and company . crane co. type public company traded as nyse cr industry industrial conglomerate founded chicago illinois 1855 founder richard t. crane headquarters stamford connecticut united states key people robert s. evans chairman max mitchell president & ceo 1 products aerospace & electronics engineered materials merchandising systems fluid handling sensing & control systems revenue us 3.0 billion number of employees 11 000 website www.craneco.com crane co. headquarters in stamford the crane company is an american industrial products company based in stamford connecticut . founded by richard teller crane it became a holding company with a diverse portfolio . its business segments are aerospace & electronics engineered materials fiberglass paneling and telecom equipment merchandising systems vending machines fluid handling and controls sensing and control systems . industries served by these segments includes chemical industries commercial construction food and beverage general and commercial aviation and power generation . the company was one of the leading manufacturers of bathroom fixtures until 1990 when that division was sold off ; it now operates as a brand of american standard brands . the company is best known to the consumer public as a large manufacturer of vending machines . crane co. has expanded their lineup of snack machines via their acquisitions of glasco polyvend lektrovend gpl and automatic products api which continue to be marketed as separate brands from crane co. s national line . crane co. has also acquired dixie narco from maytag adding a full lineup of soda machines to crane co. s portfolio . contents 1 products 2 subsidiaries 3 asbestos liabilities 4 see also 5 references 6 external links products edit controls diagnostic measurement and control devices industrial aerospace components sensing and control systems engineered materials fiberglass reinforced plastic wall & ceiling systems exteriors of rv sidewalls transportation interiors fluid handling equipment valves and pumps merchandising systems vending machines automatic payment systems crane payment innovations the result of merging former crane payment systems and mei subsidiaries edit crane aerospace & electronics aerospace group lynnwood washington burbank california hydro aire and p. l. porter elyria ohio lear romec lynnwood washington eldec lyon france eldec france electronics group redmond washington beverly massachusetts signal technology chandler arizona signal technology fort walton beach florida keltec redmond washington interpoint west caldwell new jersey merrimac industries crane composites florence kentucky lasco goshen indiana noble & fabwel joliet illinois kemlite jonesboro kemlite crane electronics headquarters located in redmond washington albuquerque new mexico general technology corporation beverly massachusetts signal technology chandler arizona signal technology fort walton beach florida keltec lynnwood washington eldec lyon france eldec france redmond washington interpoint taiwan interpoint fluid handling crane chempharma flow solutions crane energy flow solutions crane australia crane stockham valve ltd. belfast crane limited crane process flow technologies cpft crane pumps and systems cp & s crane supply crane valves north america cvna pacific valves resistoflex industrial valve services xomox crane nuclear inc. friedrich krombach gmbh armaturenwerke armature d.o.o. slovenia croning livarna d.o.o. slovenia w.t. armatur gmbh controls azonix barksdale crane environmental with brands cochrane chicago heater and environmental products since divested to newterra fort lauderdale florida dynalco wms crane merchandising systems money controls automatic products api cashcode chippenham dixie narco glasco polyvend lektrovend gpl national rejectors nri st louis national vendors streamware telequip cpi former mei asbestos liabilities edit as of december 31 2007 crane company faced 80 999 asbestos liability claims . in 2007 the company set aside 390 million for predicted asbestos liability costs through 2017 . 2 see also edit dica company references edit directors and officers . crane co. retrieved 23 april 2014 . cr 2007 10 k financial statements and supplementary data pages 48 49 via wikinvest article external links edit crane company website v t e crane co. people richard t. crane subsidiaries american standard brands automatic products crane merchandising systems dixie narco mei conlux related articles charles r. crane crane beach retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crane co. & oldid 698729992 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in stamford connecticutvending machine manufacturersconglomerate companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 january 2016 at 22 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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