type public traded as nyse mtw industry manufacturing founded 1902 headquarters 2400 south 44th street manitowoc wisconsin united states products cranes number of employees 16 000 divisions manitowoc cranes manitowoc foodservice website www.manitowoc.com manitowoc company inc is an american global company specializing in products for the food service and construction industries . manitowoc completed the divestiture of their marine division in january 2009 . 1 contents 1 history 2 construction 3 foodservice division 4 marine division 5 corporate governance 6 financial information 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit launch of the uss robalo ss 273 at manitowoc manitowoc company inc. was founded by charles west and elias gunnell in the lakeshore community of manitowoc wisconsin in 1902 . it was known as a shipbuilding and ship repair company under the name manitowoc shipbuilding company . since that time the company has grown and diversified entering the lattice boom crane business in the mid 1920s and branching into commercial refrigeration equipment shortly after world war ii . during world war ii the department of the navy contracted manitowoc to build a total of 28 submarines plus the canceled uss chicolar ss 464 . 2 before they built the submarines for the department of the navy the company built car ferries . citation needed in november 2002 the company acquired the grove crane company for approximately 271 million . construction edit main article manitowoc cranes manitowoc produces several lines of cranes to serve the construction industries . the company produces high capacity lattice boom crawler cranes tower cranes and mobile telescopic cranes for heavy construction commercial construction energy related wind farm 3 infrastructure duty cycle and crane rental applications . it is also a producer of boom trucks . main brands manitowoc cranes crawler cranes grove cranes rough terrain truck mounted all terrain grove yardboss industrial cranes and shuttlelift carry deck cranes . grove began producing cranes in 1947 in shady grove pa . potain at reed exhibitions event batimat potain cranes tower cranes and self erecting tower cranes . founded in la clayette france in 1928 . national crane telescoping boom trucks articulating line was discontinued at the end of 2008 . founded in waverly nebraska in 1963 and all production of national crane boom trucks moved to shady grove pa . after the acquisition by manitowoc . manitowoc crane care customer service branch established in 2000 . crane care operates in 15 countries at 22 locations . foodservice division edit manitowoc foodservice is a sub division of the manitowoc company that produces ice machines and refrigeration equipment for businesses . in 2008 the company acquired enodis plc a uk based supplier of restaurant equipment including fryers ovens and ice machines . manitowoc foodservice announced that they would be selling off the ice division of enodis and the sale of that division has been completed . 4 on march 4 2016 the manitowoc company completed a one for one common share split and created manitowoc foodservices . as of march 7 2016 the newly created company began standard stock offerings on the nyse under the symbol mfs 5 the newly formed company is under the leadership of former manitowoc company executive hubertus m. muehlhaeuser who currently has eight direct reports are the current executives . 6 they are supported by a seven member board of directors which includes mr. muehlhaeuser . 7 manitowoc foodservices consists of twenty three global brands which include twelve holding either 1 or 2 position in their respected global markets . 8 marine division edit manitowoc marine is a subdivision of the manitowoc company which builds and repairs commercial and military ships at yards in marinette wisconsin sturgeon bay wisconsin and cleveland ohio . the marinette shipyard marinette marine built the first freedom class littoral combat ship for the united states navy and the united states coast guard cutter mackinaw . in august 2008 manitowoc marine division repaired the ss badger . the ss badger is like the car ferries that were built by manitowoc company before they built 28 submarines for the defense department during world war ii . citation needed it also repaired a ferry from new york . citation needed the manitowoc company announced in august 2008 a proposal to sell the marine division to italian shipbuilder fincantieri . 9 the sale closed on december 31 2008 . 10 corporate governance edit board of directors 2016 11 roy v. armes chairman president & chief executive officer cooper tire & rubber company dino j. bianco former executive vice president kraft foods group inc. robert g. bohn retired chairman & ceo oshkosh corporation joan k. chow executive vice president & chief marketing officer conagra foods inc. donald m. condon jr. president idsm distribution services inc. cynthia m. egnotovich retired president customer service aerospace systems united technologies corporation kenneth w. krueger interim chairman president and ceo the manitowoc company inc. jesse a. lynn general counsel icahn enterprises l.p. keith d. nosbusch chairman rockwell automation inc. senior management 2016 12 kenneth w. krueger interim chairman president and ceo the manitowoc company inc. carl j. laurino senior vice president and cfo . maurice d. jones senior vice president general counsel and secretary thomas g. musial senior vice president human resources & administration therese houlahan corporate treasurer eric p. etchart senior vice president of business development the manitowoc company inc. barry l. pennypacker president and chief executive officer manitowoc cranes inc. lawrence j. weyers executive vice president manitowoc cranes inc. financial information edit year net sales in millions operating earnings in millions number of shareholders number of employees 1999 13 680.0 59.5 2 746 3 202 2000 14 737.0 55.8 2 787 4 405 2001 15 984.0 44.4 2 719 6 124 2002 16 1 253.0 39.0 2 746 7 766 2003 17 1 468.0 8.6 2 804 7 700 2004 18 1 845.0 38.1 2 726 7 600 2005 19 2 254.0 59.1 8 000 2006 20 2 933.0 166.5 9 500 2007 21 4 005.0 333.6 2 520 10 500 2008 22 4 503 519.8 639.8 10 500 2009 23 4 005.0 333.6 2 520 10 500 2010 24 4 005.0 333.6 2 520 10 500 2011 25 4 005.0 333.6 2 520 10 500 2012 26 4 005.0 333.6 2 520 10 500 2013 27 4 005.0 333.6 2 520 10 500 2014 28 4 005.0 333.6 2 520 10 500 2015 29 tbd tbd tbd tbd see also edit uss potomac ag 25 references edit business journal of milwaukee . manitowoc closes on sale of marine unit . 02 january 2009 lenton h. t. american submarines doubleday 1973 pp. 72 74 76 & 94 . manitowoc wind power crane . alternative energy . 2007 05 15 . retrieved 2008 09 07 . barrett rick july 1 2008 . manitowoc co. wins enodis . journal sentinel . retrieved 22 may 2014 . http www.forbes.com sites joecornell 2016 03 08 manitowoc mtw spins manitowoc foodservice mfs 20b36d48644b http 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