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A privately held, family-owned U.S. company, Crown Equipment Corporation is the fifth largest〔"Modern Materials Handling Top 20 Lift Truck Suppliers," August 2013. http://www.mmh.com/article/top_20_lift_truck_suppliers_2013〕 manufacturer of powered industrial forklift trucks in the world. Crown had $2.5 billion in worldwide sales revenue for fiscal year 2014. Crown has appeared at least ten times on Forbes’ list of the largest private companies in the United States. In 2014, the company ranked 188th on that list.〔Murphy, Andrea, “America's Largest Private Companies,” Forbes, October, 2014. http://www.forbes.com/companies/crown-equipment//〕 Based in the small community of New Bremen, Ohio, Crown got its start manufacturing first temperature controls for coal-burning furnaces and then television antenna rotators. It diversified in several directions before finding its niche in the material handling industry. Its lift trucks are used in a variety of applications, such as transporting goods through the narrow aisles of warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities. Corporate headquarters: New Bremen, Ohio, USA. Additional corporate offices in Munich, Germany; Sydney, Australia; and Suzhou, China. Number of employees: 12,000 worldwide. Estimated sales revenue: $2.5 billion in 2014. Incorporated: 1945 as Crown Controls Corp. became Crown Equipment Corporation October 15, 1988. ==Leadership== Carl and Allen Dicke and Carl’s son Jim Dicke founded Crown Controls in 1945. In 1952, when Carl died, 31-year-old Jim Dicke became president. Jim Dicke II was president from 1980 to 2002 and is the current CEO. Jim Dicke III is Crown’s current president. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crown Equipment Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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