Crane Co.

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Crane Co. headquarters in Stamford
Crane Co. headquarters in Stamford

The Crane Company NYSE: CR is an American industrial products company based in Stamford, Connecticut. Founded as Crane Brass & Bell Foundry in 1855, by Richard Teller Crane, the company is best known to the consumer public as a large manufacturer of vending machines. Their famous National brand includes glassfront vending machines and cold food 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. The company also engineers and manufactures industrial equipment. Among the industries that the company serves 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.

[edit] Products

  • Controls (diagnostic, measurement, and control devices)
  • Industrial:
    • Aerospace components (sensing and control systems)
    • Engineered materials (plumbing supplies and lined-piping products)
    • Fluid handling equipment (valves and pumps)
  • Merchandising systems (vending machines)

[edit] Subsidiaries

  • Crane Aerospace
    • Burbank (Hydro-Aire and P. L. Porter)
    • Elyria (Lear Romec)
    • Lynnwood (Eldec)
  • Crane Composites
    • Florence, Kentucky (Lasco)
    • Grand Junction (Sequentia)
    • Joliet, Illinois (Kemlite)
    • Jonesboro (Kemlite)
    • Polyflon
  • Crane Electronics
    • Albuquerque (General Technology Corporation)
    • Beverly (Signal Technology)
    • Chandler (Signal Technology)
    • Fort Walton Beach (Keltec)
    • Redmond (Interpoint)
    • Taiwan (Interpoint)
  • Controls
    • Azonix
    • Barksdale
    • Crane Environmental
    • Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Dynalco)
    • WMS
  • Fluid Handling
    • 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.

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