NEW BREMEN, Ohio (June 4, 2020) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, is using this month’s National Forklift Safety Day, sponsored by the Industrial Truck Association (ITA), to emphasize the importance of taking a holistic approach to safety that brings a consistent focus on safety management and stresses the important role everyone plays in a safer work environment.

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NEW BREMEN, Ohio (May 19, 2020) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, today launched the updated Crown C-G Series of internal combustion (IC) cushion tire LPG counterbalance forklifts, with capacity ranging from 8,000 to 12,000 pounds. The enhanced features and design of the C-G Series deliver robust lifting and agile maneuverability – even in applications with limited space – including manufacturing, warehousing, rail and freight, paper manufacturing and storage, and steel coil operations.

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During this critical time, it is vitally important that supply chains have the necessary equipment and resources to continue to function. Crown is committed to providing our full support to help get essential supplies to where they’re needed most—to hospitals, to grocery stores and to the communities at large in which we, our customers and our families work and live. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (March 24, 2020) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, is updating their stacker lineup with the new small footprint M 3000-20 walkie straddle stacker. The M 3000-20 delivers better visibility, productivity and maneuverability for stacking, moving and managing product in retail, small warehouses and other businesses needing to optimize their space. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (March 10, 2020) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, today introduced a new line of small footprint LPG lift trucks – the C-G Series Cushion Tire 3,000-4,000 lb. – designed for easy maneuvering and operator comfort in manufacturing, warehouse and beverage operations with limited space. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (February 27, 2020) – Brothers, Carl H. Dicke and Allen A. Dicke, founded Crown Equipment Corporation in New Bremen, Ohio, in 1945 with an unwavering commitment to customer service. Seventy-five years later, Crown is a widely-recognized, global material handling equipment manufacturer and technology provider with more than 16,100 employees worldwide serving many of the world’s most recognizable brands and category leaders. read more »»

Great Lakes Foods is a wholesale grocery distributor serving Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. Its 300,000 square foot warehouse delivers dry, refrigerated and frozen goods to up to 70 grocery stores daily. It uses lift trucks in every phase of its operations, including PE Series double and single pallet trucks and RR Series reach trucks in its warehouse, as well as WP Series pallet jacks on each delivery truck for drivers to utilize on deliveries. Much of the company’s business depends on reliable lift trucks to move groceries, and getting dependable machines quickly as its business needs change is imperative to its operations.

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NEW BREMEN, Ohio (February 6, 2020) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest material handling companies, today introduced a diesel option to the groundbreaking Crown C-5 Series. Crown launched the series in 2009 as the company’s first internal combustion line of industrial pneumatic and cushion tire forklifts. read more »»