Company
Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO) is a global leader in designing, manufacturing, and distributing sophisticated motion solutions. These innovative systems are engineered to facilitate the ergonomic and secure movement, lifting, positioning, and securing of materials across various industries worldwide. The company's extensive product portfolio includes a diverse range of hoists, such as electric, air-powered, manual lever, and hand models, alongside specialized explosion-protected and custom-engineered options, hoist trolleys, and winches. CMCO also provides comprehensive crane systems, which feature individual components, complete kits, enclosed track rail systems, mobile and jib cranes, and essential fall protection equipment, in addition to broader material handling solutions. Their rigging equipment offerings are robust, encompassing below-the-hook lifting devices, shackles, chains and their accessories, forestry and hand tools, lifting slings, lashing systems, and load binders with tie-downs. Furthermore, CMCO produces rotary unions, swivel joints, and a full spectrum of mechanical and electromechanical actuators. In the realm of advanced power and motion technology, their products include AC motor controls, line regenerative systems, automation and diagnostic tools, various brakes, cable and festoon systems, collision avoidance technology, conductor bar systems, DC motor and magnet control systems, elevator drives, inverter duty motors, mining drives, pendant pushbutton stations, radio controls, and wind inverters. They also supply power delivery subsystems, overhead aluminum light rail workstations, and a wide array of conveyor systems, such as low-profile, flexible chain, large-scale, sanitary, vertical elevation, pallet system, and accumulation solutions. CMCO's offerings serve a broad spectrum of market sectors globally, including general manufacturing, transportation, energy and utilities, process industries, industrial automation, construction and infrastructure, food and beverage, entertainment, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, and the e-commerce/supply chain/warehousing logistics domains. The company distributes its products through a multifaceted sales approach, reaching end-users directly as well as through a robust network of distributors, independent crane builders, material handling specialists and integrators, government agencies, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms. Established in 1875, Columbus McKinnon Corporation's corporate headquarters are located in Buffalo, New York.
