Columbus McKinnon Corporation

Columbus McKinnon Corporation is a global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of intelligent motion solutions for material handling. Founded in 1875, the company's core mission is to create intelligent motion solutions that advance the world and improve lives by efficiently and ergonomically moving, lifting, positioning, and securing materials. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Columbus McKinnon operates with a global footprint that includes offices and manufacturing facilities across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services, including hoists (manual, electric, air, and battery-powered), crane components, precision conveyor systems, rigging tools, light rail workstations, actuators, and digital power and motion control systems. Its diverse brand family includes well-known names such as CM, STAHL CraneSystems, Yale, Magnetek, Dorner, and Duff-Norton. Columbus McKinnon serves a broad range of business-to-business (B2B) market segments, including industrial manufacturing, construction, energy, transportation, defense, aerospace, automotive, entertainment, food processing & beverage, metals production, mining, pharmaceutical, utilities, warehousing, and e-commerce.

Under the leadership of President and CEO David J. Wilson, appointed in June 2020, Columbus McKinnon has been strategically transforming into a provider of intelligent motion and automation solutions, emphasizing software, sensing, and data integration for automated supply chains. A significant recent development includes the completion of the acquisition of Kito Crosby in February 2026, a transaction valued at approximately $2.7 billion, which aims to create a larger global lifting-solutions platform. Concurrently, the company divested its U.S. power chain hoist and chain manufacturing operations for $210 million. Columbus McKinnon has received recognition as one of America's Greatest Companies by Newsweek, one of America's Best Mid-Size Companies by TIME, and one of America's Best Employers for Engineers by Forbes.