Manitowoc

THE MANITOWOC COMPANY CONTROLLING ITS DESTINY T he Manitowoc Company, a leading global manufacturer of cranes and lift solutions, began in 1902 as the Manitowoc Dry Dock Com- pany, a constructor and repairer of wooden ships on the shores of Lake Michigan. Two years later, its founders, Charles C.West and Elias Gunnell, began to build steel ships, mainly ferries and ore haulers, and in 1910, the company was renamed the Manito- woc Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. In 1925, it began building cranes on con-