Columbus McKinnon Corp. CMCO

What this company does

The company designs, manufactures, and distributes a broad range of material handling products, including electric, air-powered, lever, and hand hoists, hoist trolleys, explosion-protected hoists, winches, and aluminum work stations; alloy and carbon steel chain; forged attachments such as hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, and load binders; mechanical and electromechanical actuators and rotary unions; below-the-hook special purpose lifters; and power and motion control systems. Its products are typically manufactured for stock or assembled to order from standard components and are sold primarily through commercial distributors and, to a lesser extent, directly to end-users. Of its fiscal 2026 sales, $668,333,000, or 56%, were in the U.S. and $525,118,000, or 44%, were non-U.S. Hoists accounted for 48% of net sales in fiscal 2026, compared with 50% in fiscal 2025. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, its global footprint includes offices, warehouses and manufacturing facilities in 35 countries, and as of March 31, 2026, it had approximately 7,300 employees globally. Columbus McKinnon Corporation was founded in 1875.

Written from the business description in COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 8 June 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.