Twin Disc, Inc.
TypePublic
Nasdaq: TWIN
Russell 2000 Component
FounderP.H. Batten
Headquarters
Racine, Wisconsin
,
United States
Key people
John H. Batten (President, Chief Executive Officer)
David B. Rayburn (Chairman) [1]
Websitehttp://www.twindisc.com/

Twin Disc, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes power transmission equipment for a wide range of applications, including marine, off-road vehicle and industrial. The company was founded in 1918 to manufacture clutches for farm tractors.[2] It is now a worldwide company with subsidiaries or sales offices in Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America.

United Kingdom

Twin Disc torque converters (formerly made under licence in the United Kingdom which became their only European Division known as the British Twin Disc Company Limited of Stroud in Rochester Kent who specialized in agricultural tractors, forestry skidders and forklift trucks. Later production moved to Rolls-Royce) these were fitted to the British Rail Class 125[3] diesel multiple units and some export diesel locomotives, e.g. NZR TR class.

References

  1. ↑ "TwinDisc - Financial Press Releases". Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Twin Disc History". Twin Disc.
  3. ↑ Haresnape, Brian (1985). British Rail Fleet Survey 8: Diesel Multiple-Units - The First Generation. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 55. ISBN 0-7110-1495-7.


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