Columbus McKinnon Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of material handling products and systems. The company is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently employs 3,478 full-time employees. Its key products include hoists, crane components, precision conveyor systems, rigging tools, light rail workstations and digital power and motion control systems. The firm focuses on commercial and industrial applications that require the safety and quality provided by its design and engineering know-how. Its products include a wide variety of 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, among others. Its target market verticals include manufacturing, transportation, energy and utilities, aerospace, and others.