Public | |
Traded as | NASDAQ: TWIN |
Founder | P.H. Batten |
Headquarters | Nivelles, Belgium, Racine, Wisconsin, United States |
Key people
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John H. Batten (President, Chief Executive Officer) David B. Rayburn (Chairman) |
Website | http://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 the 1920s to manufacture clutches for farm tractors. It is now a worldwide company with subsidiaries or sales offices in Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America.
Twin Disc torque converters (formerly made under licence in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce) were fitted to the British Rail Class 125diesel multiple units and some export diesel locomotives, e.g. NZR TR class.