Twin Disc

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.

Twin Disc, Inc.
TypePublic
NASDAQ: TWIN
Russell 2000 Component
FounderP.H. Batten
HeadquartersNivelles, Belgium, ,
Key people
John H. Batten (President, Chief Executive Officer)
David B. Rayburn (Chairman) [1]
Websitehttp://www.twindisc.com/

United Kingdom

Twin Disc torque converters (formerly made under licence in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce) were fitted to the British Rail Class 125[3] diesel multiple units and some export diesel locomotives, e.g. NZR TR class.

References

  1. http://ir.twindisc.com/directors.cfm
  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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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