Number of employees 800 Type of business Privately held company | Founded 1964 | |
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Industry Key people Paul T. Swanson, Steve Sangalli Products hydraulic pumps, chrome plating, friction welding, laser welding, longwall mine shield refurbishment, cylinder manufacturing, cylinder repair, industrial supplies, motors and valves Website www.SwansonIndustries.com Subsidiaries CWS Company, RN Motion Technologies, LLC, Waratah Engineering Pty Ltd Profiles | ||
Swanson Industries, Inc. is an American company that manufactures, remanufactures and repairs hydraulic cylinders for the mining and industrial industries. It is also a producer of hydraulic, drilling and mining products and mechanical parts. It was officially incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Morgantown, WV.
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Other manufacturing sites are located in Pennsylvania, Utah, Wyoming, Ohio, Australia and China.
History
Founded in 1964 as Swanson Plating Company, and later known as CWS Company, it was not until under new ownership in 1999 that the company was renamed to Swanson Industries, Inc. The new ownership felt the name change was necessary after merging with companies Morgantown Machine & Hydraulics, Laser Processing Company and Morgantown Technical Services (MTS). MTS, for example, provides rebuild services for longwall shield in the coal industry. Swanson Industries has entered the industry of hydraulic, machining and plating services.
In 2006, Swanson Industries, Inc. added hydraulic cylinder manufacturing to its services, going from repair of hydraulic cylinders used in deep mining to remanufacture to manufacturing.
Swanson Industries International
Swanson Industries, Inc.'s relationship with international corporation Caterpillar Inc. is an example of their global expansion. Furthermore, Swanson Industries, Inc. developed a relationship with a hydraulic cylinder manufacturer in China with the help of The Center for Chinese Business at West Virginia University. The company partnered with a privately owned Shanghai company for shipping of necessary hydraulic equipment.