Twin Disc

Twin Disc, Inc.
Type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: TWIN; Russell 2000 Component
Founder	P.H. Batten
Headquarters	Nivelles, Belgium, Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Key people	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 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 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[]

^ http://ir.twindisc.com/directors.cfm^{[dead link]}
^ "Twin Disc History". Twin Disc.
^ 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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[1] ttp://ir.twindisc.com/directors.cfm^{[dead link]}

[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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