The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Crown Equipment: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
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Regional ecosystem
Crown Equipment is one of 29 verified robotics companies in Ohio →
Key facts
HQ
Focus
Technology
Ownership
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Crown Equipment has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1109 total
Most recent
Crown Equipment on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Jim Dicke III Presidentsecondary-verified
- James F. Dicke II Chairman and CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Carl H Dickeno longer at company
- Allen A Dickeno longer at company
Former / Previously (2)
- Carl H Dicke Foundersecondary-verified
- Allen A Dicke Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Crown Equipment.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Crown Equipment in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Crown Equipment has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1109 total
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Crown Equipment.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Crown Equipment from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Top 10 Forklift Manufacturers: C-Suite Fleet TCO Guide - Kings Research
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India Autonomous Mobile Robots Market Size & Outlook, 2033 - Grand View Research
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When to call the forklift “doctor” - DC Velocity
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Cedarville Engineering Students Partner With Crown Equipment - Cedarville University
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Crown Equipment’s LiDAR-Based ProximityAssist System Reinforces Operator Training - Supply & Demand Chain Executive
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Crown Equipment celebrates 80 years of customer focus - Modern Materials Handling
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Top 20 lift truck suppliers 2024 - Modern Materials Handling
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Autonomous Forklift Market Latest Overview and Forecast - Insightace Analytic
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How to get your DC ready for driverless forklifts - DC Velocity
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DHL SUPPLY CHAIN DEPLOYS ITS FIRST AUTONOMOUS FORKLIFTS IN NORTH AMERICA - DHL
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Patent Pending: Automating goods-to-person picking from warehouse floor to ceiling - Supply Chain Dive
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E-commerce’s Surprise Winner: Little-Known Crown Equipment Supplies Forklifts To Amazon, Target, Home Depot - Forbes
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/crown-equipment.md
- RSS feed: /companies/crown-equipment/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/61c3b26b-2697-47fa-9e73-d4c7971995b8
- Revision history: /companies/crown-equipment/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Crown Equipment draws attention at the 21st percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 20, 2026