Crane businesses sell many products that help our customers to minimize environmental impact of their activities. Just a few examples follow:

• Crane Environmental, a unit of the Controls group, manufactures reverse osmosis units that purify and allow recycling of water in industrial processes and sells dearators which reduce corrosion, recover heat and save energy.
• Crane Merchandising Systems is providing wireless monitoring systems to vending machine operators to enable them to determine what vending machines need restocking. Some 25% of the trucks currently used by vending route operators can be eliminated when all monitoring is done wirelessly.
• The Valve Watch program of Crane Valve Services protects the environment from spills at offshore oil rigs.
• All Crane Merchandising Systems glass front BevMax 2 and BevMax 3 machines are Energy Star compliant.
• Many of Crane Aerospace’s products are aimed at reducing aircraft weight, which results in reduced fuel usage.
• Crane Electronics’ lithium ion battery backup for flight controls reduces weight and fuel usage in aircraft.
• Some vending machines sold by Crane Merchandising Systems have light shut off features for hours they are not in use.A hinged remote repair clamp sold by Crane Building Services & Utilities reduces water waste in pipe repair and reduces excavation spills and minimizes traffic disruption and pollution.