Company Profile
Fairbanks Morse Engine
Company Overview
Fairbanks Morse Engine, based in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA, is a worldwide leader in engine technology and manufacturing. Since the company's founding in the 1870s, Fairbanks Morse Engine has produced a wide variety of products, including the Eclipse Windmill, the Train Master locomotive, and the first commercially successful gasoline engine in 1893.
Today, the core business goal of Fairbanks Morse Engine is to provide its customers with the highest quality diesel engines and generator sets, dual-fuel engine generator sets, and OEM parts and to back them all with world-class field service support. Primary markets include stationary power generation and marine propulsion.
Using the latest modeling software, we produce 3D models of our equipment to facilitate and optimize customer design. Our manufacturing operation is focused on lean design methodology and practices. Phase kitting, manufacturing, and assembly permit us to put priority on customer demands.
Our testing capability allows us to perform tests to stringent specifications. We recently completed a 500-hour qualification test to Navy specifications on the largest medium speed diesel engine manufactured in the U.S.A.
Company History
The acquisition of the Eclipse Windmill Co. and the Williams Engine Works in 1885 was the start of Fairbanks Morse Engine. Over the years, Fairbanks Morse Engine has manufactured a wide array of products including radios, washing machines, power mowers, water heaters, water softeners, air conditioners, and storage batteries. Fairbanks Morse Engine was the first company to successfully market a gasoline engine in the United States in 1893. Today, our focus is to manufacture diesel and dual-fuel engines and to provide outstanding aftermarket product support. Our heritage is rich with technology innovations and an extensive line of efficient, long-life engine designs. The Opposed Piston engine was developed in the mid-1930s and was initially used to power submarines and locomotives. Because of the outstanding reliability derived from the design, Opposed Piston engines are still in service on U.S. Navy ships, in electric power plants, and in numerous mechanical drive applications.
Today, Fairbanks Morse Engine is the premiere manufacturer of innovative diesel and dual-fuel engines for marine and stationary power applications. Fairbanks Morse Engine's environmentally friendly Enviro-Design®, FM/ALCO, Colt-Pielstick, and FM MAN engines provide excellent fuel consumption with low emissions and are positioned to meet future emissions requirements in the coming years.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
September 2011 - Fairbanks Morse Engine (FME), an EnPro Industries company, announced the successful installation of an Enviro Design® exhaust treatment system at the municipal power plant in Two Harbors, Minnesota. The system ensures the plant will be in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency's recent RICE NESHAP emissions regulations.
In January 2011, Fairbanks Morse Engine, an EnPro Industries (NYSE: NPO) company, announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply two Fairbanks Morse Colt-Pielstick 16- cylinder PA6B STC propulsion diesel engines for the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. The award follows the Navy's recent decision to purchase ten additional LCS ships designed by Lockheed Martin Corp. and constructed by Wisconsin shipbuilder Marinette Marine Corporation.
Benefits
Fairbanks Morse Engine offers significant career development opportunities as well as salary and benefits packages including health and life insurance, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, vacation, and 13 paid holidays including a Christmas holiday shutdown.