# Modine Manufacturing

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**Modine Manufacturing** is a thermal management company established in 1916 in the United States.[1][2] The company started as Modine Manufacturing Company by Arthur B Modine who patented the Spirex radiator for tractors. The Modine company manufactured the [Turbotube](/source/Turbotube) radiator for [Ford Model T](/source/Ford_Model_T) cars.[3] The company built the world's first vehicular wind tunnel in [Racine, Wisconsin](/source/Racine,_Wisconsin) in 1941.[3] During WWII, Modine manufactured [aftercoolers](/source/Intercooler) for the [P-51 Mustang fighter plane](/source/North_American_P-51_Mustang).[3] After WWII, Modine introduced the [Airditioner](/source/Airditioner) [HVAC](/source/HVAC) unit for both residential and non-residential applications.[3] The company expanded with a European operation, Modine Schnappling Europe, in 1990 and in 1993 acquired Längerer & Reich, a German [heat transfer](/source/Heat_transfer) company founded in 1913.[4] Today, the company employs around 11,000 people.[5]

## Superfund Site

Modine Mfg Co is a [superfund](/source/Superfund) site located at 2047 Ireland Grove Rd, Bloomington, IL 61701 By the US [Environmental Protection Agency](/source/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency) (EPA). This Modine location manufactured tractor radiators and oil coolers and is now closed. Modine Mfg Co is currently registered as an Archived superfund site by the EPA and does not require any clean up action or further investigation at this time.[6]

## References

1. "Modine Manufacturing Radiates Success". *The Milwaukee Journal*. January 10, 1988.

1. ["About Modine"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203062435/http://www.modine.com/web/about-modine.htm). *modine.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.modine.com/web/about-modine.htm) on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-15.

1. ["Modine Commercial & Industrial Applied Product Line Catalog"](https://www.modinehvac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/75-137.11_General_Catalog_Applied_Products.pdf). *Modine*. August 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

1. ["History"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203060937/http://www.modine.com/web/about-modine/history.htm). *modine.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.modine.com/web/about-modine/history.htm) on 2013-12-03.

1. ["Modine"](https://www.owler.com/company/modine). *Owler.com*

1. ["Modine Mfg Co in Bloomington, IL | Homefacts"](https://www.homefacts.com/environmentalhazards/Illinois/Mclean-County/Bloomington/Superfund-Modine-Mfg-Co-Ild001780279.html). *www.homefacts.com*

## External links

[Official website](http://www.modine.com)

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