Whiting Corporation, located near Chicago, Illinois, is a major manufacturer of heavy-duty overhead cranes and railcar maintenance equipment.  

Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility encompasses 197,000 square feet, housing the Whiting corporate offices, as well as almost 170,000 square feet devoted to manufacturing.  Our facility is a fully-equipped, integrated manufacturing facility with a complete machine shop for material preparation, fabrication, machining and component assembly and testing.  We are ISO-9001 certified and we are a proud U.S. manufacturer.

Our building also houses the headquarters and a regional office for Whiting Services, Inc., which specializes in the maintenance and inspection of not only Whiting overhead cranes and railcar maintenance equipment, but of similar equipment made by other manufacturers as well.  For all the products Whiting manufactures, and for all other brands of similar equipment, Whiting and Whiting Services provide complete engineering, sales, support, parts and maintenance and inspection services to our customers along every step of the way.

Whiting is an expert in the design and manufacture of nuclear reactor servicing cranes, designed for handling critical loads.  Whiting was the first overhead crane manufacturer in the world to obtain the QS-9000 TE supplement and we maintain Nuclear Quality Programs in compliance with several industry guidelines.  Three out of every four nuclear power generating plants in the United States has at least one Whiting crane - a testament to our knowledge and capabilities within the nuclear industry.