Modine Manufacturing is a thermal management company established in 1916 in the United States. The company started as Modine Manufacturing Company by Arthur B Modine who patented the Spirex radiator for tractors. The Modine company manufactured the Turbotube radiator for

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cars. The company built the world's first vehicular wind tunnel in

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in 1941. During WWII, Modine manufactured aftercoolers for the P-51 Mustang fighter plane. After WWII, Modine introduced the Airditioner

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unit for both residential and non-residential applications. The company expanded with a European operation, Modine Schnappling Europe, in 1990 and in 1993 acquired Längerer & Reich, a German

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company founded in 1913. Today, the company employs around 11,000 people. Modine radiator

Superfund Site

Modine Mfg Co is a

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site located at 2047 Ireland Grove Rd, Bloomington, IL 61701 By the US

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(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.

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