Company and Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Company and Basis of Presentation	Company and Basis of Presentation Company The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (referred to as the company, MTW, and Manitowoc) was founded in 1902. Manitowoc is a multi-industry, capital goods manufacturer operating in two principal markets: Cranes and Related Products (Crane) and Foodservice Equipment (Foodservice). Crane is recognized as one of the world’s leading providers of engineered lifting equipment for the global construction industry, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, and boom trucks. Foodservice is one of the world’s leading innovators and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment serving the ice, beverage, refrigeration, food-preparation, and cooking needs of restaurants, convenience stores, hotels, healthcare, and institutional applications. The company has over a 110-year tradition of providing high-quality, customer-focused products and support services to its markets. The company’s Crane business is a global provider of engineered lift solutions, offering one of the broadest product lines of lifting equipment in our industry. Manitowoc designs, manufactures, markets, and supports a comprehensive line of lattice boom crawler cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, and boom trucks. The company’s Crane products are principally marketed under the Manitowoc, Grove, Potain, National, Shuttlelift, and Manitowoc Crane Care brand names and are used in a wide variety of applications, including energy and utilities, petrochemical and industrial projects, infrastructure development such as road, bridge and airport construction, and commercial and high-rise residential construction. The company’s Foodservice business is among the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment. Manitowoc’s Foodservice capabilities span refrigeration, ice-making, cooking, holding, food-preparation, and beverage-dispensing technologies, and allow it to be able to equip entire commercial kitchens and serve the world’s growing demand for food prepared away from home. The company’s Foodservice products are marketed under the following brands: Cleveland, Convotherm, Dean, Delfield, Fabristeel, Frymaster, Garland, Inducs, Kolpak, Koolaire, Lincoln, Manitowoc Beverage Systems, Manitowoc Ice, Merco, Merrychef, Moorwood Vulcan, Multiplex, RDI Systems, Servend, TRUpour, U.S. Range, and Welbilt, and all are supported by Manitowoc KitchenCare. On January 29, 2015, Manitowoc announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to pursue a separation of the company’s Crane and Foodservice businesses into two independent, publicly-traded companies. The company currently anticipates effecting the separation through a tax-free spin-off (the “Spin-Off”) of the Foodservice business and expects the Spin-Off to be completed on March 4, 2016. Subsequent to the separation, the historical results of our Foodservice business will be presented as discontinued operations. On December 7, 2015, we announced the completion of the sale of a non-material foodservice subsidiary, Kysor Panel Systems, a manufacturer of wood frame and high-density rail panel systems for walk-in freezers and coolers for the retail and convenience-store markets, to an affiliate of D Cubed Group LLC. The sale price for the transaction was approximately $85 million, with cash proceeds received of approximately $78 million. In December 2015, we used the proceeds from the sale to reduce outstanding debt under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility. This divestiture does not qualify for discontinued operations; therefore the results of the business are included the operating results from continuing operations. During the fourth quarter of 2013, the company agreed to sell its 50% interest in Manitowoc Dong Yue Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Manitowoc Dong Yue” or the “joint venture”), a consolidated entity, which produces mobile and truck-mounted hydraulic cranes in China, to its joint venture partner, Tai’an Taishan Heavy Industry Investment Co., Ltd., for a nominal amount. Consequently, the joint venture has been classified as discontinued operations in the company’s financial statements. The transaction subsequently closed on January 21, 2014. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations,” for further details of this transaction. During the fourth quarter of 2012, the company decided to divest its warewashing equipment business, which operated under the brand name Jackson, and classified this business as discontinued operations in the company’s financial statements. On January 28, 2013, the company sold the Jackson warewashing equipment business to Hoshizaki USA Holdings, Inc. for approximately $39.2 million, including post-closing adjustments. Net proceeds were used to reduce ratably the then-outstanding balances of Term Loans A and B. The results of these operations have been classified as discontinued operations. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations,” for further details of this transaction. Basis of Presentation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Company and Basis of Presentation

Company The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (referred to as the company, MTW, and Manitowoc) was founded in 1902. Manitowoc is a multi-industry, capital goods manufacturer operating in two principal markets: Cranes and Related Products (Crane) and Foodservice Equipment (Foodservice). Crane is recognized as one of the world’s leading providers of engineered lifting equipment for the global construction industry, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, and boom trucks. Foodservice is one of the world’s leading innovators and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment serving the ice, beverage, refrigeration, food-preparation, and cooking needs of restaurants, convenience stores, hotels, healthcare, and institutional applications. The company has over a 110-year tradition of providing high-quality, customer-focused products and support services to its markets.

The company’s Crane business is a global provider of engineered lift solutions, offering one of the broadest product lines of lifting equipment in our industry. Manitowoc designs, manufactures, markets, and supports a comprehensive line of lattice boom crawler cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes, and boom trucks. The company’s Crane products are principally marketed under the Manitowoc, Grove, Potain, National, Shuttlelift, and Manitowoc Crane Care brand names and are used in a wide variety of applications, including energy and utilities, petrochemical and industrial projects, infrastructure development such as road, bridge and airport construction, and commercial and high-rise residential construction.

The company’s Foodservice business is among the world’s leading designers and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment. Manitowoc’s Foodservice capabilities span refrigeration, ice-making, cooking, holding, food-preparation, and beverage-dispensing technologies, and allow it to be able to equip entire commercial kitchens and serve the world’s growing demand for food prepared away from home. The company’s Foodservice products are marketed under the following brands: Cleveland, Convotherm, Dean, Delfield, Fabristeel, Frymaster, Garland, Inducs, Kolpak, Koolaire, Lincoln, Manitowoc Beverage Systems, Manitowoc Ice, Merco, Merrychef, Moorwood Vulcan, Multiplex, RDI Systems, Servend, TRUpour, U.S. Range, and Welbilt, and all are supported by Manitowoc KitchenCare.

On January 29, 2015, Manitowoc announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to pursue a separation of the company’s Crane and Foodservice businesses into two independent, publicly-traded companies. The company currently anticipates effecting the separation through a tax-free spin-off (the “Spin-Off”) of the Foodservice business and expects the Spin-Off to be completed on March 4, 2016. Subsequent to the separation, the historical results of our Foodservice business will be presented as discontinued operations.

On December 7, 2015, we announced the completion of the sale of a non-material foodservice subsidiary, Kysor Panel Systems, a manufacturer of wood frame and high-density rail panel systems for walk-in freezers and coolers for the retail and convenience-store markets, to an affiliate of D Cubed Group LLC. The sale price for the transaction was approximately $85 million, with cash proceeds received of approximately $78 million. In December 2015, we used the proceeds from the sale to reduce outstanding debt under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility. This divestiture does not qualify for discontinued operations; therefore the results of the business are included the operating results from continuing operations.

During the fourth quarter of 2013, the company agreed to sell its 50% interest in Manitowoc Dong Yue Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. (“Manitowoc Dong Yue” or the “joint venture”), a consolidated entity, which produces mobile and truck-mounted hydraulic cranes in China, to its joint venture partner, Tai’an Taishan Heavy Industry Investment Co., Ltd., for a nominal amount. Consequently, the joint venture has been classified as discontinued operations in the company’s financial statements. The transaction subsequently closed on January 21, 2014. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations,” for further details of this transaction.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the company decided to divest its warewashing equipment business, which operated under the brand name Jackson, and classified this business as discontinued operations in the company’s financial statements. On January 28, 2013, the company sold the Jackson warewashing equipment business to Hoshizaki USA Holdings, Inc. for approximately $39.2 million, including post-closing adjustments. Net proceeds were used to reduce ratably the then-outstanding balances of Term Loans A and B. The results of these operations have been classified as discontinued operations. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations,” for further details of this transaction.

Basis of Presentation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.