In year 2005 TOWIMOR celebrated 100 years of its history. The company history and development started in 1905, when the factory was founded by Torun Inland Water Authorities as a repair workshops for small river vessels. Since then, the Company was continuously connected with shipbuilding industry, and even bad times of wars did not inter-rupt activities of the Company. Based on own designs series production of deck equipment for sea-going ships has been started since year 1967. Today Towimor SA employs 470 people and is a renown supplier of modern marine and offshore equpment. The company has produced more than 15 000 winches of various type and destination, and more than 1000 cranes, which were installed on board of more than 3000 ships of many flags.