Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand)
Type	Public
Founded	as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (1886)
Location	Monroeville, PA
Key people	George Westinghouse, Founder
Industry	Electronics
Products
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Website	www.westinghouse.com
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George Westinghouse had previously founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Westinghouse Electric received the rights for the first patent for alternating-current transmission, from Nikola Tesla, and unveiled the technology for lighting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The company pioneered long-distance power transmission and high-voltage transmission. In addition to George Westinghouse, engineers working for the company include William Stanley, Nikola Tesla and Oliver Schallenberger. It was historically the rival to General Electric. The air brake was invented by George Westinghouse of New York State in 1868. ... city lights viewed in a motion blurred exposure. ... Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – c. ... Great Barrington is a mountain town located in rural Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ... William Stanley, Jr. ... Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – c. ... The General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ...

Timeline of company evolution

• 1889 - renames itself the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
• 1899 - founds British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
• 1914 - acquires Copeman Electric Stove Company and enters the home appliance market, (sold in 1974 to White Consolidated Industries)
• 1916 - share of British Westinghouse purchased by a British holding company, which becomes Metropolitan-Vickers
• 1920s - enters the broadcasting industry, with stations like KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 1930s - enters the nuclear age with an industrial atom smasher.
• 1940s - enters aviation with airborne radar (defense electronics sold 1996) and ground based airport lighting.
• 1945 - renames itself the Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
• 1950s - entered consumer finance with Westinghouse Credit Corporation
• 1960s - acquires ThermoKing, begins automated mass transit (sold 1988)
• 1980s - acquires cable television operator TelePrompter (sold 1985) and robot maker Unimation
• 1994 - sells electric power distribution and control business unit to Eaton Corporation for $1 billion
• 1995 - buys CBS
• 1996 - buys Infinity Broadcasting
• 1997 - sells most non-broadcast operations; renames itself CBS Corporation
• 1998 - sells remaining manufacturing asset, its nuclear business, to BNFL which renames the division Westinghouse Electric Company; now known as CBS Corporation, creates new subsidiary company called Westinghouse Electric Corporation to manage the Westinghouse brand
• 1999 - sold to Viacom, Inc.

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See also

• Westinghouse Works, 1904