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Westinghouse Associated Companies Timeline |
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1860’s ● Westinghouse Air Brake Company Founded (1869) 1870’s ● Westinghouse European Brake Company founded 1880’s ● Westinghouse Machine Company founded (1881) ● Union Switch & Signal founded (1881) ● Standard Underground Cable Company founded (1882) ● Westinghouse Electric Company founded (1886) ● Safety Appliance Company founded (1886) ● British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company founded (1889) ● Westinghouse Electric Company renamed the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (1889) ● Westinghouse Bremsen Gesellschaft founded ● Compagnie Des Freins Westinghouse founded ● Westinghouse Company (Schenectady) founded ● Philadelphia Company founded ● Consolidated Electric Light Company founded ● United Electric Light & Power Company founded ● Sawyer-Man Electric Company founded ● Fuel Gas and Electrical Engineering Company founded ● East Pittsburgh Improvement Company founded ● Westinghouse Electric Company, Limited founded ● Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company founded 1890’s ● Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company forms a Transportation Division (1894) ● Safety Appliance Company renamed Pittsburgh Meter Company (1895) ● Philadelphia Company acquires the Allegheny Light Company and Equitable Gas Company (1898 ● American Brake Company founded ● Westinghouse Brake Company, Limited founded ● Societe Anonyme Westinghouse (Russia) founded ● Emery Pneumatic Lubricator Company founded ● Westinghouse Foundry Company founded ● Bryant Electric Company founded ● Waterhouse Electric Company founded and acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company founded ● Standard Car Heating and Ventilating Company founded ● R.D. Nuttall Company founded and acquired by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● The Electro-Magnetic Traction Company founded and acquired by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● The Security Investment Company founded ● The Manhattan General Construction Company founded ● Westinghouse Glass Company founded ● World’s Fair Equipment Company founded ● French Westinghouse Electric Company founded ● Walker Electric Company founded 1900’s ● Pittsburgh Railways Company forms under the Philadelphia Company (1902) ● Cooper Hewitt Electric Company founded (1902) ● Westinghouse Lamp Company founded ● Westinghouse Patent Bureau founded ● Canadian Westinghouse Company, Limited founded ● Laurentide Mica Company, Limited founded ● Bergmann Electric Werke, A.G. founded ● Westinghouse Brake Company, Limited (Australasia) founded ● Westinghouse Automatic Air & Steam Coupler Company founded ● Westinghouse Traction Brake Company founded ● McKenzie-Holland & Westinghouse Power Signal Company, Limited founded ● Westinghouse Friction Draft Gear Company founded ● Compagnia Italiana Westinghouse Dei Freni founded ● Cie. Int. Pr. Le Chauf’Ge Des Chem’s De Fer Systeme Heintz, Limited founded ● United Pump & Power Company founded ● National Brake & Electric Company founded ● Milwaukee Locomotive Manufacturing Company founded ● Sawyer-Man Electric Company acquired by the Westinghouse Lamp Company ● Societe Anyonyme Pr. L’Exploitation Des Procedes Westinghouse Leblanc founded ● Societa Italiana Westinghouse founded ● Societe Anonyme Westinghouse (France) founded ● Trafford Real Estate Company founded ● Pittsburgh High Voltage Insulator Company founded ● United Electric Light & Power Company merges with Consolidated Gas to form Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company of Baltimore, which would later be renamed Baltimore Gas and Electric Company ● Bryant Electric Company is acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, where it operates as a subsidiary ● Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Nernst Lamp Company founded ● Trafford Water Company founded ● Clyde Valley Electric Power Company, Limited founded ● Traction and Power Securities Company founded ● Societe Anonyme Westinghouse founded ● Westinghouse Elektricitaets-Gesellschaft founded ● Westinghouse Metal Filament Lamp Company founded ● Societe Electrique Westinghouse De Russie founded ● Westinghouse Cooper Hewitt Company, Limited founded ● Societa Italiana Westinghouse founded ● Societe Hongroise D’Auto Systeme Westinghouse founded ● Westinghouse Metallfaden Gluhlampenfabrik Gesellschaft founded ● Westinghouse Interworks Railway Company founded ● National Brake and Electric Company founded 1910's ● Duquesne Light becomes a subsidiary of the Philadelphia Company (1912) ● Westinghouse Machine Company is acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (1915) ● Part of British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company is sold to a British holding company (1916) ● Union Switch & Signal becomes a subsidiary of Westinghouse Air Brake Company (1917) ● Two parts of the previously separated British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company are consolidated to form the Metropolitan-Vickers Company (1919) ● Westinghouse Airbrake Home Building Company founded (1919) ● General Electric purchases Cooper Hewitt Electric Company (1919) ● Westinghouse Pacific Coast Brake Company founded ● East Pittsburgh & Wilmerding Coal Company founded ● Locomotive Stoker Company founded ● Canadian Concrete Products Company founded ● National Steel Foundries founded ● Franklin Electric Manufacturing Company founded ● McCandless Lamp Company founded ● Westinghouse Electric International Company founded ● Westinghouse Electric Export Company founded and acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Westinghouse Foundry Company is acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Societe Anyonyme Pr. L’Exploitation Des Procedes Westinghouse Leblanc is acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Societa Italiana Westinghouse is acquired by the Metropolitan-Vickers Company ● Westinghouse Norsk Elektrisk Aktienseuskap founded and acquired by the Metropolitan-Vickers Company ● Societe Anonyme Westinghouse (France) is acquired by the Metropolitan-Vickers Company ● Pittsburgh High Voltage Insulator Company is acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Westinghouse Air Spring Company founded ● Copeman Electric Stove Company founded and acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Electric Properties Corporation founded ● Krantz Manufacturing Company, Incorporated founded and acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Fountain Electrical Floor Box Corporation founded and acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Societe Anonyme Westinghouse is acquired by the Metropolitan-Vickers Company ● Societa Italiana Westinghouse is acquired by the Metropolitan-Vickers Company ● Compagnie Des Lampes A Filaments Metalliques founded ● Comp. Pour Les Applications Des Rayons Ultra-Violet (France) founded ● Soc. Int. Pour Les Applications Des Rayons Ultra-Violet (Belgium) founded ● Westinghouse Norsk Elektrisk Aktienseuskap founded and acquired by the Metropolitan-Vickers Company ● Westinghouse Gear and Dynamometer Company founded ● Page-Storm Drop Forge Company founded ● New England Westinghouse Company founded ● Westinghouse Electric Export Company founded and acquired by Westinghouse Electric International Company ● J. Stevens Arms Company is acquired by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Meriden Fire Arms Company is acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company ● Turtle Creek & Allegheny Valley Railroad Company founded ● Westinghouse Electric Products Company founded ● South Philadelphia Company founded ● Interborough Improvement Company founded ● Westinghouse Interworks Railway Company is acquired by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1920’s ● National Utilities Corporation founded (1920) ● Westinghouse Electric Supply Company founded (1922) ● The Philadelphia Company is acquired by Standard Gas and Electric (1926) ● Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company acquires Kaestner & Hecht (1927) ● Standard Underground Cable Company merges with 11 other companies to form General Cable (1927) ● Pittsburgh Meter Company is sold to Equitable Meter (1927) ● The Metropolitan-Vickers Company merges with British Thomson Houston (1928) ● Westinghouse Electric Elevator Company founded under the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (1928) ● Westinghouse Union Battery Company founded ● The Mansfield Vitreous Enameling Company founded ● Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company, Limited founded ● Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company merges with Dwight P. Robinson & Company, Incorporated ● The International Radio Telegraph Company founded ● J. Stevens Arms Company is sold to Savage Arms ● George Cutter Company is acquired by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1930’s ● Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company, Limited renamed Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company, Limited (1935) ● Westinghouse Airbrake Home Building Company is succeeded by Wilmerding Corporation of Pennsylvania (1938) ● Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company merges with Bendix Corporation to form Bendix Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company ● Duquesne Light separates from the Philadelphia Company 1940’s ● Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company is renamed the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1945) ● Bettis Atomic Laboratory founded and begins operation by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1949) 1950’s ● Equitable Gas separates from the Philadelphia Company (1950) ● Westinghouse Credit Corporation founded (1954) ● The company formed by the Metropolitan-Vickers Company and British Thomson Houston is renamed Associated Electrical Industries ● Westinghouse Air Brake Company acquires Melpar, the earth-moving business of L.G. ● LeTourneau.Melpar is renamed LeTourneau-Westinghouse 1960’s ● Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company acquires ThermoKing and it operates as a subsidiary (1961) ● Sundaram-Clayton, Limited, a joint venture between the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and the TVS Group is formed (1962) ● Westinghouse Process Control formed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation after its acquisition of Hagan Control Corporation (1963) ● The Port Authority uses eminent domain to assume control of the Pittsburgh Railways Company (1964) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquires Marketeer Electric Vehicle Company and becomes Westinghouse’s Electric Vehicle Division (1965) ● Associated Electrical Industries is acquired by General Electric Company and incorporated into its defense business named Marconi Electronic Systems (1967) ● Westinghouse Air Brake Company joins the American Standard family of companies (1968) ● Urban Systems Development founded under Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1968) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquires Wittnauer (1969) ● 7 Up Bottling is purchased by Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1969) ● Bendix Corporation acquires 100 percent ownership of Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company (1969) 1970’s ● Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company is renamed Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group (1973) ● Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company sells its Home Appliances Division to White Consolidated Industries, who renames it White-Westinghouse (1975) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells its Electric Vehicle Division to Nordskog Industries (1978) ● General Cable is renamed GK Technologies (1979) 1980’s ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquires Teleprompter and renames it Group W (1980) ● GK Technologies is acquired by Penn Central Corporation (1981) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells R.D. Nuttall Company, which is now called Nuttall Gear (1983) ● Equitable Gas changes its name to Equitable Resources (1984) ● Hyundai Elevator is established by the Hyundai Group with technological cooperation from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1984) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquires Unimation (1984) ● Group W is sold to TCI (1985) ● WM Power Products, a joint venture between Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi, is founded (1985) ● White-Westinghouse is acquired by Electrolux (1986) ● The Westinghouse Corporation’s Power Semi-Conductor Division merges with General Electric Company’s Power Semi-Conductor Division to form Powerex (1986) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation purchases RC Bottling Company and merges it with 7 Up Bottling to form Westinghouse Beverage Group (1986) ● Ansaldo purchases Union Switch & Signal (1988) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells ThermoKing to Ingersoll Rand Company (1988) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation’s Transportation Division is sold to AEG as Westinghouse Transportation Systems, Incorporated (1988) ● Westinghouse Motor Company, a joint venture between the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and TECO Electric and Machine Company, is founded (1988) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquires Aptus, Incorporated (1988) ● Unimation is sold to the Staubli Group (1989) ● Westinghouse Savannah River Company founded (1989) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquires Knoll Furniture, Shaw-Walker and Reff and combines these companies to form the Knoll Group (1989) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells its interest in WM Power Products to Mitsubishi (1989) ● Legacy Broadcasting Company is acquired by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1989) ● Metropolitan Broadcast Company is acquired by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1989) ● The Watt Hour Division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation is sold to Asea Brown Boveri Group (1989) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation Lamp Division is sold to Philips ● The Westinghouse Electric Elevator/Escalator Division is sold to the Schindler Group ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells its Street Light Division to Cooper Lighting ● Westinghouse Electric Power Drives unit is grouped into GEC Alsthom Not sure about Dates 1990's ● WM Power Products is renamed Mitsubishi Electric Power Products (1990) ● American Standard sells the locomotive braking division of Westinghouse Air Brake Company, which becomes an independent company named Westinghouse Air Brake Company (1990) ● Meritor WABCO, a joint venture between the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and Arvin Meritor Automotive, Incorporated, is founded (1990) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells Bryant Electric Company to the Hubbell Corporation, where it operates a subsidiary (1991) ● The Westinghouse Corporation sells its Electric Systems Division to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (1992) ● Westinghouse Credit Corporation merges with Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1993) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells its Electric Power Distribution and Control Division to the Eaton Corporation (1994) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation purchases Norden Electronic Systems from United Technologies (1994) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells its shares of Powerex to General Electric Company and Mitsubishi Electric (1994) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells Aptus, Incorporated to Rollins Environmental Services (1994) ● Westinghouse Electric Supply Company is sold to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice investment firm (1994) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation purchases CBS (1995) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells its Motor Division (1995) ● TECO Electric and Machine Company acquires Westinghouse Electric Company’s shares of Westinghouse Motor Company (1995) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells Westinghouse Communities to Florida Design Communities (1995); the combination of Westinghouse Communities and Florida Design Communities is Watermark Communities, Incorporated ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation Specialty Coating Division is sold to Ranbar Technology (1995) ● Elettra Technology, Incorporated is founded by former Westinghouse Motor Division executives and obtains licensing agreements to manufacture the complete line of Westinghouse motors (1995) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells Westinghouse Electronics Systems to Northrop Grumman (1996; Westinghouse Electronics Systems is renamed Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation purchases Infinity Broadcasting (1996) ● The Westinghouse Electric Corporation sells Westinghouse Security Systems to Western Resources (1996) ● The Knoll Group is sold to Warburg Picus Ventures (1996) ● Westinghouse Electric Corporation is renamed the CBS Corporation and most non-broadcast operations are sold (1997) ● General Cable becomes an independent company (1997) ● CBS Corporation acquires American Radio Systems (1997) ● Westinghouse Motor Company is renamed TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company (1997) ● CBS Corporation purchases the Country Music Channel and the Nashville Network (1997) ● GTS Duratek, Incorporated purchases Scientific Ecology Group from the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1997) ● CBS Creates the Westinghouse Electric Corporation to manage the Westinghouse Brand (1998) ● 17% of Infinity Broadcasting is sold and the remaining 83% becomes CBS Radio (1998) ● CBS Corporation acquires King World Productions (1998) ● CBS Corporation sells Westinghouse Communications to RSI Communications (1998) ● Technical Services Division of CBS Corporation is sold to Siemens Energy & Automation and renamed Siemens Westinghouse Technical Services (1998) ● Westinghouse Process Control is purchased by Emerson Process Management (1998) ● CBS Corporation sells Westinghouse Security Electronics to Honeywell (1998) ● CBS Corporation sells Source W Printing to Liberty Associates (1998) ● CBS Corporation sells Westinghouse Power Generation to Siemens, who renames it Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (1998) ● CBS Corporation sells its Nuclear Energy Division to British Nuclear Fuels (1998), which is renamed Westinghouse Electric Company ● Westinghouse Electric Supply Company is sold to the Cypress Group (1998) ● Westinghouse Electric Supply Company becomes a publicly traded company (1999) ● Westinghouse Air Brake Company merges with Motive Power Industries to form WABTEC (1999) ● Associated Electrical Industries is sold to British Aerospace to form BAE Systems (1999) ● Outdoor Systems is acquired by Infinity Broadcasting under the CBS Corporation (1999) ● CBS Corporation sells Westinghouse Government Services Company to Morrison Knudsen Corporation (now named the Washington Group) (1999) ● Westinghouse Beverage Group is sold to Dr. Pepper 7 Up Bottling Group, which is now owned by Cadbury Schweppes Bottling (1999) ● Bechtel takes over the operation of Bettis Atomic Laboratory (1999) ● CBS Corporation sells itself to Viacom, Incorporated (1999) ● Resource Energy Systems sold by Westinghouse Electric Corporation ● Penn Central Corporation spins off General Cable and it is acquired by Wassall PLC 2000’s ● Westinghouse Electric Company acquires Logitest (2001) ● The CBS Corporation sells Wittnauer to Bulova (2001) ● Western Resources is renamed Westar Energy (2002) ● Westinghouse Government Services Company’s Electro-Mechanical Division is sold to Curtiss-Wright Corporation and renamed Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation (2002) ● Westinghouse Process Control adopts the name Emerson Process Management Power & Water Solutions (2002) ● The Nashville Network changes its name to Spike TV (2003) ● CBS Corporation and Viacom, Incorporated split into two separate, independent companies (2005) ● Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation is renamed Siemens Power Generation (2005) ● British Nuclear Fuels sells Westinghouse Electric Company to Toshiba (2006) ● American Standard spins off its remaining Westinghouse Air Brake Company divisions to form an independent company named Westinghouse Air Brake Company (2007) ● Westinghouse Electric Company acquires Carolina Energy Solutions, which is renamed Westinghouse Electric Company Welding and Machining (2007) |
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