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Westinghouse Electric Corporation

The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. George Westinghouse had previously founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Westinghouse Electric received the first patent for alternating-current transmission, and unveiled the technology for lighting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The company pioneered long-distancec Swarovski 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.

Display showcase: It is used in the new and the old world, in bright office buildings or quieter private places. Generously, the collectors case, curio cabinet or the collectors cabinet, keeps its entrusted preciousness.

Timeline of company evolution

1889 renamed the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company

1914 - acquired Copeman Electric Stove Company and entered the home appliance market, (sold in 1974 to White Consolidated Industries

1920s - entered the broadcasting industry, with stations like KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1930s - entered the nuclear age with an industrial atom smasher.

1940s - entered aviation with airborne radar (defense electronics sold 1996) and ground based airport lighting.

1945 - renamed 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

1995 - buys CBS

1996 - buys Infinity Broadcasting

1997 - sells non-broadcast operations, renamed CBS

1999 - BNFL a UK nuclear company acquires CBS nuclear power business and takes the name Westinghouse Electric Company

Other companies, including a lighting company (formerly Angelo Brothers) and an appliance company White-Westinghouse (a unit of Electrolux), license or use the Westinghouse name.

External links

Westinghouse Electric Company (http://www.westinghouse.com)

Westinghouse Lighting Corporation (http://www.westinghouselightbulbs.com)

White-Westinghouse Appliances (http://www.frigidaire.com)

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