Allen-Bradley

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Logo of the Allen-Bradley brand, used after Rockwell Automation purchased Allen-Bradley. Allen-Bradley is the brand-name of a line of Factory Automation Equipment manufactured by Rockwell Automation (NYSE ROK). The company, with revenues of approximately US$4.5 billion in 2006, manufactures programmable automation controllers (PAC, PLC), human-machine interfaces, sensors, safety components and systems, software, drives and drive systems, contactors, motor control centers, and systems made of these and similar products. Rockwell Automation also provides asset management services including repair and consulting. Rockwell Automation's headquarters is based in Milwaukee, WI. The Allen-Bradley Clock Tower is a Milwaukee landmark featuring the largest four-sided clock in the world.

[edit] History

Logo used by Allen-Bradley prior to its acquisition by Rockwell Automation. The company was initially founded as the Compression Rheostat Company by Dr. Stanton Allen and Lynde Bradley with an initial investment of $1,000 in 1903. In 1910 the company was renamed the Allen-Bradley Company. In 1952 they opened a subsidiary in Galt, Ontario, Canada that now employs over 1000 people. In 1985 a new company record was set as they ended the fiscal year with 1 billion dollars in sales. On February 20, 1985 Rockwell International (now Rockwell Automation) purchased Allen-Bradley for $1.651 billion, which is the largest acquisition in Wisconsin's history. Allen-Bradley is the same name associated with low temperature sensors, since a now obsolete line of carbon-composite resistors manufactured by Allen-Bradley show an

approximately inversely proportional temperature dependence at low temperatures. This undesirable characteristic for commercial resistors (since an ideal resistor should have no temperature dependence) is suited for cryogenic measurement, which paradoxically has partly helped establish a name for Allen-Bradley among the lay electronic enthusiast. AllenBradley resistors are commercially available at a premium, often supplied with calibration data.

[edit] Competitors

Allen Bradley Programmable Controller

Allen-Bradley PLC installed in a control panel Allen-Bradley's principal competitors include:

Cutler-Hammer (Eaton Corporation) Benshaw Beckhoff B&R Automation c3controls General Electric Siemens Honeywell Square D (Schneider Electric) Emerson Electric Yokogawa Invensys Maple Systems, Inc Schneider Electric ABB (Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.) Pilz Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik Creative Analog & Digital, LLP

Keyence ICP DAS USA

[edit] External links

AB.com Allen Bradley Rockwell Automation NemaSystems GmbH Canadian Website Creative Analog & Digital, LLP Schultheis Automation JR Automation Earth City Missouri Phillips Automation Maple Systems [hide]v d e

Major companies based in Milwaukee

Allen-Bradley Harley-Davidson Johnson Controls Journal Communications Kohl's Koss Manpower Inc. Marcus Corporation Marshall & Ilsley Corporation Miller Brewing Company Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Rockwell Automation Former: Midwest Airlines (Oak Creek) This technology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AllenBradley&oldid=464967696" Categories: Companies based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Manufacturing companies based in Wisconsin Technology stubs
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