| 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[?], license or use the Westinghouse name.
| Logo |
(designed by Paul Rand)
| External links |
- [Westinghouse Electric Company (http://www.westinghouse.com)]
- [Westinghouse Lighting Corporation (http://www.westinghouselightbulbs.com)]
- [White-Westinghouse Appliances (http://www.frigidaire.com)]