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In 1985, Rockwell International purchased Allen-Bradley for $1.651 billion; this was the largest acquisition in Wisconsin's history to date. [3] For all intents and purposes, Allen-Bradley took over Rockwell's industrial automation division. The 1990s featured continued technology development, including the company's launch of its software ...
Allen-Bradley is the brand-name of a line of factory automation equipment owned by Rockwell Automation.The company, with revenues of approximately US $6.4 billion in 2013, manufactures programmable logic controllers (), human-machine interfaces, sensors, safety components and systems, software, drives and drive systems, contactors, motor control centers, and systems of such products.
He was involved in the invention of the Allen-Bradley programmable logic controller [14] [15] [16] and is credited with coining the PLC acronym. [ 11 ] [ 14 ] Allen-Bradley (now a brand owned by Rockwell Automation ) became a major PLC manufacturer in the United States during his tenure. [ 17 ]
Rockwell acquired the privately held Allen-Bradley Company for US$1.6 billion in February 1985 – US$1 billion of which was cash – and became a producer of industrial automation hardware and software. During the 1980s, Anderson, his CFO Bob dePalma, and the Rockwell management team built the company to #27 on the Fortune 500 list. It boasted ...
According to the Guinness Book of World Records: "The largest four-faced clock is that on the research and office addition of the Allen-Bradley Company. Each face has a diameter of 40 feet 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (12.28 meters), and is octagonal to represent the outline of the Allen-Bradley logo. Dedicated on October 31, 1962, it rises 280 ft (85 m ...
I checked with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and searched Allen-Bradley. I did not find PLC or Programmable Logic Controller registered to Allen-Bradley. I did find PLC-2 (registration number 1103007), PLC-3 (registration number 1228339), and PLC-5 (registration number 1709845). --Mark @ DailyNetworks talk 02:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)