Rockwell Automation

History

YearDetail
1903 Dr. Stanton Allen and Lynde Bradley form the Compression Rheostat Company.
1909 The company is re-incorporated as the Allen‑Bradley Company.
1934 The first solenoid starter with a single moving part creates a sensation.
1935 Allen‑Bradley engineers invent hot-molded fixed resistors, revolutionizing electronics.
1941 Components go to war in walkie-talkies, RADAR, fighter planes, and defense plants.
1951 Allen‑Bradley resistors help power UNIVAC, one of the first computers in the world.
1965 launched the Sonic Sifter product.
1979 Introduce Data Highway.
1985 Rockwell International purchased the Allen‑Bradley Co.
1994 Merged with ICOM to create Rockwell Software.
2001 Renamed to Rockwell Automation.
2013 First cloud-based mobile access to plant floor data via smartphone.