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Infoboard... 30-31 CS08703001Z-EN Article No. 153565 Layout: buntebrause agentur Printed in Germany (03/11) Translator: Terry Osborn TRANSTech Translations 2 SolutionS 23 ThE Company Eaton Corporation Builds on 100 Years of Innovative Ideas to Position Company for Continued Growth CLEVELAND … Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Eaton generates more than 55 percent of its revenues from Corporation (NYSE:ETN) this year celebrates its 100th anniversary international markets. of providing customers around the world with innovative and sustainable products and systems. Founded as a small Key technology and business highlights throughout Eaton’s axle business in 1911, Eaton has evolved to become a global first century include the following: power management company and a leader in energy-efficient technologies that help its customers use power more safely and • Joseph Eaton’s 1911 investment in Torbensen Gear and Axle, effectively. the precursor to Eaton Corporation, led to commercialization of efficient, breakthrough technology in the truck market. “Our company has grown and changed considerably during its first 100 years, but we remain dedicated to the spirit of innovation • Global growth began in 1946, when Eaton acquired an interest and ideals that inspired Joseph Eaton,” said Alexander M. Cutler, in a motor pump and gear company in the United Kingdom. Eaton chairman and chief executive officer. “His investment in a new idea in transportation – the first gear-driven truck axle – • The first passenger car air conditioner affordable enough for the established a foundation for growth that we continue to build average consumer was an Eaton product, introduced in 1952. upon today as a values-based, global company.” • Eaton was NASA’s choice in 1978 to design and build a new Today Eaton’s four business groups – landing system for the space shuttle; in further collaboration, Electrical, Aerospace, Hydraulics and Vehicle – Eaton developed a prototype electric vehicle (EV) propulsion serve diverse global markets ranging from system, unveiled on NASA’s EV prototype in 1989. aviation, agriculture and construction to energy, infrastructure, healthcare and beyond. • Shanghai was the site of Eaton’s first wholly owned business With customers in more than 150 countries, in China in 1997; Eaton in 2008 opened a new Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Shanghai that has received Gold- level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Alexander M. Cutler, Chairman certification. and CEO of Eaton SolutionS 23 3 ThE Company Viggo Torbensen: J. o. Eaton: Torbensen Gear and Axle Company: 1900 Viggo Torbensen develops 1911 Viggo Torbenson and Joseph Torbensen Gear and Axle manufactures just seven axles in its first and patents the first geardriven rear Oriel Eaton, founded the Torbensen year, 1911 using specialized tools to handcraft them from raw truck axle. Gear and Axle Company, the materials.1920 – Eaton Axle builds an efficient new $1 million plant precursor of Eaton Corporation. in Cleveland that conserves heat and maximizes natural light. • Sustainable vehicle projects accelerated for Eaton in the early • Eaton’s new fully automated heavy-duty transmissions enable 2000s, as the company developed the first hydraulic hybrid operators to drive and navigate a broad range of heavy-duty power system for delivery trucks and brought its leading hybrid trucks safely and more efficiently. technology to fleets of city buses in China; today Eaton hybrid- powered commercial and transit vehicles have logged more than 100 million miles of service worldwide and reduced diesel Nikola Tesla, the inventor and electrical fuel consumption by more than four million gallons. engineer, worked for Westinghouse in 1889 at a factory in Pittsburgh. His invention of the • Eaton is working with the world’s leading aerospace electric AC generator helped the dominance of manufacturers to make air transportation safer, more reliable AC installations worldwide. and more energy-efficient; the company expanded that roster in 2010 by creating a joint venture to support China’s new aircraft The Westinghouse Distribution and Controls industry. Business Unit has been part of the Eaton Corporation since 1994. • Eaton hydraulic equipment played a critical role in the dramatic rescue last fall of a group of trapped Chilean miners; rigs equipped with Eaton products drilled the initial bore hole that allowed rescuers to locate the miners and later were used to widen the shaft that eventually freed them. “As we celebrate our company’s centennial, Eaton people around the world are building upon our heritage of innovation • With recent hydropower installations in Vietnam, South Korea and expertise,” said Cutler. “We look forward to building further and the United States, Eaton is a leading supplier of hydraulic momentum for our most impactful technologies that will help our and electrical technology for hydroelectric projects worldwide. customers everywhere manage rising energy costs and address some of the world’s toughest power management challenges.” • In the Netherlands, Eaton is helping to renovate the Amsterdam Metro system, providing new power distribution systems for Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company improved and expanded subway stations. with 2010 sales of $13.7 billion. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2011, Eaton is a global technology leader in electrical components • Eaton electrical products provide vital backup power protection and systems for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics for the massive new terminal at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi components, systems and services for industrial and mobile International Airport, the eighth largest airport in the world. equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain • Eaton’s vast service networks and advanced hydraulic and and powertrain systems for performance, fuel economy and safety. electrical technologies support wind turbine manufacturers Eaton has approximately 70,000 employees and sells products to virtually anywhere in the world, including recent deployments in customers in more than 150 countries. China and Canada. For more information, visit • With electric vehicles rapidly entering the market, Eaton is www.eaton.com deploying its family of EV charging stations for use in homes, businesses and on the road, helping to build the infrastructure vital to the advancement of this new mode of transportation. 4 SolutionS 23 News NEWS +++ NEWS +++ NEWS High flexibility Fault-free Scalable connections Reduced and open engineering expense Reduced downtimes Efficient planning Short Short times development Easy operation and engineering From Lean Connectivity to Lean Automation The Automation Concept of Eaton High Distributed intelligence Manipulation-proof availability Fast Extreme commissioning reliability High Reduced Short flexibility development times The book “The Machine That Changed The World – The Story of Lean Production”, published in 1990 was a groundbreaking influence on the field of industrial production. The scientists at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, used this book to outline their research carried out over severalengineering expense years within the International Motor Data transparency Vehicle Program (IMVP), which studied the different conditions Improved cost-effectiveness for development and production in the automotive industry. In their publication they ascribed the term “lean production” to the principles of a high-level development and production system that was geared to efficiency and quality. These principles have also not failed to influence trends in only be implemented