TRW Inc.
The TRW ( Thompson Ramo Wooldridge ) was an American technology company in the USA. The company was founded in 1901 heard 2002 to exist by the aviation sector at Northrop Grumman went, while the automotive sector was sold as TRW Automotive.
History
1875 Joseph Lucas began with the manufacture of ships' lights in Birmingham. 1897 Lucas Industries started with the Production of components for the automotive industry. 1931 founded Lucas Industries and Bosch Bosch CAV (CAV: Charles Anthony Vandervell ( 1870-1955 ), founder of CA Vandervell Ltd in Acton, UK manufacturer of diesel injection systems.. ). In the same year the company took over the business of brakes Bendix Corporation in England. 1939 took over Lucas Industries shares Bosch at the CAV - Bosch. 1943 was followed by the acquisition of New Hudson Co., the owner of the Girling brakes patent merged with Bendix and Luvax shock to Girling.
Simon Ramo and Dean Wooldridge founded in 1953 Ramo - Wooldridge Corporation The. 1958, the merger of Thompson Ramo - Wooldridge Products with Ramo - Wooldridge to Thompson. Thompson Ramo Wooldridge - was the first company to build a spaceship, the Pioneer I. In 1965, the abbreviation of the company name to TRW Inc. TRW took over United Carr and thus rose into the Elektronik-/Elektromechanik- and restraint system industry. Furthermore, the acquisition of Cam Gears made in the UK. TRW provided the lunar rockets for the Apollo mission. TRW Credit Data bought in 1969 and thus increased in the information industry. 1971 took over TRW Ehrenreich. In 1972, the first TRW power steering system in the United States. TRW Repa took over and got so into the business with occupant restraint systems, a.
Built by TRW Viking Biology Instrument sought in 1976 for life on Mars. TRW merged in 1977 with the ESL, Inc. Built by TRW Pioneer 10 was in 1983 the first human built object that left the solar system. The first, built by TRW satellite messaging ( Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS ) started in 1983 with STS- 6 of the Space Shuttle Challenger. TRW produced the 1989 Super VHSIC chip, the first self-repairing electronic component. A delivery of the first airbag system including sensors was made by TRW. In 1995, TRW for the first time in its history, a turnover of more than 10 billion U.S. dollars. TRW continued to produce in 1996 the first single-sensor system for front, side and rear impact and came in the same year the business with information systems from. Lucas Industries and Varity merged to LucasVarity. The rating business was spun off in 1996 to Experian.
TRW took over in 1997, the division airbag and steering wheel systems of Magna International and BDM International and the Temic Bayern Chemie Airbag in Aschau am Inn. These were used to TRW Airbag Systems, and brought the company entered the field of occupant protection systems. TRW in 1998 was the first automotive supplier of a complete occupant restraint system for a production car, the Mercedes -Benz M-Class designed, developed and integrated. TRW provided the first two-stage generator for airbags. In 1999, TRW automotive supplier LucasVarity. TRW sold in 2001 the real estate business, which was acquired with ESL. TRW was a US-based company mainly produced military equipment, but also a supplier to the automotive industry. In addition, TRW operated a rating agency. On 12 December 2002, Northrop Grumman purchased the armor division, the auto parts division was from then on as an independent automotive supplier TRW Automotive is a part of the Blackstone Group, a U.S. financial investor.