IEN 75th Anniversary Perspective & Timeline: Rockwell Automation When Lynde Bradley, born in 1878, designed his first carbon pile rheostat at the age of 15, little did he know he was laying the groundwork for what would become a $5.4 billion company... Learn more
IEN 75th Anniversary Perspective & Timeline: Timken Companies we've covered in our 75th Anniversary Perspectives weren’t started merely to make money; they all began with an innovative idea that solved a problem. So it is with The Timken Company... Learn more
IEN 75th Anniversary Perspective: The ‘Skil’ of Bosch Considering the history of Skil wouldn’t be complete without also including the background of Skil’s corporate owner since 1996, Robert Bosch Corporation.... Learn more
IEN 75th Anniversary Perspective & Timeline: Skil Power Tools Seven decades after Skil’s first circular saw forever changed the construction industry, the Skilsaw is still universally recognized as one of the tools that has had the greatest impact on residential construction in America... Learn more
IEN 75th Anniversary Perspective & Timeline: Cooper Industries From a one-horse foundry run by two brothers to make plows and hog troughs in 1833, Cooper Industries has grown to become a global indsutrial giant employing more than 30,000 people in over 100 manufacturing facilities... Learn more
Lufkin Lives On: Wooden Rules Rule! Edward Taylor Lufkin started what was at one time considered to be the largest manufacturer of linear measuring devices in the world. As markets and demands changed with the calendar, Lufkin's products went by the corporate wayside. Instead of Learn more
IEN 75th Anniversary Perspective & Timeline: Littelfuse Started by Edward V. Sundt with $150, Littelfuse today includes respected brands such as Teccor®, Wickmann®, and Pudenz®. Innovation continues fueling the company’s momentum as “the world leader in circuit protection”... Learn more
IEN 75th Anniversary Perspective: Megger Since the late 1800s, the Megger brand has been closely identified with electric testing equipment and measuring instruments. But it is also the name of a large international company... Learn more
IEN’s Partnership with Industry Turns 75! In the 75 years since IEN's founding, the nation and the world have witnessed unprecedented growth in productivity, as manufacturing technology rapidly developed in tandem with massive infrastructure expansion... Learn more
IEN Predictions: What We Said in 1983 The following predictions were made by IEN's editors in 1983, addressing specifically The Factory of the Future, Robots, Sensors, Programmable Controllers, Computers, and Optical Fiber Systems... Learn more
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