bradley politician . logo of the allen bradley brand used after rockwell automation purchased allen bradley . logo used by allen bradley prior to its acquisition by rockwell automation . allen bradley programmable controller with programmer allen bradley plc installed in a control panel allen bradley is the brand name of a line of factory automation equipment manufactured by rockwell automation nyse rok . the company with revenues of approximately us 6.4 billion in 2013 manufactures programmable logic controllers plc human machine interfaces sensors safety components and systems software drives and drive systems contactors motor control centers and systems made of these and similar products . rockwell automation also provides asset management services including repair and consulting . rockwell automation s headquarters is in milwaukee wisconsin . the allen bradley clock tower is a milwaukee landmark featuring the largest four sided clock in the western hemisphere . history edit the company was founded in 1903 as the compression rheostat company by dr. stanton allen and lynde bradley with an initial investment of 1 000 . in 1910 the firm was renamed allen bradley company ; for close to the next century it provided the bulk of discrete resistors used for electronics and other products . citation needed in 1952 it opened a subsidiary in galt ontario canada that employs over 1000 people . in 1985 a company record was set as the fiscal year ended with 1 billion in sales . in february 1985 rockwell international purchased allen bradley for 1.651 billion which is the largest acquisition in wisconsin history . 1 for all intents and purposes allen bradley took over rockwell s industrial automation division . rockwell eventually moved its headquarters to milwaukee . in 2002 when rockwell split into two companies allen bradley followed the automation division into rockwell automation . references edit rockwell automation . our history . external links edit ab.com allen bradley rockwell automation v t e rockwell international people lynde bradley arthur a. collins clayton m. jones willard rockwell subsidiaries draper corporation northrop loom rockwell automation allen bradley rockwell collins air routing international an art 13 arinc collins 207b 1 transmitter r 390a related admiral radio and tv allen bradley clock tower evans & sutherland north american aviation atomics international rocketdyne rockwell semiconductor v t e major companies based in milwaukee allen bradley a. o. smith brady corporation harley davidson johnson controls joy global kohl s koss magnetek manpowergroup marcus corporation miller brewing company northwestern mutual quad graphics rockwell automation briggs & stratton former a. f. gallun & sons blackhawk chain belt company john pritzlaff hardware company journal media group marshall & ilsley midwest airlines nordberg manufacturing company pfister & vogel retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allen bradley & oldid 743559098 categories companies based in milwaukeemanufacturing companies based in wisconsinhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitalianopolski edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view