radio . emerson electric type public nyse emr s & p 500 component industry electrical equipment predecessor emerson electric manufacturing co. founded 1890 ; 126 years ago 1890 founder john w. emerson headquarters ferguson missouri u.s. area served worldwide key people david n. farr chairman & ceo products process control systems climate technologies power technologies industrial automation electric motors storage systems network power professional tools revenue 22.304 billion 2015 net income 2.710 billion 2015 total assets 22.088 billion 2015 total equity 8.128 billion 2015 number of employees 111 000 2015 divisions list of business platforms website emerson.com emerson electric office the emerson electric company nyse emr is an american multinational corporation headquartered in ferguson missouri united states . 1 2 3 this fortune 500 company manufactures products and provides engineering services for a wide range of industrial commercial and consumer markets . 4 5 emerson has approximately 111 000 employees and 205 manufacturing locations worldwide . 6 contents 1 history 2 corporate governance 3 business platforms 4 environmental records 5 corporate relationships 5.1 emerson s brands acquisitions 5.2 nbc heroes lawsuit 6 references 7 external links history edit emerson was established in 1890 in st. louis missouri as emerson electric manufacturing co. by civil war union veteran john wesley emerson to manufacture electric motors using a patent owned by the scottish born brothers charles and alexander meston . in 1892 it became the first to sell electric fans in the united states . it quickly expanded its product line to include electric sewing machines electric dental drills and power tools . emerson electric news flashes wwii during world war ii under the leadership of stuart symington emerson became the world s largest manufacturer of airplane armament . emerson ranked 52nd among united states corporations in the value of world war ii military production contracts . 7 symington went on to become the first united states secretary of the air force from 1947 1950 a democratic u.s. senator from missouri from 1953 1976 and a candidate for the presidency of the united states in 1960 . in 1954 w.r. buck persons was named company president . under his leadership emerson diversified its business portfolio by acquiring 36 companies . when he retired in 1973 the company had 82 plants 31 000 employees and 800 million in sales . charles f. knight served as ceo from 1973 to 2000 and was chairman from 1974 to 2004 . his tenure was marked by development of a rigorous planning process new product and technology development acquisitions and joint ventures and international growth . david farr has served as ceo since 2000 and as chairman since 2004 . on december 15 1999 emerson electric co moving to boost its growth prospects agreed to acquire jordan industries inc s telecommunications equipment business for 440 million . 8 on july 26 2011 emerson announced it would locate its latin america headquarters in sunrise florida . 9 corporate governance edit the company s leaders since the mid 20th century have been respectively w. r. persons 1954 1973 ; president charles knight 1973 2000 ceo and david farr 2000 forward ceo . the company s chairmen of the board have been respectively charles knight 1974 2004 and david farr 2004 forward . as of 2014 update the role of chief marketing officer was held by kathy button bell . 10 business platforms edit emerson is structured into 5 business platforms process management industrial automation network power climate technologies commercial & residential solutions businesses environmental records edit researchers at the university of massachusetts ma amherst have identified emerson as the 97th largest corporate producer of air pollution in the united states down from its previous rank of 56th . major pollutants indicated by the study include nickel compounds manganese diisocyanate and lead . 11 corporate relationships edit emerson s brands acquisitions edit on december 22 2014 emerson announced the acquisition of scotland based cascade technologies ltd. expanding their gas analysis portfolio with laser based measurement analyzers and systems for enhanced industrial emissions monitoring production efficiencies and regulatory compliance . 12 other main emerson acquisitions and brands include advanced protection technologies ams suite aperture apm automation solutions appleton group formerly egs electrical group artesyn spun off on jan 2014 asco international asco numatics astec spun off on jan 2014 avocent avtron loadbank bettis branson bristol babcock cascade technologies ltd chloride group closetmaid control products control techniques copeland csi technologies daniel industries inc. deltav dixell electronic navigation industries enardo llc energy systems firetrol fisher regulators fisher valves & instruments fusite groveley detection ltd insinkerator intelligent store islatrol knurr leroy somer liebert metro intermetro industries micro motion mobrey ovation paine electronics plantweb power transmission solutions proteam ridgid ridge tool company rosemount rosemount analytical roxar saab marine electronics ssb wind systems surge protection syncade topworx tescom therm o disc vilter white rodgers workshop nbc heroes lawsuit edit on october 2 2006 emerson the company that makes the popular insinkerator garbage disposals filed suit in federal court against nbc regarding a scene that appeared in the pilot episode of the network s tv series heroes . the scene depicted claire bennet reaching into an active garbage disposal to retrieve a ring and severely injuring her hand in the process . emerson s suit claims the scene casts the disposer in an unsavory light irreparably tarnishing the product by suggesting that serious injuries will result in the event consumers were to accidentally insert their hand into one . emerson asked for a ruling barring future broadcasts of the pilot which is available on nbc s website and has already aired on nbc universal owned cable networks united states and sci fi . it also sought to block nbc from using any emerson trademarks in the future . emerson is an appliance market competitor with general electric the owner of nbc at the time of the show s airing . on february 23 2007 the case against nbc was dropped . nbc universal and emerson electric reached an agreement to settle the lawsuit outside of court . 13 references edit wikimedia commons has media related to emerson electric . contact us . emerson electric company . retrieved august 18 2009 . edwards greg . 60 million in data centers coming online at emerson . st. louis business journal . august 29 2008 . retrieved august 18 2009 . ferguson city missouri . u.s. census bureau . retrieved august 18 2009 . david farr edward l. monser 1 archived july 4 2013 at the wayback machine . peck merton j. & scherer frederic m. the weapons acquisition process an economic analysis 1962 harvard business school p. 619 emerson electric moves to expand in telecom gear . emerson jobs 21 to start 75 by 2015 . sun sentinel carson erin 25 july 2014 . kathy button bell cmo . moment marketer . big picture person . athlete . . techrepublic . peri home http www2.emersonprocess.com en us news pr pages 1412 cascade.aspx goetzl david 2007 02 23 . emerson drops product placement case against nbc . mediadailynews . retrieved 2007 02 23 . external links edit emerson electric company website liebert corporation divisional website asco power technologies divisional website emerson climate technologies divisional website digital scroll compressors v t e emerson electric subsidiaries emerson network power asco avocent chloride group liebert insinkerator ridgid people charles f. knight david farr john wesley emerson stuart symington v t e hand tool manufacturers current dasco pro inc. apex tool group allen armstrong tools crescent diamond gearwrench k d tools lufkin 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