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1900 — 1929

• 1901 – Lynde Bradley invents the compression rheostat to control the speed of electric motors
• 1903 – Dr. Stanton Allen and Lynde Bradley form the Compression Rheostat Company
• 1909 – The company is re-incorporated as the Allen-Bradley® Company

1930 — 1949

• 1934 – The first solenoid starter with a single moving part creates a sensation
• 1935 – Allen-Bradley engineers invent hot-molded fixed resistors, revolutionizing electronics
• 1941 – Components go to war in walkie-talkies, RADAR, fighter planes, and defense plants

1950 — 1969

• 1951 – Allen-Bradley resistors help power UNIVAC, one of the first computers in the world
• 1954 – Allen-Bradley ferrite magnets are in all color televisions and computer memory cores
• 1962 – The largest (at the time) four-sided clock in the world is lit for the first time

1970 — 1989

• 1970 – Allen-Bradley pioneers the programmable logic controller (PLC)
• 1979 – Introduce Data Highway, the first plant-floor network that replaces miles of wiring
• 1981 – NASA chooses Allen-Bradley components for its American Space Shuttle fleet

1990 — PRESENT

• 1992 – First Automation Fair® event in Philadelphia, PA
• 1994 – Merges with ICOM to create Rockwell Software®
• 1995 – One millionth PLC is shipped
• 2001 – Company is officially renamed Rockwell Automation
• 2013 – First cloud-based mobile access to plant floor data via smartphone
• Present – Innovation and technology leadership make The Connected Enterprise a reality