Westinghouse
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Westinghouse was founded as Westinghouse Electric Co. It didn't become Corporation until 1945, 59 years after founding. Neutral name is better.
'''Westinghouse''' may refer to:
In '''current companies''':
*[[Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998)]], and its licensees:
**[[Westinghouse Digital Electronics]], selling LCD televisions and related products
**[[Salton, Inc.]], selling vacuum cleaners under the name Westinghouse
**Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, formerly Angelo Brothers Company, selling lamps, lamp fixtures, and [[ceiling fan]]s
*[[Westinghouse Electric Company]], Nuclear and Power Industry related businesses, sold to Toshiba in 2006
*[[Westinghouse Rail Systems]] Ltd, formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd, part of Invensys
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*[[WABCO]] Brussels, Belgium with offices in New Jersey
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In '''prior companies''':
*[[Westinghouse Air Brake Company]], founding name of WABCO
*[[Westinghouse Electric (1886)]], also Westinghouse Electric Co. and Westinghouse Electric Corp., renamed CBS Corporation in 1997
*[[British Westinghouse]], later subsumed into The General Electric Company
*[[Westinghouse Electronic Systems]] Group, sold to Northrop Grumman in 1996
*[[White-Westinghouse]], acquired by Electrolux in 1986
*[[Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd]]
*[[Westinghouse Signals]], earlier name of Westinghouse Rail Systems
*[[Westinghouse Brakes]] (UK), now part of Knorr-Bremse
In '''places''':
*[[Westinghouse Park]], Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In '''competitions'''
* former [[Westinghouse Science Talent Search]], now called [[Intel Science Talent Search]] - an American science competition for high school students
In '''science''':
* [[Westinghouse effect]], a variant of the social-scientific [[observer's paradox]]
== People with the surname Westinghouse==
*[[George Westinghouse]], founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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