Sensors & Controls makes custom engineered, application-specific sensors and controls for the appliance, automotive, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning markets. In addition, its switches and thermostats are found in aircraft, heavy trucks, and off-road vehicles.
Sensors & Controls devices sense pressure, position, temperature and current to optimize performance and prevent overheating and excess current in hundreds of applications ranging from vehicle stability to climate control. Products also improve operating performance and efficiency, and reduce emissions.
Business Units
- Sensor Products — a leader in pressure, temperature and other sensor technologies for the automotive, commercial and industrial heating, ventilation and air-conditioning markets.
- Control Products — a broad portfolio of application-specific protectors, circuit breakers, switches, thermostats and burn-in test sockets for industrial, commercial and residential applications.
Locations
Headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts, with nine major locations in eight countries.
Business & Technology Centers:
- Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
- Almelo, Holland
- Oyama, Japan
Manufacturing Locations:
- Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Campinas, Brazil
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Jincheon, South Korea
- Baoying, China
- Changzhou, China
Facts and Figures
- Most households contain 30 or more Sensors & Controls components (home and car)
- Sensors & Controls makes and ships over 1 billion devices a year
- 52% of sales are non-US
- 2004 revenue: $1.1 billion — This includes RFID revenue that will remain with TI.
Employment (excluding RFID)
Approximately 5,400 worldwide
- 3,750 in the Americas
- 1,350 in Asia
- 300 in Europe
History
- 1916: Began as General Plate Company, a business that was founded by Rathbun Willard to provide "gold plate" for the Rhode Island jewelry industry.
- 1931: Merged with Spencer Thermostat Company of Cambridge, MA, and formed Metals & Controls Corporation. This merger combined the capabilities of metal processing with temperature-sensing control expertise. These capabilities later attracted the attention of Texas Instruments.
- 1959: Texas Instruments acquired the Metals & Controls Corporation.
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