Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate in the latter half of the 20th century. It was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell.
Col. Willard F. Rockwell made his fortune after the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919. He merged his Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based operation with the Timken-Detroit Axle Company in 1928, ris...
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Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate in the latter half of the 20th century. It was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell.
Col. Willard F. Rockwell made his fortune after the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919. He merged his Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based operation with the Timken-Detroit Axle Company in 1928, rising to become chairman of its board in 1940.
Timken-Detroit merged in 1953 with the Standard Steel Spring Company, forming the Rockwell Spring and Axle Company. It comprised about 10-20 factories in the Upper Midwestern U.S. and southern Ontario after various mergers with automotive suppliers, and in 1958 renamed itself Rockwell-Standard Corporation.
Pittsburgh-based Rockwell Standard then acquired and merged with Los Angeles-based North American Aviation to form North American Rockwell in 1967. They then purchased or merged with Miehle-Goss...
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