{{Short description|American multinational corporation}} {{distinguish|Emerson Radio}} {{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Emerson Electric Co. | logo = center | logo_size = 250px | image = EmersonElectricCanada2.jpg | image_size = 150px | image_caption = Emerson campus in Markham, Ontario | type = Public | traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|EMR}}|S&P 100 component|S&P 500 component}} | founded = {{Start date and age|1890|9|24}} | founder = John W. Emerson | predecessor = Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co. | hq_location = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | key_people = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap| Jim Turley (chairman)| Lal Karsanbhai (CEO)| Mike Baughman (CFO)}} | revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|18.02 billion|link=yes}} (2025) | operating_income = {{increase}} US$2.475 billion (2025)<!--Calculated manually: "Earnings from continuing operations" + "Interest expense". Same was done for FY2016 to draw a comparison.--> | net_income = {{increase}} US$2.293 billion (2025) | assets = {{decrease}} US$41.96 billion (2025) | equity = {{decrease}} US$20.28 billion (2025) | num_employees = {{circa|71,000}} (2025) | industry = {{ubl||Automation|Electrical equipment}} | products = {{unbulleted list| {{nowrap|Process control systems}}| {{nowrap|Climate technologies}}| {{nowrap|Power technologies}}| {{nowrap|Industrial automation software}}| {{nowrap|Electrical and electronic equipment}}| {{nowrap|Precision instruments}}}} {{nowrap|Professional tools}} | subsid = {{Unbulleted list|Aspen Technology|Aventics|GE Automation & Controls|National Instruments|Open Systems International}} | website = {{URL|emerson.com}} | footnotes = <ref name="10K-2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/32604/000003260425000087/emr-20250930.htm |title=US SEC: 2025 Form 10-K Emerson Electric Co. |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=November 10, 2025 |access-date=November 11, 2025}}</ref> }}
'''Emerson Electric Co.''', commonly known as '''Emerson''', is an American multinational corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.<ref>[http://www.emerson.com/en-US/Pages/Contact_Corporate.aspx "Contact Us"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121200816/http://www.emerson.com/EN-US/Pages/Contact_Corporate.aspx|date=November 21, 2008}}. Emerson Electric Company. Retrieved August 18, 2009.</ref><ref>Edwards, Greg. [http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/09/01/story5.html "$60 million in data centers coming online at Emerson"]. ''St. Louis Business Journal''. August 29, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2923986&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on "Ferguson city, Missouri"]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2009.</ref> The Fortune 500 company manufactures and delivers a range of industrial automation and control systems, climate control solutions, measurement and analytical instrumentation, and provides engineering services for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.<ref>[http://www.emerson.com/en-US/about/overview/executive-leadership/corporate/Pages/david-farr.aspx "David Farr"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830031656/http://www.emerson.com/en-US/about/overview/executive-leadership/corporate/Pages/david-farr.aspx|date=August 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Edward L. Monser |url=http://www.emerson.com/en-us/about-us/leadership/edward-monser |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805145606/http://www.emerson.com/en-us/about-us/leadership/edward-monser |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |access-date=May 5, 2017 |publisher=Emerson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 30, 2018 |title=Subsidiaries and affiliates of Emmerson Electric Company |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/32604/000003260418000044/exhibit21fy18.htm |access-date=November 25, 2020 |work=SEC}}</ref>
==History== Emerson was established 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of Fans |url=https://www.fancollectors.org/fanhistory.htm |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.fancollectors.org}}</ref> It expanded its product line to include electric sewing machines, electric dental drills, and power tools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emerson Electric Co. {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/emerson-electric-co |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> [[File:Emerson Northwind table fan, c. 1915 (NMAH 1986.0981.01).jpg|thumb|204x204px|A "Northwind" electric table fan from Emerson, c. 1915, National Museum of American History ]]
During World War II, under the leadership of Stuart Symington,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43819181/emerson_net_income_sales_set_new_peaks/|title=Emerson Net Income, Sales Set New Peaks: Reflect Demand for Plane Turrets|date=January 15, 1945|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|issue=13|location=Chicago, Illinois|edition=Final|volume=CIV|page=20|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Emerson became the world's largest manufacturer of airplane armament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emerson Electric Company {{!}} Science Museum Group Collection |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp126405/emerson-electric-company |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> Emerson ranked 52nd among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.<ref>Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. ''The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis'' (1962) Harvard Business School p.619</ref> thumb|upright|Emerson Electric News Flashes, WWII
== Products ==
=== Automation Solutions === Emerson provides advanced process automation, control systems, and software to industries such as oil and gas, power generation, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and water treatment.
=== Aerospace and Defense Solutions === Emerson Electric also plays a significant role in the aerospace and defense industry, producing high-performance avionics equipment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Aerospace / Defense Pressure & Temperature Measurement Solutions {{!}} Emerson US |url=https://www.emerson.com/en-us/automation/measurement-instrumentation/aerospace-defense |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=www.emerson.com |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-18 |title=Emerson's Test and Measurement business, formerly NI is aiming to solidify its leadership in the Test & Measurement market |url=https://electronicsmaker.com/emersons-test-and-measurement-business-formerly-ni-is-aiming-to-solidify-its-leadership-in-the-test-measurement-market-over-the-next-five-years |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Electronics Maker |language=en-US}}</ref> The AN/APQ series of radar systems, which provide advanced targeting and navigation capabilities for military aircraft, are key products in this segment. Notable products include: * AN/APG-69 * AN/APQ-153 * AN/APQ-157 * AN/APQ-159
== Operations == Operating in over 150 countries,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emerson - ION Treasury customer success story |url=https://iongroup.com/resource-center/treasury/emerson/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=ION |language=en-US}}</ref> Emerson supports industries such as oil and gas, power generation, chemicals, water treatment, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, aerospace and defense.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellison |first=James |date=September 22, 2024 |title=What Kind of Company is Emerson Electric |url=https://blinksandbuttons.net/what-kind-of-company-is-emerson-electric/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=blinksandbuttons.net}}</ref>
== Acquisitions and divestments == In 1962, it acquired the United States Electrical Manufacturing Company as the U.S. Electrical Motors Division, including the brand U.S. Motors.<ref name=USMotorsHistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmotors.com/About-Us/History|title=History – U.S. Motors|publisher=Nidec Motor Corporation}}</ref> In 1968, it acquired the InSinkErator company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gomes |first=Nathan |date=August 8, 2022 |title=Whirlpool to buy InSinkErator for $3 billion to beef up kitchen presence |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/emerson-sell-insinkerator-business-whirlpool-30-bln-2022-08-08/ |access-date=September 24, 2024 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
On December 15, 1999, Emerson Electric acquired Jordan Industries Inc.'s telecommunications equipment division for a total of $440 million, expanding it's interest into the telecommunications industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=EMR` |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130910075558/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=EMR%60 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |title=Emerson Electric Moves to Expand in Telecom Gear}}</ref>
In 2010, Emerson sold its U.S. Motors brand to Nidec Corporation, divesting from the electric motors industry.<ref name="USMotorsHistory" />
On December 1, 2016, Platinum Equity acquired Emerson’s Network Power division for more than $4 billion, rebranding the business as Vertiv.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2016 |title=Emerson Network Power Rebrands As Vertiv, Appoints New CEO |url=https://www.vertiv.com/en-us/about/news-and-insights/corporate-news/2016/emerson-network-power-rebrands-as-vertiv--appoints-new-ceo/ |access-date=December 3, 2025 |website=Vertiv}}</ref>
In July 2018, Emerson completed the acquisition of Textron Tools and Test Businesses for a total of $810 million, which included brands such as Greenlee, Klauke, HD Electric, and Sherman + Reilly. This acquisition further expanded Emerson’s offerings in the professional tools and test equipment market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/textron-completes-sale-tools-test-172300622.html |title=Textron Completes Sale of Tools & Test Businesses to Emerson |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=December 21, 2018 }}</ref>
On April 1, 2020, Emerson acquired American Governor Company, a provider of technologies used to control hydroelectric turbines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellichipuram |first=Umesh |date=2020-04-03 |title=Emerson buys hydroelectric turbine controls company American Governor |url=https://www.power-technology.com/news/emerson-buys-hydroelectric-turbine-controls-company-american-governor/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Power Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>
In October 2022, Emerson reached a deal to sell a controlling interest in its climate technologies business to private equity firm Blackstone Inc. for $14 billion, including debt.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/blackstone-emerson-electric-strike-14-billion-buyout-deal-11667188861 |title=Blackstone, Emerson Electric Strike $14 Billion Buyout Deal |date=October 31, 2022 |last1=Cooper |first1=Laura |last2=Gottfried |first2=Miriam |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> The remaining shares were purchased by Blackstone Inc. for $3.5 billion in June 2024.
Following a nearly year-long negotiation, in April 2023, Emerson finalized an agreement to acquire National Instruments for $8.2 billion. This acquisition was designed to enhance Emerson’s automation technology capabilities, adding advanced testing and measurement technologies.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gomes |first=Nathan |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Emerson Electric to buy NI for $8.2 bln to deepen automation push |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/emerson-electric-buy-ni-corp-82-billion-2023-04-12/ |publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Merrilees |first=Annika |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Emerson succeeds in hostile bid, reaches $8.2 billion deal to buy National Instruments |url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/emerson-succeeds-in-hostile-bid-reaches-8-2-billion-deal-to-buy-national-instruments/article_242950d1-4e79-5cce-b71f-ec9cb1b433ff.html |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}</ref>
==Corporate== Key leadership in the mid-20th century includes W.R. Persons, who focused on diversification and expansion from 1954 to 1973,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnston |first=David Cay |date=November 24, 1999 |title=Wallace Persons, 90, Executive; Led Growth of Emerson Electric |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/24/business/wallace-persons-90-executive-led-growth-of-emerson-electric.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref> followed by Charles Knight, under whom Emerson pursued aggressive acquisitions and global growth between 1973 and 2000. David Farr, who was CEO from 2000 to 2021, continued to expand the company's reach into international markets and advanced technology sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Jacob |date=February 2, 2021 |title=Emerson's David Farr, candid and outspoken, to retire. 'He tended to get out in front' |url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/emerson-s-david-farr-candid-and-outspoken-to-retire-he-tended-to-get-out-in/article_793b20e8-7edc-50e3-86d4-a18da81268f1.html |access-date=March 10, 2021 |website=StlToday.com}}</ref> Jim Turley is the chairman,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Company Leadership – James S. Turley |url=https://www.northropgrumman.com/who-we-are/leadership/james-turley |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Northrop Grumman |language=en}}</ref> and Lal Karsanbhai is CEO.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Mike |date=February 24, 2021 |title=Emerson announces new chief executive officer Lal Karsanbhai - CPECNCPECN |url=https://www.cpecn.com/people-in-process/emerson-announces-new-chief-executive-officer-lal-karsanbhai/ |access-date=September 24, 2024 |website=www.cpecn.com |language=en-US}}</ref> thumb|Emerson logo in 1945
==Corporate relationships==
=== Emerson's brands acquisitions === On December 22, 2014, Emerson announced the acquisition of Scotland-based Cascade Technologies Ltd., expanding its gas-analysis portfolio with laser-based measurement analyzers and systems for enhanced industrial emissions monitoring, production efficiencies, and regulatory compliance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www2.emersonprocess.com/en-US/news/pr/Pages/1412-Cascade.aspx|title = Automation Solutions |publisher=Emerson US }}</ref> Other main Emerson acquisitions and brands include:
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * Advanced Protection Technologies * AgileOps * AMS Suite * American Governor Company * Aperture * APM Automation Solutions * Alco Controls * Appleton Group (formerly EGS Electrical Group) * Artesyn (spun off on Jan 2014) * ASCO International (sold to Schneider Electric in 2017) * ASCO Numatics * Astec (spun off on Jan 2014) * Aventics * Avocent * Avtron Loadbank * Bettis * Branson * Bristol Babcock * Cascade Technologies Ltd * Chloride Group * Chromalox (sold to JPMorgan Partners in 2003)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ewweb.com/business/emerson-sell-chromalox-industrial-heating-division |title=StackPath |date=January 2003 }}</ref> * Closet Maid (sold to Griffon Corp in late 2017) * Control Products * Control Techniques (sold to Nidec in early 2017) * Cooper-Atkins * Copeland (sold to Blackstone in early 2023) * CSI Technologies * DeltaV * Dixell * Electronic Navigation Industries * Enardo LLC * Energy Systems * Firetrol * Fisher Regulators * Fisher Valves & Instruments * Flexim<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emerson.com/en-us/news/2023/emerson-to-acquire-flexim|title=Emerson Expands Automation Leadership With Agreement to Acquire Flexim |date=August 16, 2023 |access-date=September 21, 2023 }}</ref> * Fusite * GeoFields * Greenlee * Groveley Detection Ltd * InSinkErator (sold to Whirlpool Corporation in 2022) * Intelligent Store * Islatrol * Knurr (a business of Vertiv now) * Leroy-Somer (sold to Nidec in early 2017) * Liebert Corporation (now a brand under Vertiv) * METCO * Metro (InterMetro Industries) * Micro Motion * Mimic * Mobrey * National Instruments * Open Systems International <ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200827005372/en/Emerson-Expands-Commitment-Advanced-Software-Solutions-Agreement |title=Emerson Expands Commitment to Advanced Software Solutions with Agreement to Purchase Open Systems International, Inc |date=August 27, 2020 |access-date=October 2, 2020 }}</ref> * Ovation * Paine Electronics * Paradig * Penberthy * Pentair Valves & Controls * Permasense * Plantweb Optics * Power Transmission Solutions * Progea Group * ProSys, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.prosys.com/resources/emerson-completes-acquisition-of-prosys-inc |title=Emerson Completes Acquisition of ProSys, Inc. | Emerson |access-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081638/https://www.prosys.com/resources/emerson-completes-acquisition-of-prosys-inc |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * ProTeam * Pryne & Co., Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33731782/pryne-founding-ralph-pryne-emerson/ |title=Pryne to Become Emerson Unit |work=Los Angeles Times |page=71 |date=March 20, 1957 |access-date=October 23, 2020 }}</ref> * Ridgid (Ridge Tool Company) * Rosemount * Rosemount Analytical * Roxar * Saab Marine Electronics * Sensi (Part of Copeland)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sensi.emerson.com/en-us |title=Sensi Thermostats |publisher=Sensi US }}</ref> * Spence and Nicholson * SSB Wind Systems (sold to Nidec in early 2017) * Surge Protection * Syncade * TopWorx * Tescom * Therm-O-Disc * Universal Western Electric Co. (1960)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=FVN19620601-01.2.29&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------ | title=The Fountain Valley News June 1, 1962 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection }}</ref> * Verdant<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-03-11/emerson-acquires-verdant-a-leading-energy-management-company-in-hospitality |title = Emerson Acquires Verdant, a Leading Energy Management Company in Hospitality| website=Bloomberg News |date = March 11, 2020}}</ref> * Vilter * White-Rodgers * WORKSHOP * Zedi {{div col end}}
== Controversies ==
=== NBC ''Heroes'' lawsuit === On October 2, 2006, Emerson 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, severely injuring her hand. 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."<ref>{{Cite web |last=La Monica |first=Paul |date=October 18, 2006 |title='Heroes' lawsuit against NBC by Emerson draws readers' ire. - Oct. 18, 2006 |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/10/18/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102075304/http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/18/commentary/mediabiz/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2006 |access-date=September 22, 2024 |website=money.cnn.com}}</ref>
Emerson asked for a ruling barring future broadcasts of the pilot and to block NBC from using any Emerson trademarks in the future.
On February 23, 2007, the case was dropped. NBC Universal and Emerson Electric settled the lawsuit outside of court.<ref name="MediaDailyNews">{{cite web |last=Goetzl |first=David |date=February 23, 2007 |title=Emerson Drops Product Placement Case Against NBC |url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/55990/emerson-drops-product-placement-case-against-nbc.html?edition= |access-date=June 27, 2017 |publisher=MediaDailyNews}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Emerson Electric}} * {{Official website|https://www.emerson.com}} {{Finance links | name = Emerson Electric Co. | symbol = EMR | sec_cik = 32604 | yahoo = EMR | google = EMR:NYSE }}
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