{{Short description|Multinational power management company}} {{About|the industrial manufacturer|other uses|Eaton (disambiguation)}} {{Distinguish|Etón Corporation}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox company | name = Eaton Corporation plc | logo = Eaton Corporation logo.svg | former_names = {{plainlist| * Torbensen Gear and Axle Co. (1911–1916) * Torbensen Axle Company (1916–1919) * Eaton Axle Company (1919–1920) * Eaton Axle & Spring Company (1923–1932) * Eaton Manufacturing Company (1932–1965) * Eaton Yale & Towne Inc. (1965–1971) * Eaton Corporation (1971–2013) }} | logo_upright = 1.1 | image = Eaton_Corporation_thumbnail_IMG_1534.jpg | image_upright = 1.1 | image_caption = Headquarters in [[Beachwood, Ohio]] | type = [[Public limited company|Public]] | traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|ETN}}|[[S&P 500]] component}} | ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|IE00B8KQN827}} | industry = [[Manufacturing|Conglomerate]] | founded = {{Start date and age|1911}} | founders = {{ubl|[[Joseph Oriel Eaton II]]|Viggo Torbensen}} | hq_location_city = [[Dublin]] | hq_location_country = Ireland | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{plainlist| * Paulo Ruiz ([[Chairman]] & [[CEO]]) * Olivier Leonetti ([[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]]) * Heath Monesmith (President & [[Chief Operating Officer|COO]] Electrical Sector) * Peter Denk (President & [[Chief Operating Officer|COO]] Industrial Sector) }} | products = | production = | services = | revenue = {{increase}} US$24.88 billion (2024) | operating_income = {{increase}} US$4.632 billion (2024) | net_income = {{increase}} US$3.794 billion (2024) | assets = {{decrease}} US$38.38 billion (2024) | equity = {{decrease}} US$18.49 billion (2024) | num_employees = 94,000 (2024) | divisions = Electrical Sector<br />Industrial Sector<br />- Aerospace<br />- Filtration<br />- Golf Pride<br />- Vehicle<br />- eMobility | website = {{URL|https://www.eaton.com/|eaton.com}} | footnotes = <ref name="10-K">{{cite web|url= https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001551182/000155118225000006/etn-20241231.htm |title=Eaton Corporation plc 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=February 27, 2025 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |website=sec.gov}}</ref> }} [[File:An_Eaton_Corporation_office_building_in_Brossard,_Quebec,_Canada.jpg|thumb|An Eaton Corporation office building in [[Brossard|Brossard, Quebec]]]] '''Eaton Corporation plc''' is an American-Irish<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief but Sad History of Selected Corporate Inversions |url=https://www.epi.org/blog/sad-history-selected-corporate-inversions/}}</ref> multinational power management company, with a primary administrative center in [[Beachwood, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130207/FREE/130209815/eaton-corp-to-complete-move-to-new-beachwood-campus-by-feb-18|title=Eaton Corp. to complete move to new Beachwood campus by Feb. 18|date=2013-02-06|website=Crain's Cleveland Business|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> Eaton has more than 85,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/company/about-us.html|title=About us}}</ref>
==History== In 1911, [[Joseph Oriel Eaton II|Joseph O. Eaton]], brother-in-law Henning O. Taube and Viggo V. Torbensen, incorporated the Torbensen Gear and Axle Co. in [[Bloomfield, New Jersey]]. With financial backing from Torbensen's mother, the company was set to manufacture Torbensen's patented internal-gear truck axle. In 1914, the company moved to [[Cleveland, Ohio]], to be closer to its core business, the automotive industry.
The Torbensen Axle Company incorporated in Ohio in 1916, succeeding the New Jersey corporation. A year later, [[Republic Motor Truck Company]], Torbensen's largest customer bought out the company. But Eaton and Torbensen were not content and bowed out of Republic to form the Eaton Axle Company in 1919. A year later, in 1920, Eaton Axle Company merged with Standard Parts. Standard Parts went in receivership later the same year and was later liquidated. In 1923, Eaton bought the Torbensen Axle Co. back from Republic and changed the name to the Eaton Axle and Spring Company.
Eaton officers believed the quickest way to grow the business was through acquisitions and began buying companies in the automotive industry. By 1932, the diversified company changed its name to Eaton Manufacturing Company. In 1937, Eaton became international by opening a manufacturing plant in Canada. In 1958 Eaton Corporation acquired Fuller Manufacturing. The company name changed once again in 1965 to Eaton Yale & Towne Inc. after the acquisition of Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co. in 1963. Stockholders approved the change to the company's current name in 1971. In 1978, Eaton Corporation acquired Samuel Moore & Company, Kenway Systems, and Cutler-Hammer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsServices/Electrical/Support/Brand/Cutler-Hammer/index.htm|title=Cutler-Hammer|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501040453/http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/ProductsServices/Electrical/Support/Brand/Cutler-Hammer/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>http://www.manufacturingnews.com/subscribers/users_orig.cgi?mfgnews_username=mbg&flag=read_article&id_title=1&id_article=581&id_issue=34&id_sub=459&id_sl={{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
==Current work== Eaton's businesses are divided into the following sectors:
===Electrical=== The electrical sector's products include [[Circuit breaker|circuit breakers]], [[switchgear]], [[Bus duct|busway]], [[Uninterruptible power supply|UPS systems]], [[Electric power distribution|power distribution units]], [[Control panel (engineering)|panel boards]], [[Distribution board|load centers]], motor controls, meters, sensors, relays, [[Programmable logic controller|PLCs]], [[User interface|HMIs]], and [[Power inverter|inverters]]. The main markets for the '''Electrical Americas''' and '''Electrical Rest of World''' segments are industrial, institutional, government, utility, commercial, residential, information technology and original equipment manufacturer customers.
===Aerospace=== For the aerospace industry, Eaton manufactures and markets a line of systems and components for hydraulic, fuel, motion control, pneumatic systems and engines.
===Mobility ===
The '''Mobility Group''' comprises the company's '''Vehicle and eMobility''' segments, including the '''Roadranger''' division providing:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadranger.com/rr/OurCompany/AboutUs/index.htm |title=Roadranger |publisher=Eaton |access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * Eaton clutches * Eaton automated and mechanical transmissions * Eaton hybrid power systems: mounted between the '''UltraShift''' automated manual transmission and clutch is an electric motor/generator, connected to a power inverter using lithium-ion batteries, controlled with an electronic control module. The system has a [[fail-safe]] that reverts to conventional engine-powered operation should some fault occur.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadranger.com/Eaton/ProductsServices/Vehicle/Hybrid-Power-Systems/HybridElectricVehicleSystemsOverview/index.htm |title=Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems Overview |publisher=Eaton |access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> * Roadranger synthetic lubricants * Eaton MD mobile diagnostics
The truck segment is involved in the design, manufacture and marketing of powertrain systems and other components for commercial vehicle markets. Key products include manual and automated transmissions, clutches,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/products/clutches-brakes/commercial-vehicle-clutches.html?wtredirect=www.roadranger.com/rr/ProductsServices/ProductsbyCategory/Clutches/index.htm |title=Clutches for linehaul and vocational trucks |publisher=Eaton |access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> drive-line components, and hybrid power.
Eaton's automotive segment produces products such as [[Supercharger|superchargers]], engine valves, valve train components, cylinder heads, locking and limited-slip [[Differential (mechanical device)|differentials]], heavy-duty drive-line components, fuel, emissions, and safety controls, transmission and engine controls, [[Spoiler (car)|spoilers]], exterior moldings, plastic components, and fluid connectors.
The '''eMobility''' sector combines elements of Eaton's electrical and vehicle businesses to deliver electric vehicles to passenger car, commercial vehicle and off-highway [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEMs]].
==Acquisitions and divestments== In one of Eaton's largest acquisitions, the company purchased the [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] Distribution and Controls Business Unit in 1994.<ref name="timeline">{{cite web| title=History Timeline| url=http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/OurCompany/AboutUs/HistoryTimeline/index.htm| publisher=Eaton Corporation| access-date=2012-01-15| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124210114/http://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/company/about-us/our-heritage.html| archive-date=24 January 2012}}</ref> The acquisition included all of the Westinghouse electrical distribution and control product business and also included stipulations that the Westinghouse name cannot be used by anyone else on these types of products for years. Today, Eaton Electrical manufactures electrical distribution and control products branded "Eaton" or "Cutler-Hammer", which can replace Westinghouse products in commercial and industrial applications.
Eaton spun off its [[Semiconductor device fabrication|semiconductor manufacturing equipment]] business as [[Axcelis Technologies]] in 2000.
In 2003, Eaton's Electrical Distribution and Control business (formerly known as Cutler-Hammer) acquired the electrical division of Delta plc. This acquisition brought Delta's brands Holec, MEM, Tabula, Bill and Elek under the Eaton nameplate<ref name="delta">{{cite news| title=Eaton buys Delta plc's electrical division based in United Kingdom| url=http://ewweb.com/mag/electric_eaton_buys_delta/index.html| work=Electrical Wholesaling| author=Dale Funk| date=1 January 2003| access-date=2012-01-15| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214055138/http://ewweb.com/mag/electric_eaton_buys_delta/index.html| archive-date=14 February 2012}}</ref> with the previous Westinghouse divisions and gave the company manufacturing facilities to meet [[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] standards, one of the steps to become a global company and developing a worldwide standard.
Soon after this acquisition, Eaton entered a [[joint venture]] with [[Caterpillar Inc.]] and purchased 51% of I & S operations, now known as Intelligent Switchgear Organization, LLC.<ref name="joint">{{cite news| title=Cutler-Hammer in joint venture between Eaton, Caterpillar| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2003/08/04/daily12.html| work=The Business Journal (Milwaukee)| date=5 August 2003| publisher=bizjournals.com| access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref> This was followed in 2004 by the acquisition of [[Powerware]].<ref name="powerware">{{cite press release| title=Eaton Completes Purchase of Powerware| url=http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/OurCompany/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/CT_065747| date=9 June 2004| publisher=Eaton Corporation| access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref> The Powerware brand is known for the design and production of medium to large Uninterruptible Power System (UPS) devices. After several years of co-branding UPS products "Eaton|Powerware" the company is switching to the single brand Eaton for all UPS products including; [[Eaton BladeUPS|BladeUPS]], 9355, 9390, 9395, and 9E.
In 2006, Eaton entered the data center power distribution market. Initial products were internally developed PDU's and RPP's under the Powerware brand and included the PowerXpert metering system. A Powerware brand Static Transfer Switch was added to the portfolio through a brand-label relationship with Cyberex. To complete the power distribution portfolio Eaton released a line of rack power distribution products under its Powerware brand called {{Proper name|ePDU}}. It acquired Aphel Technologies Ltd., a manufacturer of power distribution product for data centers based in [[Coventry]], UK.<ref name="alphel">{{cite press release| title=Eaton Announces Acquisition of Aphel Technologies Limited| url=http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/OurCompany/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/CT_123913| date=5 April 2007| publisher=Eaton Corporation| access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref> Shortly after, it added Pulizzi Engineering Inc., a manufacturer of mission critical power distribution based in Santa Ana, California.<ref name="pulizzi">{{cite press release |title=Eaton Expands Power Quality Offerings With Acquisition of Pulizzi Engineering |date=19 June 2007 |publisher=Eaton Corporation |url=https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/company/news-insights.html |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref> In late 2007, it acquired the MGE Office Protection Systems division of [[Schneider Electric]], as a result of Schneider's acquisition of [[APC by Schneider Electric|APC]]. A Taiwanese manufacturer, Phoenixtec, was also acquired giving the company the highest share in the Chinese single-phase UPS market.<ref name="mge">{{cite press release |title=Eaton To Acquire MGE's Small Systems Business From Schneider Electric |date=21 June 2007 |publisher=Eaton Corporation |url=https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/company/news-insights.html |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref>
On 21 May 2012, Eaton announced that it had agreed to purchase [[Ireland]]-based [[Cooper Industries]] in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $11.46 billion. The new company is called Eaton Corporation plc and is incorporated in Ireland. Then-Chairman and CEO of Eaton [[Alexander Cutler]] headed the new corporation. Cooper shareholders received $39.15 in cash and 0.77479 of a share in the newly created company for each Cooper share held. This is worth $72 per share based on Eaton's closing share price of $42.40 on 18 May 2012, and is 29% above Cooper's closing stock price.<ref>Detroit Free Press, Tuesday, 22 May. 2012, page 3C</ref> Eaton Corporation plc completed its acquisition of Cooper Industries on 30 Nov 2012. The $13 billion acquisition of Cooper (US$5.4B Sales revenue (2011)), became the largest in Eaton's (US$16B Sales Revenue (2011)) 101-year history.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-11-30/eaton-completes-11-dot-46b-deal-for-cooper-industries |title=Eaton completes $11.46B deal for Cooper Industries - Businessweek |access-date=3 December 2012 |archive-date=1 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201135404/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-11-30/eaton-completes-11-dot-46b-deal-for-cooper-industries |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 17 Mar 2021, Eaton completed the acquisition of [[Tripp Lite]] for $1.65 billion. President and COO of Electrical Sector, Eaton Uday Yadav said "The acquisition of Tripp Lite will enhance the breadth of our edge computing and distributed IT product portfolio and expand our single-phase UPS business." The acquisition will further Eaton's access to the consumer market in which Tripp Lite has a strong position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/company/news-insights/news-releases/2021/eaton-completes-the-acquisition-of-tripp-lite--expanding-eaton-s.html|title=Eaton completes the acquisition of Tripp Lite, expanding Eaton's power quality business in the Americas}}</ref>
Eaton's [[hydraulics]] business, manufacturing systems and components for the agriculture, construction, mining, forestry, utility, material handling, machine tools, molding, power generation, primary metals, and oil and gas markets, was acquired by [[Danfoss]] in August 2021 for $3.3 billion.<ref name="danfoss">{{cite press release |title=Danfoss Formally Completes US$3.3 Billion Acquisition of Eaton's Hydraulics Business |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210802005512/en/Danfoss-Formally-Completes-US3.3-Billion-Acquisition-of-Eaton’s-Hydraulics-Business |website=Business Wire |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
==Headquarters== From 1920s-1964 Eaton was based on East 140th Street in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1964, the company moved its headquarters into the new [[Erieview Tower]] where it remained until 1983. In that year, Eaton Corporation moved into a 28-story Cleveland office tower which was renamed for it.<ref name="emporis">{{cite web| title=Eaton Center| url=http://www.emporis.com/building/eatoncenter-cleveland-oh-usa| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017082016/http://www.emporis.com/building/eatoncenter-cleveland-oh-usa| url-status=usurped| archive-date=17 October 2012| publisher=Emporis| access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref> Eaton relocated to its new 580,000 square foot facility, named Eaton Center, in [[Beachwood, Ohio]] in early 2013.<ref name="ground">{{cite news| title=Eaton Corporation Relocated World Headquarters to Beachwood; Puts City on Map for Economic Development| url=http://www.bcomber.org/news/2013/02/02/eaton-corporation-relocates-world-headquarters-to-beachwood-puts-city-on-map-for-future-economic-development/| author=Grant Gravagna| publisher=bcomber.org| date=2 February 2013| access-date=2013-02-03}}</ref> They reincorporated, as a means of reducing its U.S. corporate tax burden, in Ireland as part of the Cooper merger involved establishing a registered head office in Dublin, Ireland but operational headquarters remain in Beachwood.
== Lawsuits and other issues ==
=== Racial harassment === In 1995, Eaton Corp had to pay $1.25M in restitution to a former employee who had been subject to racial harassment. Incidents included food being thrown on his desk, food being thrown through the roof of his car, use of the word "[[nigger]]", and the presence of [[neo-Nazi]] flyers at Eaton Corp.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vindication, at Long Last : Ex-Employer Must Pay Homeless Man $1.25 Million for Racial Harassment |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-22-me-57528-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=28 August 2025 |date=22 April 1995}}</ref>
In 2020, an employee sued Eaton Corp for retaliation and facilitating a climate of racial harassment. After a profane outburst from a fellow worker, the plaintiff was assigned to work and train under a supervisor who abused him psychologically. The supervisor made frequent use of "nigger", made reference to slavery and lynching, and claimed his job was to get rid of Black workers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Breslin|first=John|title=Company faces serious allegations of racial harassment and retaliation|url=https://madisonrecord.com/stories/524571846-company-faces-serious-allegations-of-racial-harassment-and-retaliation|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Madison - St. Clair Record|language=en}}</ref> The employee informed management of his hostile work environment, but management responded by disciplining the plaintiff himself.
=== Long-term benefits === Back when Eaton Corp was struggling with bankruptcy, various employees on long-term benefits suddenly found themselves terminated.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Outward v. Eaton Corp. Disability Plan for U.S. Emps., No. 19-3365 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator|url=https://casetext.com/case/outward-v-eaton-corp-disability-plan-for-us-emps|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030142355/https://casetext.com/case/outward-v-eaton-corp-disability-plan-for-us-emps|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2020|access-date=2022-02-06|website=casetext.com}}</ref> Eaton had failed to insure the plan that the employees had nonetheless paid for. This led to numerous suits against Eaton.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Evans v. Eaton Corporation Long Term Disability Plan, C.A. No. 8:05-2575-HMH {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator|url=https://casetext.com/case/evans-v-eaton-corporation-long-term-disability-plan-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027225520/https://casetext.com/case/evans-v-eaton-corporation-long-term-disability-plan-2|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2021|access-date=2022-02-06|website=casetext.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=FindLaw's United States Fourth Circuit case and opinions.|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1099274.html|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Findlaw|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
=== Tax avoidance === In 2012, the acquisition of [[Cooper Industries]] made it possible for Eaton Corp to become an Irish company, which would sharply lower its [[Corporate tax|corporate tax rate]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-05-22|title=Ireland-bound Eaton is latest to end U.S. corporate citizenship|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tax-eaton-idUSBRE84L0T420120522|access-date=2022-02-06}}</ref> The move was later denounced by both [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] and [[Donald Trump|President Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Monica|first=Paul R. La|date=2017-02-03|title=Company that Trump bashed isn't backing down|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/03/investing/eaton-donald-trump-inversion-ireland/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163630/http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/03/investing/eaton-donald-trump-inversion-ireland/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2017|access-date=2022-02-06|website=CNNMoney}}</ref>
=== Triumph Group === In 2004, Eaton Corp sued [[Triumph Group]] for trade secrets theft, but when it was discovered that the company's lawyers were paying former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters to improperly influence Hinds County Circuit Judge [[Bobby DeLaughter]], the defendants countersued. In 2014, Eaton Corp paid $135M to Triumph Group and $13M to six former employees to settle the long-running legal dispute. Judge DeLaughter was sentenced to 18 months in prison.<ref>{{Cite web|title=$135 Million Settlement Payment from Eaton to Triumph in Now Legendary Mississippi (and ultimately North Carolina) Trade Secrets Row {{!}} Graebe Hanna Sullivan PLLC|url=http://www.ghslawfirm.com/site/135-million-settlement-payment-from-eaton-to-triumph-in-now-legendary-mississippi-and-ultimately-north-carolina-trade-secrets-row/|access-date=2022-02-06|language=en-US|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508024858/http://www.ghslawfirm.com/site/135-million-settlement-payment-from-eaton-to-triumph-in-now-legendary-mississippi-and-ultimately-north-carolina-trade-secrets-row/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-06-19|title=Eaton To Pay $147.5M To Settle Trade Secrets Dispute|url=https://www.manufacturing.net/aerospace/news/13098828/eaton-to-pay-1475m-to-settle-trade-secrets-dispute|access-date=2022-02-06|website=Manufacturing.net|language=en-us}}</ref>
=== Software sabotage === In 2018, Eaton Corporation became the target of internal sabotage by a longtime software developer following a corporate restructuring. The employee, Davis Lu, embedded malicious code in the company’s Windows production environment, including a [[kill switch]] that would trigger if his account was disabled. When Lu was terminated in September 2019, the kill switch activated, locking out thousands of users and severely disrupting Eaton's global operations. The incident caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages. Lu was later convicted of intentionally damaging protected computers and, in 2025, was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release.<ref name=lu>{{cite web|url= https://gizmodo.com/a-dev-built-a-kill-switch-that-activated-when-he-got-fired-now-hes-convicted-of-criminal-sabotage-2000574032|title=A Dev Built a Kill Switch That Activated When He Got Fired. Now He's Convicted of Criminal Sabotage|date=10 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Dev gets 4 years for creating kill switch on ex-employer's systems |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-gets-4-years-for-creating-kill-switch-on-ex-employers-systems/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250822000859/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-gets-4-years-for-creating-kill-switch-on-ex-employers-systems/ |archive-date=2025-08-22 |access-date=2025-08-22 |work=BleepingComputer |language=en-us}}</ref>
==Corporate recognition and rankings==
Recognitions include the following: * Ranked #4 in "100 Best Corporate Citizens" of Corporate Responsibility Magazine in 2013, also ranking in Top 50 for Six Consecutive Years.<ref name="100 Best Corporate Citizens">{{cite press release| title=Eaton Places Fourth Among| url=http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/OurCompany/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/PCT_477682| date=16 April 2013| publisher=Eaton Corporation}}</ref> * Named to [[Thomson Reuters]] Top 100 Innovators List, 2011 - 2012 - 2013.<ref name="100 Top Innovators">{{cite press release| title=Eaton Recognized for Leadership| url=http://www.eaton.com/Eaton/OurCompany/NewsEvents/NewsReleases/PCT_918223| date=9 October 2013| publisher=Eaton Corporation}}</ref>
== See also == *[[Cooper Industries]] *[[Eagle Electric]] *[[Powerware]] *[[Corporation tax in the Republic of Ireland#Corporate tax inversions]]
==References== {{Reflist}} *''The History of Eaton Corporation 1911–1985'' *[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31277/000003127703000012/etn2q2003earningsrelease.txt Securities and Exchange Commission]
==External links== *{{Official website}} {{Finance links | name = Eaton Corporation | symbol = ETN | sec_cik = 1551182 | yahoo = ETN | google = ETN:NYSE }} * {{commonscat-inline}}
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