Harris Corporation
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| legal form | Public company |
| ISIN | US4138751056 |
| founding | July 13, 1955 (1895) |
| Seat | Melbourne , Florida |
| management | William M. Brown |
| Number of employees | 14,000 (2014) |
| sales | 5,012,000,000 US dollars (2014) |
| Branch | Military technology, communication technology, radio and television technology |
| Website | www.harris.com |
The Harris Corporation was an international manufacturer of communications equipment and radar installations in the area of military technology . The company's headquarters were in Melbourne , Florida .
history
The Harris Automatic Press Company was founded in Niles , Ohio in 1895 and initially developed lithographic printing machines . On July 13, 1955, the company went public on the NYSE . In 1959, the radar technology manufacturer " PRD Electronics of Brooklyn, New York " was acquired, followed by an association with " Radiation, Inc. of Melbourne " in 1967 , from which time semiconductors were also manufactured. In 1979 a joint venture was founded with Matra under the name Matra Harris Semiconductors . In 1988, Harris acquired the semiconductor company Intersil from General Electric . Eleven years later, in 1999, the semiconductor division was spun off again as Intersil.
Harris Corporation merged with L3 Technologies to form L3Harris Technologies in July 2019 .
Business areas
RF & Government Communications
Harris RF Communications was one of the world's leading manufacturers of wireless communications equipment for military applications. The Falcon series of radios were the first commercially available that were based exclusively on digital circuit technology. Most recently, the product range mainly comprised digital radio signal receivers and radio data modules for OEM use.
Broadcast Communications
Harris Broadcast Communications developed and produced mainly equipment for satellite links in OB vans , there were, however, intercom systems for use in television production.
Company takeovers
The following companies have been taken over by Harris since 1988:
- Exelis, Inc. (2015)
- SignaCert (2010)
- SolaCom ATC Solutions (2009)
- Tyco Electronics (MA-COM) Wireless Systems (2009)
- Crucial Security, Inc. (2009)
- Zandar Technologies Ltd. (2007)
- Multimax (2007)
- Aastra Digital Video (2006)
- Optimal Solutions, Inc. (2006)
- Leitch Technology (2005)
- Orkand Corporation (2004 – Now Harris Enterprise Services)
- Encoda Systems (2004)
- ImageLinks, Inc. (2004)
- Hirschmann Multimedia Communications Network (2001)
- Exigent International, Inc. (2001)
- Wavtrace, Inc. (2000)
- Lucent Technologies Point-to-Point Microwave Business (2000)
- Louth Automation (2000)
- Audio Broadcast Group, Inc. (1999)
- Pacific Research & Engineering Corporation (1999)
- CHOICE Microsystems (1999)
- Intraplex, Inc. (1999)
- Agfa Copying Systems, Inc. (1998)
- Trans-Comp, Inc. (1998 - Spun-Off with Lanier Worldwide)
- Northeast Broadcast Lab (1997)
- NovAtel Communications (1995)
- Triplett Corporation's Cellular and Telecommunications Business (1995)
- Intersil Corporation (1988)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Harris Corporation 2014 Annual Report , accessed March 11, 2015
- ^ Harris History. on the company website.
- ↑ French semiconductor production with American know-how
- ↑ GE sells chip division to Harris
- ↑ https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1122319
- ^ Harris and L3 complete merger to form defense industry giant
- ↑ Exelis Shareholders Approve Harris Acquisition | Harris. In: www.harris.com. Retrieved June 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Communications company Harris Corp to acquire IT compliance organization. May 19, 2010 at: newstatesman.com