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Invensys Limited was a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. At its height, the company had offices in more than 50 countries and its products were sold in around 180 countries. [3] Invensys was formed in 1999 through the merger of BTR plc and Siebe plc. [4]
Wonderware was a brand of industrial software now owned by Aveva and rebranded under the AVEVA name. Wonderware was part of Invensys plc, [1] and Invensys plc was acquired in January 2014 by Schneider Electric.
Invensys Rail Group was a division of Invensys, a UK-based multinational engineering company.It was a designer, manufacturer and integrator of railway equipment, including automation, signalling and controls.
Safetran was founded in 1920 [4] when Safetran's predecessors started developing and fielding products for the growing railroad infrastructure (See Timeline of United States railway history for details about the significant development of the United States' rail infrastructure.)
Siebe plc became the name of the new conglomerate formed when Siebe Gorman began taking over other firms in the early 1970s, to distinguish it from Siebe Gorman's original breathing apparatus and diving gear core business.
Invensys Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd ) was a British supplier of railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry worldwide. Its head office was in Chippenham , Wiltshire , where it manufactured a variety of mechanical and electrical/electronic railway signalling equipment.
Invensys quickly split the company into two divisions, Westinghouse Rail Systems and Westinghouse Brakes Ltd, selling Westinghouse Brakes to Munich-based competitor Knorr-Bremse. [ 3 ] Also formerly a part of The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company is Westcode , a high-power semiconductor manufacturer, now part of the IXYS Corporation .
With the acquisition of Baan, Invensys's CEO Allen Yurko began to offer "Sensor to Boardroom" solutions to customers. In June 2003, after Allen Yurko stepped down, Invensys sold its Baan unit to SSA Global Technologies for US$ 135 million. Upon acquiring the Baan software, SSA renamed Baan as SSA ERP Ln.