What Company Will ABB Buy Next?
I was reading news from Smart Trend (stock market tracking and advice website) and came across a short article on Highest Levels of Cash in Heavy Equipment Industry. What was interesting for me was the fact that ABB (NYSE:ABB) has (even after their acquisitions lately) over $9 billion in cash. They tried to buy Chloride [...]
Verbal Intimidation
I was recently on the receiving end of being verbally attacked and, unfortunately, lost the battle. Since that fateful morning, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what I could have done differently in the situation to gain the upper hand. Although my situation deals with a renter of mine, I felt that there are people [...]
Rockwell Automation – Company of The Week
Rockwell Automation is the largest company in the world solely dedicated to automation and control. Its headquarters is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It has offices all over U.S and the world and does business in every continent. Rockwell employs about 20,000 people in over 80 countries. It has about $5 billion revenue every year of which [...]
Burns Control Company in Dallas Texas
This is the first post in company of the week posts. The first company to be reviewed is Burns Control Company which is actually an automation distributor company. Name: Burns Control Company Phone Number: 1-800-442-2010 Address: 13735 Beta Road, Dallas, Texas 75244 Website: www.burnscontrols.com LinkedIn Page Burns Controls Company was established in 1971. It is [...]
Industrial Automation & Control Organizations to Join
Following are some of the professional organizations for automation and control industry. They are all great places to find technical and non technical resources in the automation industry as well network with other engineers in the business. ISA – International Society of Automation Website: www.isa.org Membership Cost: $100 / Year ISA is a non profit [...]
Indianapolis Industrial Automation Companies
I will soon be moving to Indianapolis, Indiana. I will be working in the automation industry so I figured its a good idea to find out who the main automation companies are in the Indianapolis (Indy) area. The list is in no particular order. Are you an automation company that would like to be listed [...]
Rockwell Automation Declares 21 Percent Dividend Increase
Rockwell Automation announced, on June 3rd, that they will increase quarterly dividend on its common stock to 35 cents per share which is 21% increase. The dividend is payable on Sept. 10, 2010 to share owners of record at the close of business on Aug. 16, 2010. You can read more about it on Rockwell [...]
T. Rowe Price Profile (Major Rockwell Automation Stockholder)
T. Rowe Price is the largest stock holders of Rockwell Automation stocks. As I mentioned before to analyze where a company’s strategy is headed it is important to study the strategy of its largest stock holders. T. Rowe Price is an investing firm started in 1937 out of Baltimore, MD. As of March 31, 2010, [...]
Stop Outsourcing Engineering & Product Design
Outsourcing can be good for companies. When a customer service is outsourced to India, or a factory production line is outsourced, it can save the business money and increase the bottom line. Saving money for the company means shareholders will be happy which sadly is all that matters these days (instead of real innovation and [...]
Rockwell Automation Major Stockholders
When analyzing a company and determining where it is headed, it is vital to look at the major stockholders of the company. More often than not those major stockholders have board of directors seat which gives them power when voting for any major changes in the company. So when trying to analyze a company (ex. [...]