Eaton, which is based in Cleveland, makes electrical equipment and parts for the trucking industry.
Edward Cotsen, who ran the eastern division of Tung-Sol, which made electrical equipment and electronics, and the former Sophie Novick.
Anil Gupta, the boss of Havells, a Noida-headquartered firm which makes electrical equipment, recalls visiting a vast Chinese factory in 2002: "It was a shock".
By merging his company, Schneider Electric S.A., which makes electrical equipment for factories and power plants, with Legrand S.A., a maker of consumer products like plugs and dimmers, he would create a French mini-version of General Electric, with $11 billion in revenue.
Mr. Bassani, 44, who sold his family business in Italy making electrical equipment to start Wally in 1994, said the company's peculiar structure, with only about 60 employees, was intended to insulate it from market volatility.
Its industries process metals and make electrical communications equipment, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and perfume.
Other industries produce electrical equipment, chemicals, and refined sugar.
Its units also make electrical and electronic components, undersea telecommunications equipment, fire protection and security systems.
"It's significant, because we found a very clear, repeatable effect of electromagnetic noise made by electrical equipment that prevents a bird, in this case a European robin, from using its magnetic compass," Mouritsen said.
REPORTER AT LARGE about a visit to a factory which makes special electrical equipment for the Armed serviced.
