Companies known for two different things?

[kc8adu]

dont forget video displays.i still see plenty of them in industrial equipment.
Originally Posted By: fdcg27
Ball Bothers, later Ball Corp.
Can't get any more diverse than glass canning jars and food and beverage cans and unmanned probes from early in the American space program.

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: doitmyself
Kohler Toilets - Kohler Engines

I mentioned Kohler. That's about the most random a pair of unrelated product lines I've heard of.

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: 4WD
They only went into service summer 2016. There have been component design changes and early change outs. However owners have seen substantial fuel savings with GTF.

Wasn't a top exec at Airbus cracking jokes about some revolutionary technology that "will no doubt be delivered late"? Right now GE (if you include CFM) dominates the small-engine market and P&W is desperately trying to catch up.

http://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/jet-engine-maker-pratt-the-butt-of-10bn-dollar-jokes

 

[uc50ic4more]

Posted using my Samsung phone:

 

[L_Sludger]

Originally Posted By: Mr Nice
Stay away from GE products, they are very terrible.

Well, just don't work as a contractor for them, because they will screw you ten ways from Sunday.

 

[4WD]

Samsung even has a nice hotel next to that shipyard - do the Sunday brunch there

 

[beanoil]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: PimTac

Don't forget Honda. Cars, power equip, generators, motorcycles, outboard motors, lawn equipment, etc etc.



and the Osimo(tm) robot which splits away from their being a "motor company".

I still want an Asimo....

 

[Virtus_Probi]

Aisin makes transmissions, sewing machines, and warm water shower toilet seats.

 

[L_Sludger]

Originally Posted By: beanoil
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: PimTac

Don't forget Honda. Cars, power equip, generators, motorcycles, outboard motors, lawn equipment, etc etc.



and the Osimo(tm) robot which splits away from their being a "motor company".

I still want an Asimo....
[video:youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5U9QRiY46I[/ideo]
I saw that robot give a demonstration at a technical or science museum in Tokyo. It was kind of cool to watch it kick a soccer ball, and do its happy dance.

 

[tom slick]

Kaman is an industrial, aviation, and military supplier. They also make helicopters, and used to own Gretch drums and Ovation guitars.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Originally Posted By: ChevyBadger
Originally Posted By: jhellwig
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
Yamaha pianos and motorcycles


The Yamaha symbol is actually three tuning forks.
and snowmobiles


And stereo equipment

 

[4WD]

Did Pratt & Whitney get all that mention without some of the other stuff from United Technologies

 

[bmwpowere36m3]

Mitsubishi... cars/trucks, TVs, heavy equipment, HVAC, etc...

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: 4WD
Did Pratt & Whitney get all that mention without some of the other stuff from United Technologies

I was kind of thinking that large conglomerates are sort of a different category, but these threads take a life of their own. I specifically mentioned General Electric as a large, diversified company that I didn't think was quite the same as a smaller company that's maybe a market leader in two or three segments. Kohler is the perfect example since it's rather hard to figure out the relationship between toilets and generators.

I guess another one is Johnson Controls, although it looks like they spun off their automotive division. TRW was also a head scratcher as to how all their divisions fit into each other. They used to be market leader in aerospace, automotive (I remember their seat belts), and credit monitoring. They did sell their credit monitoring though.

 

[BHopkins]

Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Originally Posted By: dishdude
Originally Posted By: BHopkins
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
Hitachi; who would know they make hard drives, excavators and have a barbeque named after them.


Umm, I think the Japanese grill is actually called a hibachi

1.5 pages in the thread to get a response; you guys are losing it....

We have a high end storage array @ work made by Hitachi that we call "the hibachi"


Super funny, especially considering that in Japan a hibachi is a heating device. I'm sure you get plenty of heat off of that storage array.

Only in America does hibachi refer to a small charcoal fueled cooking grill.

 

[nstoolman1]

Saab - Jets and cars

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: nstoolman1
Saab - Jets and cars

Yeah - I get it, but they sold off the auto group years ago and licensed out the name. I guess the same goes for Volvo. And Rolls-Royce (which has been mentioned here in another context). However, Rolls-Royce started off making reciprocating aircraft engines that weren't that different than automotive engines, so it's not all that much of a stretch to think they could do it. A lot of car companies have made aircraft engines over the years, especially when they were asked to for a war effort.

 

[HerrStig]

Originally Posted By: y_p_w
Originally Posted By: nstoolman1
Saab - Jets and cars

Yeah - I get it, but they sold off the auto group years ago and licensed out the name. I guess the same goes for Volvo. And Rolls-Royce (which has been mentioned here in another context). However, Rolls-Royce started off making reciprocating aircraft engines that weren't that different than automotive engines, so it's not all that much of a stretch to think they could do it. A lot of car companies have made aircraft engines over the years, especially when they were asked to for a war effort.
Packard built Rolls Merlins during WWII and there those who say their machine work and assembly was better than Rolls.

 

[HerrStig]

DAWIA builds fishing gear and electronics, including custom power supplies. Kenwood builds communications gear as well as stereo equipment. Motorola at one time built almost every commercial two way radio system in the US, and also a bunch of consumer goods.

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Originally Posted By: y_p_w
Originally Posted By: nstoolman1
Saab - Jets and cars

Yeah - I get it, but they sold off the auto group years ago and licensed out the name. I guess the same goes for Volvo. And Rolls-Royce (which has been mentioned here in another context). However, Rolls-Royce started off making reciprocating aircraft engines that weren't that different than automotive engines, so it's not all that much of a stretch to think they could do it. A lot of car companies have made aircraft engines over the years, especially when they were asked to for a war effort.
Packard built Rolls Merlins during WWII and there those who say their machine work and assembly was better than Rolls.

Sure. I do get that in time of war, a government might get the plans and basically tell a company that they have no other choice than to let another company build a product needed for a war effort. Isn't that the main story of the Jeep?