ITT is a vibrant part of the global economy. We are a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company with approximately 40,000 employees operating in 55 countries. Our portfolio of businesses is aligned with enduring, global growth drivers, and our employees bring extraordinary focus to meeting the needs of the people who buy and use our products and
services in all the markets we serve.
Fluid Technology
ITT is a global water leader. Our products touch every part of the water cycle—delivering fresh water to communities and commercial businesses, treating and disinfecting it, transporting the wastewater and returning it to our streams and rivers cleaner than it came in. We are also a leader in supplying pumps and related technologies for handling harsh chemicals, mining slurry and industrial process fluids.
Defense Electronics & Services
ITT is a trusted provider of mission-critical products and services that support the United States military and its allies. Our Defense group also develops space-based technologies that enable Global Positioning Satellite systems to communicate our precise location and allow weather satellites to help forecasters calculate when and where the next hurricane will hit. In many important ways, we are working to ensure a safer, more secure world.
Motion & Flow Control
ITT is a global powerhouse in the motion and flow control market. We design, manufacture and distribute shock absorbers, fl ow control devices, friction technologies and other products for use in everything from beverage systems to commercial aircraft. Customers worldwide recognize ITT for our ability to deliver highly engineered, durable components that succeed in the harshest environments where the cost of failure is high.
The story of ITT begins with a historic call — for its founders to develop phones.
The original International Telephone & Telegraph was created in 1920 by two brothers named Sosthenes and Hernand Behn who set out to build the first worldwide system of interconnected telephone lines. This was a case of a business catching up with its aspirational name as the company had a small beginning as the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, but grew quickly through strategic acquisitions and the purchase of telephony patents. The result was the creation of a major international provider of telephone switching equipment and telecommunication services.
The next chapter for ITTITT acquired more than 350 companies — at one time securing deals at the rate of one acquisition per week. The portfolio included well-known businesses such as Sheraton hotels, Avis Rent-a-Car, Hartford Insurance and Continental Baking, the maker of Wonder Bread. Under Geneen's management, ITT grew from a medium-sized business with $760 million in sales to a global corporation with $17 billion in sales.
Following the conglomerate years, Rand Araskog, who served as CEO from 1979 to 1995, embarked on a continuous course of restructuring through strategic divestitures and acquisitions to organize the company into more manageable segments. It culminated in 1995 when ITT split into three separate, independent companies: ITT Corporation, which was focused on the hotel and gaming businesses, ITT Hartford which became a stand-alone insurance operation, and ITT Industries, which started as a collection of manufacturing companies.
One decade later, ITT Corporation had been acquired; ITT Hartford had changed its name; and ITT Industries continued its transformation. Since 1995, under the leadership of Travis Engen, Lou Giuliano and now Steve Loranger, ITT Industries — which changed its name back to ITT Corporation in 2006 — has dedicated itself to creating more livable environments, enabling communications and providing protection and safety.
Today, the company plays an important role in vital markets including water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. Thanks to its talented workforce of nearly 40,000 people, ITT is known for engineering and operational excellence, strong values and leadership, and is building a reputation for product innovation and superior customer satisfaction in each of the markets it serves.
We do essential things in extraordinary ways.
Our values are our compass
We strive to do the right thing always.
Our customers are central
to everything we do. By helping them reach new levels of success, we acheive our own.
Our people are inspired
to make the world a better place through new ideas.
Our work is critical
to create more livable environments, enable communications and provide protection and safety. Global Headquarters
4 West Red Oak Lane
White Plains, NY 10604
tel +1 914 641 2000
fax +1 914 696 2950
www.itt.com
ITT Defense Electronics & Services
1650 Tysons Blvd. Suite 1700
McLean, VA 22102
tel +1 703 790 6300
fax +1 703 790 6360
defense.itt.com
ITT Fluid Technology
10 Mountainview Road
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
tel +1 201 760 9800
fax +1 201 760 9692
www.ittfluidbusiness.com
ITT Motion & Flow Control
10 Mountainview Road
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
tel +1 201 760 9800
fax +1 201 760 9692
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