Sundstrand Corporation

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Sundstrand Corporation
Type	Defunct (Acquired)
Founded	June 1926 as Sundstrand Machine Tool Company
Headquarters	Rockford, Illinois
Key people	Hugo L. Olson, Edwin Cedarleaf, David G. Sundstrand, Oscar Sundstrand
Industry	Aerospace and Industrial Products
Website	HamiltonSundstrand.com

Sundstrand Corporation was founded in 1926 as a merger of the Rockford Tool Company and Rockford Milling Machine Company in Rockford, Illinois. It was known as Sundstrand Machine Tool Company until 1959 when shareholders voted to change the name to Sundstrand Corporation. Sundstrand is known for their rich history in manufacturing of aerospace and industrial products. In 1999, when United Technologies Corporation acquired Sundstrand, it merged with Hamilton Standard creating Hamilton Sundstrand.]