Westinghouse
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Westinghouse may refer to:
In current companies:
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1998), and its licensees:
- Westinghouse Digital Electronics, selling LCD televisions and related products
- Salton, Inc., selling vacuum cleaners under the name Westinghouse
- Westinghouse Lighting Corporation, formerly Angelo Brothers Company, selling lamps, lamp fixtures, and ceiling fans
- Westinghouse Electric Company, Nuclear and Power Industry related businesses, sold to Toshiba in 2006
- Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd, formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd, part of Invensys
In prior companies:
- Westinghouse Air Brake Company, founding name of WABCO
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886), renamed CBS Corporation in 1997
- British Westinghouse, later subsumed into The General Electric Company
- Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, sold to Northrop Grumman in 1996
- White-Westinghouse, acquired by Electrolux in 1986
- Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd
In places:
- Westinghouse Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
In competitions
- former Westinghouse Science Talent Search, now called Intel Science Talent Search - an American science competition for high school students
In science:
- Westinghouse effect, a variant of the social-scientific observer's paradox
[edit] People with the surname Westinghouse
- George Westinghouse, founder of Westinghouse Electric Corporation