| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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| Key people | Bob Bauer, Group Vice President, Liebert Worldwide, Emerson Network Power Charles Spears, President, Liebert Products, North America, Emerson Network Power Frank Bibens, President, Liebert Services, Emerson Network Power |
| Website | www.EmersonNetworkPower.com |
Liebert Corporation, a business of the Emerson Network Power platform of Emerson Electric, is a global manufacturer of power, precision cooling and infrastructure management systems for main-frame computer, server racks, and critical process systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, the business employs more than 1,800 people across 12 manufacturing plants worldwide.
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Founded by Ralph C. Liebert (1918-1984) as Capitol Refrigeration Industries in 1946, Liebert Corporation was formed in 1965 as the industry’s first designer and manufacturer of computer room air conditioning (CRAC) systems. Targeted to the mainframe computer data-processing market, Liebert CRAC systems were the first self-contained units capable of maintaining air temperature, humidity and air quality within precision tolerances.
In 1977, Liebert launched sister company Conditioned Power Corporation to design and manufacture power distribution, conditioning and monitoring systems for the data processing industry. The company remained a wholly owned subsidiary until 1981, when it became a division of Liebert Corporation upon the company’s initial public offering. The company strengthened this division in 1983 with the acquisition of Franklin Electric subsidiary Programmed Power Corporation. The acquisition expanded the capabilities of the company’s power division to include the design and manufacture of uninterruptible power supplies.[1]
Liebert Corporation was acquired by Emerson Electric Co. of St. Louis, Missouri in 1987[2]. The company remained a wholly owned subsidiary of Emerson until 2000, when the company consolidated its network and computer protection businesses to form its Emerson Network Power platform group[3]. As part of the Emerson Network Power platform, the Liebert and Liebert Services businesses offer power, cooling, monitoring and management solutions for critical data center applications, as well as comprehensive professional service offerings.
Emerson Network Power’s Liebert Services business was formed in 1985 as Liebert Global Services, a business unit of Liebert Corporation[4]. The business currently employs more than 350 customer engineers to support more than 35,000 clients in more than 70 countries.
Emerson Network Power Liebert Services specializes in network reliability programs including design, engineering, installation, project management and total on-site operations management, preventive maintenance and energy-consumption monitoring for data centers, telecom networks and other mission-critical applications.
Specific professional service categories include: