Eaton is a power management company with 2017 sales of $20.4 billion. We provide energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. Eaton has approximately 96,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.
As Eaton's important growth region in Asia Pacific, Eaton in India is empowered to take the lead in driving the company's manufacturing capabilities and professional services in the region. India not only offers a huge market opportunity in itself, but it also serves as a strategic location to enhance Eaton's global competitiveness.
Eaton is a premier diversified industrial company. We touch some of the most distant corners of the globe – and the most important parts of our daily lives.
At Eaton, we're always working on new technologies that offer practical and meaningful uses. Eaton looks at how the world lives and works and then creates smarter products that you can rely on.
From Chilean copper pits 10,000 feet up in the Andes Mountains, to South African diamond mines miles below the Earth's surface, to environmentally friendly forestry operations in the Pacific Northwest, Eaton helps companies intelligently use natural resources. Eaton's innovative power control systems – ensuring consistent power flow and quiet performance – improve plant efficiencies and employee working conditions.
One of the first airplanes to use Eaton's functional salt-cooled valves was the Spirit of St. Louis, which carried Charles Lindbergh on his pioneering solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. Today, Eaton products provide control- and power-critical systems for commercial aircrafts. More than 75% of new large commercial jets and 100% of new military aircraft platforms use Eaton engine-driven hydraulic pumps.
Even the boundaries of space are redefined with Eaton. Every time the space shuttle lands, it's guided down the runway with Eaton steering controls.
Critical data and voice networks use power distribution and power quality products from Eaton to keep them – and the people they serve – up and running.