Eaton owns many companies and brands that it has acquired over its more than 100 year history, operating them as divisions or product lines under the Eaton name. Its most significant acquisition was Cooper Industries in 2012, which included well-known electrical brands like Bussmann fuses, Crouse-Hinds, and Cooper Lighting, now called Eaton Lighting. Eaton also owns Cutler-Hammer, which forms the core of its electrical distribution business and is well known for breakers and panels. Other notable brands owned by Eaton include Moeller, now Eaton Moeller in Europe, Tripp Lite, which makes UPS and data center power products acquired in 2021, Powerware which makes UPS systems, Aeroquip and Vickers for hydraulics, and Sauer-Danfoss hydraulics joint ventures. In aerospace, it owns several smaller component manufacturers. Eaton also owns brands like Wright Line for data center enclosures and Ephesus for sports lighting. Over the years, Eaton has acquired dozens of companies and often rebrands them as Eaton while keeping some legacy brand names for customer recognition, such as Bussmann and Cutler-Hammer. Today, Eaton operates as a unified company with brands organized under its Electrical, Aerospace, and Vehicle segments, rather than as a collection of independent subsidiaries.
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