TRW INC.

formerly (195865) Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc ., major American manufacturer of advanced equipment and systems for industry and government. Headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio. The company began as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company, with 29 employees, in 1901. It later changed its name to the Electric Welding Products Company and in 1916 incorporated as the Steel Products Company, acquiring the Michigan Electric Welding Company and the Metals Welding Company. The name was changed to Thompson Products, Inc., in 1926. In 1958 it merged with Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, which it partly owned, becoming Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. The name was changed to TRW Inc. in 1965. Throughout its history the company has expanded and diversified through the acquisition of other technical companies. Through its various divisions and subsidiaries, TRW designs and manufactures a wide range of parts for cars, trucks, and other vehicles and offers advanced engineering and research services. Its largest segment is the manufacture of air bags and many other automotive components. The space and defense segment makes electronic components and communications systems for military aircraft, and designs and builds spacecraft and spacecraft subsystems. The information systems and services segment operates large databases that enable clients to prescreen the creditworthiness of individual consumers and businesses.