American Standard Companies

American Standard Companies Inc.

Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: ASD
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Defunct	2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Fate	Split into American Standard Brands, Trane and WABCO Vehicle Control Systems
Headquarters	Piscataway, New Jersey , U.S.
Key people	Frederic M. Poses (chairman and CEO)
Products	Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems Plumbing fixtures Automotive parts
Number of employees	15,200

American Standard Companies Inc. was a manufacturer of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, plumbing fixtures, and automotive parts. The company was formed in 1929 through the merger of the American Radiator Company and Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company forming the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation. The name was simplified to American Standard in 1967.

The company was broken up in 2007 with the spin off of the automotive parts business as WABCO Vehicle Control Systems and sale of the plumbing fixtures business as American Standard Brands. The remaining business was renamed Trane, which continues to build HVAC systems under the American Standard name. Trane was acquired by Ingersoll Rand in 2008, and the parent company has since been renamed Trane Technologies.