A. O. Smith

A. O. Smith Corporation
Company typePublic
IndustryWater technology
Founded1874; 150 years ago (1874) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
FounderCharles Jeremiah Smith[1]
Headquarters
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
,
U.S.
Number of locations
27 worldwide[2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueDecrease US$2.9 billion (2020)[4]
Decrease US$472 million (2019)[4]
Decrease US$370 million (2019)[4]
Total assetsIncrease US$3.06 billion (2019)[4]
Total equityDecrease US$1.67 billion (2019)[4]
Number of employees
15,100[5] (2019)
DivisionsWater heaters, boilers, water treatment systems, air purification systems
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A. O. Smith Corporation is an American manufacturer of both residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, and the largest manufacturer and marketer of water heaters in North America. It also supplies water treatment and water purification products in the Asian market.[6] The company has 27 locations worldwide, including five manufacturing facilities in North America, as well as plants in Bengaluru in India, Nanjing in China and Veldhoven in The Netherlands.[7]

In the past, A. O. Smith has had numerous other product lines. Among them, it was the largest bomb maker in the United States by the end of World War I. Smith ranked 74th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.[8]

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  2. ^ 2020 Annual Report (PDF). A. O. Smith Corporation. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  3. ^ ""Ahita Ragendra to retire as executive chairman of A. O. Smith Corporation"". AOSmith.com. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e ""A. O. Smith Corporation (AOS) Stock Price, News, Quote & History"". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "A. O. Smith". Fortune. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  6. ^ "A. O. Smith in Russia". Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  7. ^ "A. O. Smith Corporation". Made In Tennessee. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  8. ^ Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School p.619