EATON Corporation

The EATON CORP., a diversified industrial manufacturer which makes fluid power, electrical, automotive and truck products, was founded as the Torbensen Gear & Axle Co. to make truck axles in 1911 by Viggo Torbensen, Joseph Oriel Eaton and Eaton's brother-in-law, Henning O. Taube in the United States and incorporated Dublin, Ireland with a primary administrative center in Beachwood, Ohio. 

Eaton has more than 85,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.