Teco Westinghouse
With a heritage dating back to George Westinghouse, TECO Westinghouse is a long-standing world leader in manufacturing electric motors from fractional to 100,000 horsepower. These high-quality machines are used to drive pumps, fans, compressors, rolling mills, grinders, crushers and a variety of other rugged applications. Our motors and generators are used throughout the world in the petroleum, chemical, pulp, paper, mining, marine propulsion, steel, power utilities and other industries. Westinghouse Gas Turbine Systems Division (1971-1974) The Westinghouse Electric Companys Gas Turbine Systems Division formed a task force in Leicester, Pennsylvania, in 1969 to begin construction of a new turbine manufacturing facility, and Round Rock, Texas, was selected as the site for the new facility. Ground was broken in late 1971, some manufacturing operations began in September 1972, and the final phase of construction was completed in late 1973. A total of 26 -501AA gas turbines were produced before operations were terminated in January 1975 due to the energy crisis and a sharp drop in demand for new turbines. Westinghouse Heavy Industries Motor Division (HIMD) (1975-1988) In January 1975, the Westinghouse Large Rotating Equipment Division in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, formed a task force to move the majority of its large motor manufacturing to the Round Rock plant. HIMD was chartered on July 1, 1975, and the plant was reconfigured and retooled to accommodate the product changes. New motor shipments began in December 1976 with the first DC excavator motor, followed by the first AC induction motor in June 1977 and the first synchronous motor later in 1978. Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WMC) (1988-1997) In 1988, Westinghouse Electric formed Westinghouse Electric Corporation in a joint venture with TECO Electric Co., Ltd. Under this arrangement, WMC designs and manufactures large custom AC and DC products at its facility in Texas, while TECOs modern manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and Malaysia manufacture smaller custom products, with WMC providing design, drafting, final assembly and testing for these products. WMC markets, sells and distributes these products throughout North America under the Westinghouse Motors name. In 1995, TECO purchased all of Westinghouses shares in the joint venture and decided to produce more standardized products in Round Rock to reduce lead times and better support the local market. This led to a significant investment by the parent company in the Round Rock plant.