Garrett Manufacturing Limited
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Headquarters | Plymouth, Michigan, United States of America / Honeywell Turbo TechnologiesAftermarket Regional Head Office European Markets: Rolle, Switzerland |
| Products | Turbochargers |
| Parent | Honeywell |
| Website | turbo |
Honeywell Turbo Technologies, formerly Garrett Engine Boosting Systems, is an American company primarily involved in engineering, development and manufacturing of turbochargers and related forced induction systems. It operates as a division of Honeywell Transportation Systems which is part of American industrial conglomerate Honeywell International, Inc..
Honeywell Turbo Technologies was originally the AiResearch Industrial Division, which was formed in Phoenix, Arizona after Garrett AiResearch entered a contract to provide 5,000 turbochargers for the Caterpillar mining vehicle. It manufactured turbochargers for railroads and commercial trucks.
The business produced approximately $3.2 billion in revenue in 2011. Honeywell is also involved in motorsports providing turbochargers and forced induction systems, solutions and related equipment to racing teams and various forms of automobile racing and professional competitions. Honeywell manufactures turbochargers for applications ranging from small passenger cars to large trucks, as well as heavy industrial equipment, construction machinery and aircraft.
John Clifford "Cliff" Garrett founded the Aircraft Tool and Supply Company in a one-room office in Los Angeles in 1936. In 1938 the company changed its name to Garrett Corporation, consolidating several companies into one with three divisions. The company produced aircraft turbochargers for the war effort in World War II, as well as avionics, environmental controls and other products.
Garrett Corporation (now part of Honeywell) manufactured its first turbochargers for ground vehicles in the 1950s, when it delivered 5,000 T-15 turbochargers for the Caterpillar company and formed AiResearch Industrial Division. The industrial division produced turbochargers for construction machinery, railroad locomotives, tractors, ships, powerplants and oil pipeline pumping stations. In the 1950s, the city of Los Angeles and other municipalities started using turbochargers in their sewage purification operations. By 1952, 20,000 turbocharged engines were in use in the US.
The T11 automotive turbocharger developed in 1960 expanded turbos to commercial vehicles such as the heavy trucks produced by Mack Trucks, Volvo and Scania. The first turbocharged passenger cars were the Chevrolet Corvair Monza and the Oldsmobile Jetfire in 1962/1963. In the 1960s turbochargers were used in race-cars and sports cars, gaining an association with racing culture and auto-enthusiasts. Company founder Cliff Garrett’s death in 1963 was followed by a hostile takeover threat by Curtiss-Wright Corporation. To avoid this, Garrett Corporation merged with Signal Oil and Gas Company in 1964. The combined company adopted the name The Signal Companies in 1968 before merging with Allied Corporation to become Allied-Signal Inc.
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