Our businesses

We help customers meet the demands of the world’s ever-growing need for power through improving efficiency and uptime, meeting regulatory requirements and protecting people and equipment. Our electrical products help utilities generate, transmit and distribute power. And once that power is distributed, we help people use it efficiently and safely, whether in a building, industrial facility, data center or home. Our solutions range from circuit breakers to switchgear to machine controls to LED lighting. We offer a full portfolio of backup power and surge protection, providing maximum uptime and guarding against power surges or outages. In hazardous environments we help protect people and property with explosion-proof enclosures, signaling, notification and surveillance systems. Our comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end electrical solutions is complemented by our full-scale engineering and support services.

Our customers span a wide range of markets, including residential, commercial and institutional buildings, industrial facilities, utilities, data centers, oil and gas, mining and machine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

Key growth drivers:

• Among the top 4 large global players in the worldwide low- and medium-voltage electrical industry
• Strongest distribution network in North America
• Market leader for applications in harsh and hazardous applications
• One of the largest lighting businesses
• Positioned well to leverage growing demand for connected and intelligent solutions
• Strong intellectual property position

Our hydraulic products boost the power, speed and precision of machines, ranging from industrial machinery to mobile equipment such as excavators and tractors. And, our filtration systems remove debris and impurities in industrial and process applications.

Our customers are represented across many segments, including agriculture and forestry, biotech, construction equipment, commercial vehicles, food and beverage processing, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, power generation and renewable energy.

We help our customers realize greater flexibility in machine design, maximizing equipment efficiency, reducing unplanned downtime and delivering more productivity and energy efficiency in a smaller footprint.

Key growth drivers:

• Among the top four large global players in the hydraulics industry
• One of the strongest distribution networks in North America
• Large installed base drives aftermarket business
• Strong integration with our other businesses, particularly electrohydraulic solutions for machine builders and aerospace and vehicle applications

We are a market leader in hydraulics, motion control, air frame fuel, air frame pneumatics and engine solutions. Our aerospace products help control aerial navigation and propulsion systems as well as fuel management and distribution.

Our hydraulic, fuel, motion control and engine solutions power hundreds of military and commercial aircraft platforms.  From the Mars rover “Curiosity” to today’s most cutting-edge commercial and private aircraft, we help ensure aircraft availability, improved operational performance and regulatory compliance.

We work with our customers to develop safe, reliable and efficient solutions for aircraft, with an emphasis on lower lifecycle costs, system integration, optimized system controls and reduced weight.

Key growth drivers:

• Global megatrends of increasing wealth and trade will increase demand for more passenger and freight air traffic, driving growth in new aircraft as well as aftermarket demand
• Strong intellectual property and patent position
• Large installed base enables strong aftermarket sales and services position
• Among the top 3 players in hydraulics, motion control, air frame fuel, and air frame pneumatics
• Growing content of Eaton products on the newest aviation platforms

Original equipment manufacturers of commercial and passenger vehicles look to us for solutions that enhance overall vehicle efficiency, reliability, safety and driveability. Our vehicle products include emission control components, engine valves, valvetrain systems, superchargers, transmissions, clutches and torque management products and systems.

Key growth drivers:

• Long-term growth driven by growing numbers of vehicle owners in emerging markets
• Increased regulation and demand for better fuel efficiency and lower emissions creates opportunities for our advanced technologies
• We’re an industry leader in valve and valve actuation
  
• Market leader in commercial truck transmissions and clutches in North and South America
• Strategically advantaged position in light vehicle markets in China, the largest market in the world
• Joint venture with Cummins for automated transmission products provides global growth prospects