- Liebert (company)
Liebert Corporation is an American manufacturer of Environmental, Power, and Monitoring Systems for main-frame computer, server racks, and critical process systems based in
Columbus, Ohio .The company was founded in 1946 as Capital Refrigeration Industries in Columbus, Ohio by Ralph C. Liebert (1921-1984). It became The Liebert Corporation in 1965, when Ralph Liebert designed and began the manufacture and sales of the first "100% redundant, dedicated, and purpose built" computer room air-conditioner, targeting the rapidly developing "mainframe computer" data-processing market. The company enjoyed double-digit growth in this market niche during the next several decades.
After the introduction of additional products, and through acquisition, innovation, and continued sales successes, Ralph Liebert took the company public in 1981. Liebert began attracting the attention of other companies, and ultimately was purchased in 1987 by
Emerson Electric Co. of St. Louis, Missouri.Mr Liebert's legacy is firmly established today; The Liebert Corporation continues to be the largest division of Emerson Network Power, or ENP - which, in turn, is a business unit of today's Emerson Corporation (EMR).
References
*cite news |first=Brian R. |last=Ball |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Liebert eyes Westerville expansion. Power systems maker proposing training center next to its offices in Altair |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/12/03/story4.html|work=Business First of Columbus |publisher= |date=Friday, November 30, 2007 |accessdate=2008-07-09
*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Liebert lays off 340 workers at Columbus plant
url=http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2001/04/02/daily39.html |work=Business First of Columbus |publisher= |date=Friday, April 6, 2001 |accessdate=2008-07-09
*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Company News; Liebert Acquisition. The Emerson Electric Company said it had tentatively agreed to acquire the Liebert Corporation in an exchange of stock valued at about $430 million.
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE2DA1E30F937A15751C1A960948260 |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date=December 24, 1986 |accessdate=2008-07-09
*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Market Place; Finding Gems in the Rust Belt |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0DB133EF931A35750C0A961948260 |work=The New York Times |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2008-07-09External links
* [http://www.liebert.com Company homepage]
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