History Harris Corporation

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the harris automatic press company founded alfred s. harris in niles, ohio, in 1895. company spent next 60 years developing lithographic processes , printing presses before acquiring typesetting company intertype corporation. in 1957, harris acquired gates radio, producer of broadcast transmitters , associated electronics gear, kept gates brand name alive putting gates sticker on of numerous transmitters labeled harris on front panels.

in 1959, acquired microwave technology company prd electronics of brooklyn, new york.

in 1960, merged radiation, inc. of melbourne, florida, developer of antenna, integrated circuit , modem technology used in space race. company headquarters moved cleveland melbourne in 1978.

in 1969, harris corporation acquired rf communications , farinon electric corporation, furthering microwave assets. printing operations sold off in 1983 , known gss printing equipment. gss printing equipment later acquired lanier worldwide, spun off harris corporation in late 1990s.

in 1979, harris formed semiconductor joint venture matra harris semiconductors (mhs), harris withdrew in 1989. after further changes mhs taken on atmel.

in 1988, harris acquired ge s semiconductor business, @ time, incorporated intersil , rca semiconductor businesses. these combined harris existing semiconductor businesses, spun off in 1999 independent company, under intersil name.

in 1996, harris corporation formed joint venture shenzhen telecom company produce , sell harris digital microwave radios , integrate them other systems.

in november 1998, harris sold commercial , standard military logic (semiconductor) product lines texas instruments, included hc/hct, cd4000, ac/act , fct product families. harris retained production of radiation hardened versions of these products.

in 2005, corporation spent $870 million on research , development.

harris corporation developed hand held computer use during address canvassing portion of 2010 united states census. secured access via fingerprint swipe guaranteed verified user had access unit. gps capacity integral daily address management , transfer of information gathered. of major importance security , integrity of personal , private information of populace.

in january 2011, harris re-opened calgary, alberta avionics operation, harris canada inc.. expanded facility s operations include among others support of work completed under company s six-year, $273 million (cad) services contract government of canada cf-18 avionics optimized weapon system support (owss) program.

on december 2012, harris corporation sold broadcast equipment operations gores group operated harris broadcast , gatesair. harris received $225m transaction, half of paid 7 years earlier leitch technology, final acquisition broadcast division.

on may 29, 2015, purchase of competitor exelis inc. finalized, doubling size of original company.

in july 2015, harris corporation sold healthcare division, harris healthcare solutions, nanthealth.

in january 2017, harris sold off government services division veritas capital $690 million.