Talk:Westinghouse Electric Corporation/Archives/2015

Defunct?

I can buy a Westinghouse Electric branded TV or Monitor today. I believe that makes them non-defunct even if maybe they live on in name only.

that would be "westinghouse digital" NO relation to the original, except having licenced the name...cmacd 02:51, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

cmacd123's right. This company doesn't exist anymore. It was renamed "CBS Corporation" and then bought by Viacom. I'm not sure of the exact structure of the Viacom deal, but CBS Corporation (formerly Westinghouse Electric) ceased to exist. This makes it seem likely that the purchase was an asset sale, but it also could have just been an acquisition and then dissolution. In 1998, then, CBS Corporation founded a NEW tiny company called Westinghouse Electric with no legal relation to the former, and loaded it with the IP rights to the old Westinghouse name/logo. Later, Viacom split off a new Viacom and changed the main old company's name to CBS Corporation (no legal connection other than the same name to the former CBS Corporation). The newer Westinghouse Electric stayed with the main company (CBS Corp). Jkatzen 04:33, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Heritage Westinghouse Electric Corporation got out of the large- and small-appliance business in the 1970s, including home entertainment products, with the failure of its joint venture with Good-Year (auto service and appliance stores). I believe the company's last consumer product of any kind might have been lightbulbs in the same period. Subsequently, the name White Westinghouse was used by an independent appliance company.

With the dissolution of nonbroadcast operations in the late 1990s, and the purchase of CBS and formation of Viacom, a British company [Westinghouse Electric 'Company'] was formed to take over nuclear-related operations and rights to the logo and graphics. Other companies have since purchased rights to the Westinghouse name for a range of appliances and home entertainment products with zero relationship to the original company and product lines.

--NameThatWorks 23:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Question or clarification about the no relationship part? You can say the name legally came and went (which is probably the most important part of the debate in actuality); however, I believe our offices have hard paper Westinghouse records going back a good half century. I could be wrong, but I believe that at least some of the hard assets (buildings and people) from the original Westinghouse were carried through to the later variants. At least at Westinghouse Electric Co. If anyone was an employee then, I differ to their memory, as I was not. -Patrick Green —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.72.234.5 (talk) 16:47, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Excluding lightbulbs, the bulk of the consumer-related stuff went to "White Consolidated Industries" in the mid-1970s. WP has a topic with some of the facts straight. Sure, there was lots of original Westinghouse remaining (power generation, defense, KDKA, etc.). Since CBS still owned the related trademarks, it's as related as any conglomerate's parts. Tedickey (talk) 18:53, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Well my brand new flat screen TV set is a Westinghouse -- same logo is on it that is on the main article page so that would seem to me the company is not defunct. It is alive and well. peace! --24.177.0.156 (talk) 18:23, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Very misleading article

Westinghouse is virtually a defunct and bought out company. Only the nuclear division exists. THis article gives the impression that it is a thriving monopoly. Westinghouse is nearly dead! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:540:C001:7708:6579:CFDF:8BC5:990B (talk) 19:59, 29 May 2015 (UTC)