About Us - Westinghouse Electronics

The Westinghouse Brand Promise

Westinghouse is built upon a tradition of dependability and innovation. Today, we strive to make everyday life a little better by offering a wide range of quality products and services you can trust.

For more than 130 years, Westinghouse has stood for innovative, reliable, high-quality products and customer service. A combination of groundbreaking technology and rock-solid dependability has made Westinghouse one of the world’s most trusted brands.

When you see Westinghouse, consumers know they are getting a product packed with features that make their lives simply easier, a product that has all the latest thinking, while providing years of value.

Since 1886, Westinghouse has brought the best to life.

Westinghouse remains a trusted name globally in consumer and industrial products. Built on a heritage of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, Westinghouse products were the first to supply the United States with AC electric power, transmit a commercial radio broadcast and capture man’s first step on the moon.

Today, Westinghouse continues to grow its diverse portfolio with a wide range of product categories that include home appliances, consumer electronics, lighting and power generation.

2020

Westinghouse Introduces tablets in Argentina.

2020

Westinghouse Introduces line of Gaming Monitors

2019

Westinghouse Announces Partnership with Roku TV.

2017

Westinghouse Introduces First 4K UHDTV with Fire TV Edition.

2006

Westinghouse introduces the first 1080p display.

2005

Westinghouse Announces Home/Office monitors.

1977

Westinghouse introduces the first airborne surveillance radar system.

1969

Westinghouse cameras capture the first moonwalk for viewers back on earth.

1969

1969 Today we celebrate the Westinghouse Apollo 11 Camera for capturing man’s 1st steps on the moon in 1969

1968

No waiting for the picture to appear! Another first from Westinghouse.

1960

Paul Rand designs the Westinghouse logo.

1954

Westinghouse Introduces the First Color TV

1954

The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, was launched with a reactor built by Westinghouse.

1950

Westinghouse markets its appliance line with the Freedom Fair advertising campaign.

1948

First industrial 2000 HP, W21 gas turbine installed at the Mississippi River Fuel Corp in Wilmar, Arkansas

1947

First all-weather airport approach lighting installed at Idlewild International Airport, New York.

1945

The Dawn of Better Living was produced by Walt Disney Co. for Westinghouse

1941

Westinghouse begins producing power at Grand Coulee Dam.

1940

Westinghouse supports the war effort on many fronts, including the creation of the famous “We Can Do It” poster.

1937

Westinghouse Electric constructs the first atom smasher to explore the potential of nuclear energy as a practical power source.

1939

Westinghouse makes an impression at the New York World’s Fair with its Hall of Power and Elektro, the walking, talking robot.

1933

The world’s fastest elevators are built for New York’s Rockefeller Center.

1930

55,000 Westinghouse workers honor George Westinghouse by raising funds to build a memorial and garden in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park.

1928

The first television camera tube was called an Iconoscope

1923

Westinghouse pioneers the first international shortwave radio broadcast.

1921

Westinghouse introduces the first factory-built radio receiver.

1920

Westinghouse makes history with the first commercial radio broadcast in the country. Radio station KDKA begins operations.

1914

George Westinghouse dies, leaving a legacy that includes 361 patents and the founding of 60 companies.

1914

Westinghouse acquires Copeman Electric Stove Company and enters the home appliance market.

1905

Westinghouse’s first main-line AC powered locomotive produced for New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Mode:l NH EP1 Supplied voltage: 11 kV, 25 Hz AC, 600 V DC & 636 V AC.