Harris Corporation is a telecommunications company.
The company was founded in 1895 as the Harris Automatic Press Company. Originally the company developed lithographic processes and printing presses.
Throughout the next decades, Harris entered the typesetter, microwave technology and semiconductor industries.
The company expanded internationally for the first time in 2011 when opened an office in Canada.
Today Harris Corporation develops communications products for government and commercial customers in 125 countries. The company also makes radio frequency and satellite communications and transmission equipment and air traffic control systems.
Harris Corporation trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HRS, is a member of the S&P 500, is #471 in the Fortune 500, has 14,000 employees, and had $5.01 billion in revenue in 2013.
The company merged with L-3 Communications in late 2018. L-3 Communications will be renamed as Harris Corporation.
Harris Corporation
Harris Corporation is a telecommunications company.
The company was founded in 1895 as the Harris Automatic Press Company. Originally the company developed lithographic processes and printing presses.
Throughout the next decades, Harris entered the typesetter, microwave technology and semiconductor industries.
History
The company expanded internationally for the first time in 2011 when opened an office in Canada.
Today Harris Corporation develops communications products for government and commercial customers in 125 countries. The company also makes radio frequency and satellite communications and transmission equipment and air traffic control systems.
Harris Corporation trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HRS, is a member of the S&P 500, is #471 in the Fortune 500, has 14,000 employees, and had $5.01 billion in revenue in 2013.
The company merged with L-3 Communications in late 2018. L-3 Communications will be renamed as Harris Corporation.