TRW INC

TRW is now part of the Mission Systems and Space Technology sectors of Northrop-Grumman. TRW Inc. was a global manufacturing and service company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. It was strategically focused on providing products and services with a high technology or engineering content to the automotive and space & defense markets. TRW usually helds leading positions in these markets. Founded in 1901, the company employed about 64,000 people in 27 countries. TRW has grown and prospered by anticipating promising new businesses and pioneering in their development. The company had a long record of successfully developing and applying advanced technology to create sustained competitive advantage in those new businesses. Over its 101-year history, TRW demonstrated the flexibility and willingness to change its business mix to benefit from new economic and political conditions, new markets, and technological opportunities. By steadily reshaping itself, TRW sought to produce higher sustainable growth in earnings and increased value for shareholders.