A. O. Smith
A. O. Smith Corporate Technology Center, opened in 2020 | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Water technology |
| Founded | 1874 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Founder | Charles Jeremiah Smith |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 27 worldwide |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$3.82 billion (2024) |
| US$699 million (2024) | |
| US$534 million (2024) | |
| Total assets | US$3.24 billion (2024) |
| Total equity | US$1.88 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | 12,700 (2024) |
| Divisions | Water heaters, boilers, water treatment systems, air purification systems |
| Website | www |
A. O. Smith Corporation is an American manufacturer of both residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, and the largest manufacturer and marketer of water heaters in North America. It also supplies water treatment and water purification products in the Asian market. The company has 27 locations worldwide, including five manufacturing facilities in North America, as well as plants in Bengaluru in India, Nanjing in China and Veldhoven in The Netherlands.
In the past, A. O. Smith has had numerous other product lines. Among them, it was the largest bomb maker in the United States by the end of World War I. Smith ranked 74th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.