Woodward, Inc.
Woodward, Inc. is an American designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control systems and control system components (e.g. fuel pumps, engine controls, actuators, air valves, fuel nozzles, and electronics) for aircraft engines, industrial engines and turbines, power generation and mobile industrial equipment. The company also provides military devices and other equipment for defense.
| Formerly | The Woodward Governor Company |
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| Company type | Public |
| Nasdaq: WWD (WGOV prior to 2011) S&P 400 Component | |
| ISIN | US9807451037 |
| Industry | Aerospace, Industrial |
| Founded | Rockford, Illinois, United States (1870) |
| Founder | Amos Woodward |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 42 plants and offices in 13 countries (2021) |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Control systems and components |
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Number of employees | ~7,200 (FY MAY 2021) |
| Website | www |
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Woodward, Inc. was founded as The Woodward Governor Company by Amos Woodward in 1870. Initially, the company made controls for waterwheels (first patent No. 103,813), and then moved to hydro turbines. In the 1920s and 1930s, Woodward began designing controls for diesel and other reciprocating engines and for industrial turbines. Also in the 1930s, Woodward developed a governor for variable-pitch aircraft propellers. Woodward parts were notably used in the GE engine on the United States military's first turbine-powered aircraft. Starting in the 1950s, Woodward began designing electronic controls, first analog and then digital units.