| Crouse-Hinds Company | |
| Foundation: | January 1897 |
| Founder: | Huntington Beard Crouse (1872-1943) and Jesse Lorenzo Hinds (1846-1928) |
| Fate: | Still operating in name only as a subsidiary of Eaton Corporation, however, traffic products division was divested in 1981 |
| Location City: | Syracuse, New York |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Area Served: | United States |
| Products: | Industrial, explosionproof electrical equipment, instrumentation, commercial products |
Crouse-Hinds Electric Company, a manufacturer of high grade electrical specialties, was established in 1897 in Syracuse, New York. They later shortened their name to Crouse-Hinds Company and beginning in the early 1920s specialized in the manufacture of traffic signals, controllers and accessories. The company name remained in use as a subsidiary of Cooper Industries; however, the traffic signal production ended in 1981 after Cooper sold the traffic products division. It is now a division under Eaton Corporation.[1]
The company's 1980 annual report listed and described the divisions on pages 49–51.Other than Belden (see below) they were: