A. O. Smith

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.

A. O. Smith Corporation
Company typePublic
Traded as
  • NYSE: AOS
  • S&P 500 component
IndustryWater technology
Founded1874 (1874) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
FounderCharles Jeremiah Smith
Headquarters
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
,
U.S.
Number of locations
27 worldwide
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
  • Water boilers
  • Water heaters
  • Water tanks
  • Water treatment and
  • water purification products
Revenue US$2.9 billion (2020)
US$472 million (2019)
Net income
 US$370 million (2019)
Total assets US$3.06 billion (2019)
Total equity US$1.67 billion (2019)
Number of employees
15,100 (2019)
DivisionsWater heaters, boilers, water treatment systems, air purification systems
Websiteaosmith.com

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.

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