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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 0000 DOC ASB021 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Bendix Corporation History Bendix Corporation -- History Incorporated in 1929 the company immediately acquired capital stock of Eclipse Machine Co. later Eclipse of Canada Ltd. The first detailed history of acquisitions is in Moody's 1957 when the firm was called Bendix Aviation Corp. changed to Bendix Corp. in 1960 according to later issues of Moody's Industrial Manual History includes acquisition of Marshall Asbestos Corp. in 1939 never heard of it Separately in Moody's is the history of General Motors a firm that now makes brake linings It was not possible for me to discern when GM began making brakes but the history includes mention of a 1929 purchase of a 25 interest in Bendix Aviation these stock holdings were apparently reduced by 5th in 1939-1940 with the rest sold off in 1948 Sometime after 1977 Bendix Corp. was purchased by Allied Chemical exact arrangement not indicated in Moody's write of Allied now Allied Corp. of recent years