Cameron International Corporation , NYSE: CAM, is a Fortune 500 company and a global provider of pressure control, processing, flow control and compression systems as well as project management and aftermarket services for the oil and gas and process industries. It employs approximately 20,000 people and is headquartered in Park Towers South, Houston, Texas. In 2006 Cooper Cameron was officially renamed "Cameron." Cameron is organized into the following divisions: Cooper Industries began in 1833 when Charles and Elias Cooper established a foundry in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. "Cooper" was... licensed to produce the Corliss steam engine in 1869 and entered the production of natural gas internal combustion engines in 1900. In 1929, Cooper became the Cooper-Bessemer Corporation when it merged with Bessemer Gas Engine Company, which was founded in Grove City, Pennsylvania in 1899. In 1958, Cooper diversified into the controls industry with the establishment of the En-Tronic Controls Group. Five years later, the company acquired the Ajax Engines Company, founded in 1877, and the Pennsylvania Process, founded to manufacture compressors in 1920.
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| NYSE symbol: | CAM |
| Founded: | 1877 |
| Headquarters: | Houston, Texas |
| Legal structure: | Public company |
| Annual revenue: | $5,848,880,000 |
| Net income: | $593,730,000 |
| Operating income: | $564,500,000 |
| Market cap: | $11,000,000,000 |
| Industries: | Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing |