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Intermatic Inc.
Logo of Intermatic Inc as of 2022
IndustryElectrical equipment
PredecessorInternational Register Company
Founded1891 (1891) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
FounderArthur Woodward[1]
Headquarters
Libertyville, Illinois
,
USA
OwnerMPE Partners
Number of employees
250 to 1000 (2022)
Websiteintermatic.com

Intermatic Inc. is an American manufacturer of time switches based in Libertyville, Illinois. Previously based in Spring Grove, Illinois for 60 years, the company headquarters and 125 jobs relocated to Innovation Park business center, formerly Motorola’s International R&D facility, in Libertyville in 2021.[2]

History

Intermatic Incorporated was founded in 1891 in Chicago, Illinois as the International Register Company to produce fare registers.[3] Its founder was A.H. Woodward who held several patents on fare registers (mechanical devices for recording passenger ticket and ridership).[4][5]

A register for recording transit fares by A. H. Woodward of the International Register Co.

It introduced its first lighting timer in 1945, and today makes timing and control systems for line and low voltage systems used in residential, commercial, government, and industrial systems.[6]

The company sells the Time-All line of timers for consumer applications.[7][8]

On April 23, 2025, MPE Partners announced that it had acquired the company.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Intermatic Incorporated". www.idaillinois.org. State of Illinois. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Norman, James T. (February 27, 2020). "Another manufacturer is planning to relocate its headquarters to Libertyville, officials say" (PDF). Libertyville Review. Retrieved October 13, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Intermatic Incorporated". www.idaillinois.org. Illinois Digital Archives, State of Illinois. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Woodward, Arthur H. (7 November 1905). "Bell mechanism for registers". Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Woodward, Arthur H. (24 April 1906). "Fare-register". Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Intermatic Inc - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Word Mark TIME-ALL". tmsearch.uspto.gov. United States Patent & Trademark Office. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "New timers with 'smart' electronics". The New York Times. 11 November 1986. p. 68. Retrieved 22 August 2022. For example, the Time-All Programmer from Intermatic Inc.
  9. ↑ "MPE Partners Completes Acquisition of Intermatic". Intermatic. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
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