Cooper Industries plc manufactures and sells electrical products. It operates in two segments, Energy and Safety Solutions, and Electrical Products Group. The Energy and Safety Solutions segment manufactures, markets, and sells electric protection products, including fittings, plugs, receptacles, cable glands, hazardous duty electrical equipment, intrinsically safe explosion-proof instrumentation, emergency lighting, fire detection and mass notification systems, and security products for use in residential, commercial, and industrial construction and maintenance, as well as repair applications. It also provides distribution switchgear, transformers, transformer terminations and accessories, capacitors, voltage regulators, surge arresters, energy automation solutions, and other related power systems components for utilities, and electrical power transmission and distribution industries. The Electrical Products Group segment manufactures, markets, and sells electrical and circuit protection products, support systems, enclosures, specialty connectors, wiring devices, plugs, receptacles, switches, lighting fixtures and controls, and fuses for use in residential, commercial, and industrial construction and maintenance, as well as repair applications. The company was formerly known as Cooper Industries Ltd. and changed its name on September 9, 2009. Cooper Industries plc was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
