United Industries

United Industries

The core of United Industries was a small Earth Corporation called General Electric. It remained a relative small corporation localized to the Sol System, until 3543 when a new CEO, the first Non –human in company history was chosen to lead the company. While it was small, it always had solid numbers and was scandal free. The new CEO an Ult,  formerly being the CEO of the privatized Ult Ship Yards Corp [1] managed to convince the Ulta government to merge GE with USY in 3544. Only a year the merger was completed and the new company did business under the new name: United Industries of the Union Corp. UIOTU purchased Leyland Industries and Saran based Horus Weapon Manufacture in 3548. A further acquisition was another small and ancient Earth business: Hyundai. In 3549 Andorian Steel and Aurelius Specialty Metals was added to the new companies’ portfolio. Now commonly known as United Industries the company specialized in the manufacture of ISAH pods, Sensor and scanner equipment, Union bridge systems and Artigrav system components. The company focused on high quality rather than super mass production and introduced the being over Machine philosophy into Union Industry in general. This philosophy insisted that craftsmanship, pride in ones skills and experience was unattainable values of even the most sophisticated automated production methods and reintroduced the concept of Factory workers, millwrights and apprentice, journeyman and master craftsmen. In 3556 United Industries received its largest contract: Outfitting all SII manufactured Union Fleet units with United Industries bridge modules. United Industries HQ and main manufacturing plants were in the Blue Moon System, but moved to the first completed segment of the Ross Torus in 3600. United Industries has resisted all takeover attempts of SII, Enroe and DeNoir and remains a largely independent corporation. It reached Giga Corp status in 4511 and rose to number 8 in the Giga Corp 500. UI occupies a large segment of the Ross Torus and has all its manufacturing locate there. It now also operates a large Ship Yard and employs over 600 Million individuals.

[1] Ult war and space ship related industry was considered vital to the species development and was government controlled until the Ult joined the Union. Terran style business concepts slowly but steadily became Union standard. Ult businesses in government control were privatized (Most stock however still remains in Ult government possession and revenues are dispersed among their population. (The Ulta Citizen tax Relief fund)