Editing Texas Instruments (section)

===Sensors and controls===
TI was a major [[Original equipment manufacturer|original-equipment manufacturer]] of [[sensor]], control, protection, and [[RFID]] products for the automotive, appliance, aircraft, and other industries. The Sensors & Controls division was headquartered in [[Attleboro, Massachusetts]].

By the mid-1980s, industrial computers known as PLC's (programmable logic controllers) were separated from Sensors & Controls as the Industrial Systems Division, which was sold in the early 1990s to Siemens.

In 2006, [[Bain Capital LLC]], a private equity firm, purchased the Sensors & Controls division for $3.0 billion in cash.<ref>
{{cite press release
 |publisher   = Texas Instruments
 |date        = January 9, 2006
 |title       = Bain Capital to Purchase Sensors & Controls Business of Texas Instruments for $3 Billion
 |url         = http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/press/company/2006/c06001.shtml
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060111193914/http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/press/company/2006/c06001.shtml
 |archive-date = January 11, 2006
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>  The RFID portion of the division remained part of TI, transferring to the Application Specific Products business unit of the Semiconductor division, with the newly formed independent company based in Attleboro taking the name Sensata Technologies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://investors.sensata.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=210277&p=irol-historycomp|title=Sensata Technologies, Inc. – Press Room – History of Our Company|website=investors.sensata.com|access-date=2016-07-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140602034847/http://investors.sensata.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=210277&p=irol-historycomp|archive-date=June 2, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>