TYCO’s Electric Piano

If you take a holiday this summer, consider Pembroke, Bermuda, the legal incorporated home of some exciting de-conglomeration and branding. Tyco International LTD, a global leader in industrial valves and controls, metal conduit, armored electrical cable, and steel fence post tubing. A proprietor of fun brands such as ADT security and fire alarms, as well as niche-hits like Coev Magnetics, and Raychem, Tyco recently announced that it was neatly spinning off into three corporate-level brands, grouped by cateogry. So it goes. The spinoff gives us three consumer/industrial brands: Tyco Electronics, Tyco Healthcare (Covidien), and also Tyco Fire & Security/Engineered Products & Services (TFS/TEPS).Tyco’s company history is similar to many others in the category, as this de-cont