General Electric General Electric Company (GE) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the New York (state), state of New York and headquartered in Boston. Over the year ...

Automation and Controls division combines what was formerly known as GE Intelligent Platforms and

Alstom Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...

's Power Automation and Controls. In 2019, GE Intelligent Platforms was acquired by

Emerson Electric Emerson Electric Co. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The Fortune 500 company delivers a range of engineering services, manufactures industrial automation equipment, climate control systems, and p ...

and is now part of Emerson's Discrete Automation business unit. GE Automation and Controls produce Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) based control systems, I/O, and field devices, including support to design, commission and operate industrial assets and operations. Industries served include manufacturing, food and beverage, life sciences, power, oil and gas, mining and metals, water and wastewater, and specialty machinery industries.

History

In 1986, GE Fanuc Automation Corporation was jointly established in the US by

FANUC FANUC ( or ; often styled Fanuc) is a Japanese group of companies that provide automation products and services such as robotics and computer numerical control wireless systems. These companies are principally of Japan, Fanuc America Corpora ...

and

(GE). Under the joint venture company, three operating companies, GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc., in the U.S., GE Fanuc Automation Europe S.A. in Luxembourg, and Fanuc GE Automation Asia Ltd. in Japan were established (the Asian company was established in 1987). In 2007, the company was renamed to GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms (and GE Fanuc Automation Solutions Europe SA became GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Europe SA). GE Fanuc Automation CNC Europe changed its name to Fanuc GE CNC Europe. In 2009, GE and Fanuc agreed to dissolve joint venture and the software, controls and embedded business became part of GE, under the new name GE Intelligent Platforms. In 2015, GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. changed its name to Automation & Controls upon acquisition of

's Power Automation & Controls business. In 2018, amidst restructuring plans for the whole General Electric group, it was announced that

was to acquire Intelligent Platforms, and the deal was completed on February 1, 2019.

Acquisitions

* 1998: completed acquisition of AFE Technologies (first purchased 70% in late 1996) * 1998: acquired Total Control Products * 2000: acquired DataViews Corp * 2001: acquired VMIC * 2002: acquired Intellution, Inc. * 2003: acquired RAMiX * 2003: acquired Mountain Systems, Inc. * 2006: acquired (technology assets of) Condor Engineering * 2006: acquired SBS Technologies * 2006: acquired Radstone Technology PLC * 2008: acquired process technology assets from MTL Instruments Group * 2011: acquired SmartSignal, Inc * 2011: acquired technology assets of CSense Systems (Pty) Ltd. * 2015: acquired Alstom Power Automation & Controls * 2015: sold its embedded systems division to Veritas Capital, now known as Abaco Systems * 2019: acquired by Emerson Electric

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