In 1986, GE Fanuc Automation Corporation was jointly established in the US by
FANUC and
General Electric (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 their joint venture, and its 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
Alstom's Power Automation & Controls business. In 2018, amidst restructuring plans for the whole General Electric group, it was announced that
Emerson Electric 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 ==References==