Visit from President Obama On January 15, 2014, former US President
Barack Obama visited Vacon’s R&D facility at the
Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. Following a tour of the premises, he gave a speech to students at
North Carolina State University where he mentioned Vacon.
Stuxnet Virus Vacon NX frequency converter drives, also known as variable-frequency drives, were one of the two types of converters targeted by the
Stuxnet Virus at the Iranian enrichment facility in
Natanz, Iran. The worm would search a PLC for the specific identification number, in this case 9500h, that is assigned to the Vacon converter. Once found, the worm would continue to execute. ==References==