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GE Fanuc Acquires VMIC

Sep 24, 2001 12:00 PM, EC&M Staff

A division of GE Industrial Systems, GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc., Charlottesville, Va., recently finalized the acquisition of Huntsville, Ala.-based VMIC, a manufacturer of single board PC computers (CPUs), communication, and network products such as reflective memory networks, Fibre Channel and SCSI host adapters, gigabit Ethernet, and data acquisition and control products.

VMIC, which specializes in providing embedded computer products for open-architecture buses including CompactPCI (CPCI), VMEbus, PCIbus, PMC, PC-MIP, and PC 104 plus, serves the industrial automation, telecom, defense, medical, and test and measurement segments. VMIC will continue its focus on serving the embedded computer industry.

"As a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Fanuc, VMIC gains access to GE Fanuc's and GE's full range of global services, products and distribution channels. We are excited about the opportunities to support GE Fanuc's current products and to grow our existing sales both through our current channel and through the GE Fanuc channel,” says Carroll E. Williams, president, CEO, and chairman of VMIC. “We are also excited about our new ability to add integration and turnkey options to support our current and future product offerings in the industrial automation segment."

For more information, visit www.gefanuc.com or www.VMIC.com.

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