Emerson has agreed to acquire Intelligent Platforms, a division of General Electric. Intelligent Platforms’ programmable logic controller (PLC) technologies will enable Emerson, a provider of automation for process and industrial applications, to provide its customers broader control and management of their operations. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition expands opportunities for Emerson…

Editor’s Note: John Lizzi, executive director, robotics, GE Global Research, delivered a keynote at our inaugural Robotics Summit & Showcase called “Robotics, Intelligent Systems and Transformational Innovation.” Lizzi recently sat down with GE Reports editor-in-chief Tomas Kellner to discuss all things robotics. We have reprinted the interview, with permission, below. As the executive leader for robotics…

Altair and GE have signed a multi-year software agreement making Altair the exclusive distributor for GE’s Flow Simulator software. The engine system modeling software has a number of tools for multi-disciplinary analyses of fluid systems. This software helped guide GE to design world record efficient gas turbines and the more advanced aircraft engines in the…

Leader of GE’s Global Robotics Initiatives To Emphasize Transformational Innovation at Event for Robotics and Intelligent Systems Technical Professionals Cleveland and Boston – 4/19/2018– Business-to-Business publisher WTWH Media, LLC announced John Lizzi, Executive Leader, Robotics, at GE will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural Robotics Summit & Showcase. The Robotics Summit s an international…

GE has bought a few service bureaus and additive vendors.  Now we know a bit more about the company’s plans.  My colleagues at Medical Design and Outsourcing posted this blog about GE’s plans.

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GE and Local Motors announce Fuse, a new approach to manufacturing that accelerates product and technology development by combining open innovation with small batch manufacturing. The digital community for this new model is headquartered at fuse.ge.com, which convenes entrepreneurs, scientists, coders, engineers, makers around the world to solve product development challenges ranging from non-invasive testing […]

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Many analysts and investors thought the big acquisition news would come from HP.  Looks like GE is taking the lead. GE (NYSE: GE) announced plans to acquire two suppliers of additive manufacturing equipment, Arcam AB and SLM Solutions Group AG for $1.4 billion. Both companies will report into David Joyce, President & CEO of GE […]

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To achieve this growth and power quality in a fast and cost-effective way, the 21st century’s major energy challenge is delivering electricity as efficiently as possible.

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Designed to connect industrial equipment from the control (asset) layer to cloud environments, and natively integrated with the company’s Predix platform, the historian collects, stores and normalizes time series sensor data from industrial equipment and processes. This information makes possible real-time analysis and troubleshooting needed to analyze asset performance. The software features a proprietary archiving…

GE’s Critical Power business (NYSE: GE) has launched its Barracuda-series™ QBVE094A0S10R7 1,000-watt (W) DC-DC bus converters, providing the highest power density and lowest cost-per-rated-watt in a quarter-brick solution…

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The NETernity GBX411 Fully Managed 3U VPX Layer 2/3 Ethernet switch offers a rugged design that can be use in air, ground and sea platforms in applications such as surveillance, reconnaissance, radar, sonar and imaging It supports precision time protocol (1588) and can be used with the GE OpenWare switch management software. Features include Layer…

According to GE CEO Jeff Immelt, if you “woke up as an industrial company today, you will wake up as a software and analytics company tomorrow.” As the Internet of Things (IoT) develops, software will be an important part of whatever you’re making. GE has spent five years and a billion dollars learning how to…

-GBX411 supports up to 24 Gigabit Ethernet and four 10Gigabit Ethernet ports -Features OpenWare™ switch management software -Compliant with US Army VICTORY initiative GE Energy Management’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE) today announced the NETernity™ GBX411 Fully Managed 3U VPX Layer 2/3 Ethernet Switch. Offering a variety of combinations of Gigabit Ethernet and 10Gigabit Ethernet…

Predix Cloud is for industrial data and analytics. This platform-as-a-service (PaaS) will capture and analyze the volume, velocity and variety of machine data within a secure, industrial-strength cloud environment. It will enable developers to rapidly create, deploy and manage applications and services for industry. Predix Cloud will enable operators to use machine data faster and…

GE Energy Management’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE) announced that its CR11 single board computer (SBC) has been successfully deployed and is fully operational onboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the continuing experiments by the European Space Agency (ESA) taking place way above the earth. The CR11 is at the heart of…

GE Energy Management’s Intelligent Platforms  business announced that its CR11 single board computer (SBC) has been successfully deployed and is fully operational  onboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the continuing experiments by the European Space Agency (ESA) taking place way above the earth. The CR11 is at the heart of the supporting…

GE has implemented and released a Global Discovery Server (GDS) based on Part 12 of the OPC UA standards. The GDS, used in conjunction with GE’s Proficy software, automatically discovers OPC UA devices on your network and connects to them; no configuration is needed. GDS automates the previously manual and complex processes associated with connectivity…

GE Intelligent Platforms Software announced a new production optimization project to connect all of BP’s oil wells globally to the Industrial Internet. Using GE’s data management software, BP field engineers will gain real-time access to common machine and operational data sets across all wells, arming them with information to make better decisions to improve efficiency,…

GE (NYSE: GE) announced that it is the first to implement and release a new Global Discovery Server based on the new Part 12 of the OPC UA standards. This specification enables the Industrial Internet with improved ease of connectivity across devices and equipment. The Proficy Global Discover Server (GDS) automatically discovers OPC UA devices…

GE’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE) announced at Embedded World (Nuremberg, Germany – 24-26 February) the mCOM10K1 Type 10 Mini COM Express Module. Based on the NVIDIA® Tegra® K1 system-on-chip (SOC) – enabling it to deliver 326 GFLOPS of performance, well beyond the performance typically associated with Mini COM Express – it is ideal for…

One goal of the IoT is to disseminate data over as many intelligent devices as possible. To accomplish this goal, GE’s Intelligent Platforms business is partnering with Webalo to mobilize business intelligence combined with operational awareness, enabled by the Industrial Internet. Proficy Scorecard, built on Webalo’s secure, scalable, high-productivity mobile app development platform, Webalo Pro…

QuickPanel+ operator interface (OI) for the Industrial Internet features multi-touch technology for pinch-to-zoom functions found in popular consumer touchscreen devices. Multi1-touch and swipe viewing are a worldwide standard in consumer digital interfaces, so viewing system-wide details even on a 7 in. display is simple with the new QuickPanel+ multi-touch functionality. Double-tapping or pinching enables the…

Pittsburgh is a good place to locate if you are interested in additive manufacturing. Not only do you have access to educational institutions with alliances with America Makes,…

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GE’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE) announced that its exida certified Mark VIeS Safety Management System received the exida 2014 Safety Award in the Logic Solver category. The announcement is being made in conjunction with the company’s User Summit: Making the Industrial Internet Real, being held this week in Orlando, Florida. “To help meet the…

Novotek, a distributor for GE’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE), announced that it has been awarded the prestigious Scanautomatic Prize for Innovation at Scanautomatic 2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden in October. The announcement was made in conjunction with GE’s Intelligent Platforms User Summit: Making the Industrial Internet Real, being held this week in Orlando, Florida. The…