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Emerson Completes Acquisition of General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms Business

Intelligent Platforms, Charlottesville, VA, has approximately 650 employees worldwide and 2017 sales of $210 million.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

Emerson announced it has completed the purchase of Intelligent Platforms from General Electric. The addition of Intelligent Platforms programmable logic controller (PLC) technologies will enable Emerson, a global leader in automation for process and industrial customers, to expand its capabilities in machine control and discrete applications.
 
Intelligent Platforms, with its portfolio of cloud-connected controllers and devices for smart plants, will serve as a key complement to Emerson’s Plantweb digital ecosystem.
 
Intelligent Platforms is based in Charlottesville, Va. with approximately 650 employees worldwide and 2017 sales of $210 million. 

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