GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc. has announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Huntsville, Ala.-based VMIC, a manufacturer of embedded single board computers, high-performance communications and data acquisition and control products, for open-architecture buses used in industrial automation, fibre channel storage area networks (SAN), defense, medical, and test and measurement segments.

Under the agreement, VMIC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Fanuc. The agreement is subject to approval of various government regulatory bodies. The acquisition is expected to be consummated by September. The two companies have worked closely for a number of years through various joint developments and private branding arrangements.

VMIC specializes in providing embedded computer products for open-architecture buses such as CompactPCI (CPCI), VMEbus, PCIbus, PMC, Multibus, and PC-MIP. The company’s product lines include: Single Board PC Computers (CPUs), communication/network products such as Reflective Memory Networks, Fibre Channel and SCSI Host Adapters, gigabit Ethernet, and data acquisition and control products such as Analog and Digital I/O, Distributed DIN I/O, software drivers, and PC-Based I/O systems.

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