GE Fanuc Acquires RAMiX

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Charlottesville, Va. and Ventura, Calif. -- GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc., an affiliate of GE Industrial Systems, has acquired RAMiX Inc.

Found in most every type of embedded computing application, RAMiX's products help the military to protect and defend, speed information processing in diagnostic medical equipment, help reduce the cost of phone calls, speed communications in systems that identify aircraft as friend or foe, and are an integral part of in-flight entertainment systems for the aviation industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

RAMiX designs and manufactures embedded switches; 10/100/1000-based Ethernet cards; network processors; server blades; serial I/O; PMC expansion devices; and a variety of PCMCIA, memory and storage modules. The company pioneered the concept of embedded Ethernet switching and now offers one of the most comprehensive selections of both 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet switching products. GE Fanuc will combine the RAMiX product lines with its current offering to create an embedded systems group headquartered in Huntsville, Ala.RAMiX Inc. a privately held corporation, is a leading designer and manufacturer of switching, I/O, memory and LAN embedded solutions for the defense, telecommunications and datacom markets. For more information, visit www.ramix.com.

GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc., is a leading global supplier of automation solutions and is a joint venture between GE and FANUC LTD of Japan. For more information, visit www.gefanuc.com.