GE Fanuc named global preferred supplier for Invensys

<%=company1%> (Charlottesville, VA) signed an agreement with Invensys plc to be a global preferred supplier of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and additional I/O products.

"GE Fanuc is a global organization that offers a wide range of high quality, industrial control equipment," says Bruce Henderson, division chief executive, Invensys Software Systems Division. "We believe the agreement will help Invensys offer customers greater performance in the automation and controls market."

"Working with Invensys will allow us to provide our industrial control hardware to a broader range of businesses," adds Lorrie Norrington, president and CEO of GE Fanuc Automation. "With a worldwide support structure, Six Sigma quality and an e-business infrastructure, we can offer users high productivity and reliability as the control hardware supplier for their Invensys systems."

GE Fanuc products and services include CIMPLICITY industrial automation software, micro to high-end PLCs, a wide range of CNCs, motion control systems, operator interfaces, industrial computers, CO2 and YAG lasers, and a wide range of integration and customer support services.

Edited by Jim Lardear
Managing Editor, PlantAutomation.com