# Emerson to acquire GE's Intelligent Platforms business

Emerson will acquire Intelligent Platforms, a division of General Electric, which provides programmable logic controller (PLC) technologies. The deal is expected to close in the first half of fiscal 2019. Terms were not disclosed.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-10-09
- Where: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Emerson Electric](https://endata.com/companies/654.md) (acquirer)
- [General Electric](https://endata.com/companies/1262.md) (target)

## Sources

- [processingmagazine.com](https://www.processingmagazine.com/news-notes/article/15587524/company-briefs-emerson-to-buy-ges-intelligent-platforms-business-schenck-process-acquires-process-components), 2018-10-09: "Adding GE’s Intelligent Platforms business makes Emerson an even stronger player in the automation space and expands our capabilities to serve the needs across process, hybrid and discrete markets."

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