President Obama Visits High Tech Classroom Including GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Control Hardware

President Obama Visits High Tech Classroom Including GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Control Hardware

President Barack Obama visited Hudson Valley Community College in Albany, New York on September 21, to tour a high-tech classroom and give a speech on the economy. The classroom included GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms controllers and operator interface equipment used for the training of tomorrow’s technology workers in areas of green technologies, including semiconductor manufacturing, alternative fuels, and installation and maintenance of photovoltaic, geothermal and wind energy systems. Featured behind President Obama in the classroom were GE Fanuc Series 90-30 PLCs and QuickPanel View operator interfaces. The Series 90-30 has been the PLC of record in applications, such as high speed packaging, material handling, complex motion control, water treatment, continuous emissions monitoring, mining, food processing, elevator control, and injection molding. The QuickPanel View bundled visualization solution provides the tools required for today’s application needs with a combination of bright touch screen displays and multiple communications options.
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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a joint venture between General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and FANUC LTD of Japan, is an experienced high-performance technology company and a global provider of hardware, software, services, and expertise in automation and embedded computing. We offer a unique foundation of agile, advanced and ultra-reliable technology that provides customers a sustainable advantage in the industries they serve, including energy, water, consumer packaged goods, government & defense, and telecommunications. GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms is a worldwide company headquartered in Charlottesville, VA and is part of GE Enterprise Solutions.

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