February 2011, Vol. 238 No. 2

Business Meetings & Events

GE Intelligent Platforms Acquires SmartSignal Corp.

GE Intelligent Platforms has completed the acquisition of SmartSignal, a privately held analytics software company based in Lisle, IL.

SmartSignal specializes in providing remote monitoring and diagnostics solutions to the power generation, oil and gas and other industrial sectors. The company has more than 40 product and technology patents.

SmartSignal detects and identifies abnormal equipment behavior and provides exception-based notifications of developing problems along with diagnoses and prioritizations. Its solutions are device-agnostic and are found on equipment from GE, Siemens, Rolls Royce, Alstom, Flowserve, Waukesha, Byron Jackson, Cooper-Bessemer, and others.