Huntsville, Ala. – February 23, 2006 – GE Fanuc Embedded Systems, a unit of GE Industrial, today announced that it has joined the board of directors of VITA, the trade association dedicated to fostering open systems architecture in a variety of embedded systems applications. 　　美国阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔市 （Huntsville, Ala），2006 年 2 月 23 日讯 - 通用电气工业系统集团旗下的通用电气发那科内嵌系统部于今日宣布加入VITA董事会，VITA是一家致力于在各种嵌入式系统应用领域的开放式系统架构的商业机构。　　Jim Berlin, Vice President of Hardware Technology will serve as GE Fanuc’s primary representative on the VITA board. “GE Fanuc’s long standing commitment to the VMEbus standard is rooted in our focus on providing solutions for today and driving the technology of the future,” he said. “We look forward to remaining active on new committees and working groups to bring state-of-the-art technologies to the industry.”　　硬件技术部副总裁吉姆·柏林（Jim Berlin）将出任通用电气发那科在VITA董事会的首席代表。“通用电气发那科长期致力于提供卓越的解决方案、推动未来技术的发展，以实际行动履行对VMEbus标准的承诺”他说，“我们期望在新的委员会和工作组中发挥积极的作用，为业界提供尖端技术。”　　GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has been designing and developing VMEbus products since 1986 and has been an integral part of industry standard activities on this platform for the past 20 years.　　自 1986 年以来，通用电气发那科嵌入式系统部就开始致力于VME VMEbus产品的设计和开发，在过去的20年中，已成为了行业标准活动平台中不可或缺的参与者。　　GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has been successful in promoting a new mezzanine standard working group referred to as "VITA 56." VITA 56 enables a modular building block design for both industry standard and proprietary Host Boards. This specification enables larger markets with more unique functions and creates economies of scale that lower prices.　　通用电气发那科嵌入式系统部已经成功地建立了一个新的中间（mezzanine）标准工作组，即 “VITA 56”。 VITA 56 为行业标准和专用主机板实现模块化构造块设计。这一规范以更为独特的功能，开拓了更大的市场，形成了规模经济效益，从而降低了价格。　　Ray Alderman, executive director of VITA said, “Our continuing goal is to unite manufacturers and users through the acceptance and implementation of open technology standards. The strength of our organization lies in the dedication of our membership and their commitment to the VME standard and the industries it serves. To that end, we are very excited that GE Fanuc Embedded Systems will be joining the board of directors of VITA.”　　VITA 执行董事雷·阿尔德曼（Ray Alderman）说：“通过接受和实施开放式技术标准、把制造商和用户紧密地联合起来，是我们矢志不渝的目标。我们组织的优势来自于我们成员的献身精神以及对VME标准及所属行业的责任感。最后，我们由衷地欢迎通用电气发那科嵌入式系统部加入VITA董事会。”　　The VITA Standards Organization (VSO) provides its members with the ability to develop and to promote open technology standards. The VSO has created more than 30 standards in the past 10 years that promote open technology systems; all the VSO standards are extensions of or related to the original VMEbus standard of 1981. In military and defense embedded computing applications, VME is the most widely used open standard in existence.　　VITA 标准组织（以下简称“VSO”）使其会员具备开发和提升开放式技术标准的能力。在过去的 10 年中，VSO已制定了 30 多项用于促进开放式技术系统的标准；所有 VSO 标准均是1981 年最初制定的VMEbus 标准的补充或相关标准。在军事和防御性嵌入式计算机应用中，VME 是迄今为止使用最广泛的开放式标准。　　About VITA 　　关于VITA　　VITA is an incorporated, non-profit organization of vendors and users having a common market interest. Founded in 1984, VITA believes in and champions open system architectures as opposed to proprietary system architectures. VITA’s activities are international in scope. The functions performed by VITA are technical, promotional, and user-related, and are aimed at increasing the total market size, providing vendors with additional market exposure, and providing users with timely technical information. For information about VITA membership, or to find out how to obtain VITA specifications, visit the VITA website at http://www.vita.com, or call VITA headquarters at (480) 837-7486. 　　VITA 是具有共同市场利益的厂商与用户组成的非营利性组织。该组织成立于1984年，相信并支持与专有系统架构相对的开放式系统架构。VITA 的服务遍及全球。VITA的职能包括技术、推广及与用户相关的服务，旨在提升总体市场规模、为厂商提供更多的市场商机、为用户提供及时的技术信息。有关VITA 成员的更多信息，或想寻求如何获得 VITA 技术规范，请访问VITA的网站：http://www.vita.com，或致电 VITA 总部：(480) 837-7486。　　About GE Fanuc Embedded Systems　　关于通用电气发那科嵌入式系统部　　GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is part of GE Fanuc Automation, a joint venture between GE and FANUC LTD of Japan. GE Fanuc delivers automation hardware and software designed to help users reduce costs, increase efficiency and enhance profitability. With solutions and services catering to virtually every industrial segment, GE Fanuc Automation provides a diverse array of capabilities and products, including controllers, embedded systems, advanced software, motion control, CNCs, operator interfaces, industrial computers, and lasers. Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, GE Fanuc Automation is a part of GE Industrial and combines the diverse global strengths of the GE family with the local presence customers need to design, develop and maintain their automation investments. 　　通用电气发那科嵌入式系统公司隶属于通用电气发那科自动化有限公司，由通用电气和日本发那科株式会社合资组建，致力于为用户提供自动化硬件和软件，帮助他们降低成本，提高效率并增强其盈利能力。凭借其几乎适用于所有工业门类的解决方案和服务，通用电气发那科自动化提供丰富的产品，包括控制器、嵌入式系统、先进的软件、运动控制(motion control)、CNCs、操作员界面、工业计算机及激光器。通用电气发那科自动化公司总部位于美国福吉尼亚洲夏落茨维尔市（Charlottesville, VA），隶属于通用电气工业系统集团，整合了通用电气家族在全球范围内的多样化优势，努力满足本地客户在设计、开发和维护自动化投资方面的需要。