agency) in Fishersville to develop the new product, utilizing solid-state technology and printed circuit boards, thus offering a line of printer terminals for the computer and business data field dominated primarily by Teletype. Of the 25 or so employees in that group, only one, Paul Morris, is still working in the local printer works. The belt printer technology they developed was so viable that it was shipped in printers for nearly 20 years. Early 1970s: Division of the Specialty Control Department In the early 1970s, the original Specialty Control Department was divided into two separate departments with the growing numerical control group becoming the Numerical Equipment Control Department. Joe Ponzillo and Warren Kindt headed these departments as General Managers, respectively. From the beginning of operations in Waynesboro, the Specialty Control Department had five general managers: Dr. Louis T. Rader, who later became Vice President of the Division. Dr. John Hutton succeeded Dr. Rader, followed by Paul Ross. Joe Ponzillo and Warren Kindt were each general managers of Specialty Control, having changed positions after the formation of the Numerical Equipment Control Department. 1979 - Move from Waynesboro to Charlottesville By 1979, GE-Waynesboro was bulging at the seams. This resulted in the transfer of the Numerical Equipment Control Department into a new facility north of Charlottesville, Virginia, where it became a part of the Manufacturing Automation Systems Division and now partnered with long-time competitor Fanuc. Closure Late 1960s By the late 1960s the aircraft business had already been transferred to other GE plants located in Johnson City, New York, and Erie, Pennsylvania. By 1974, the adjustable speed drives business had been transferred to GE's plant in Erie, PA. The photoelectric business was absorbed by the General Purpose Control Department in Bloomington, Illinois, and the power systems components, consisting of static exciters and power regulators, were transferred to the Industry Control Department in Salem, VA. The residual products remaining in Specialty Control were now reduced to the Terminet printers and the relay business. The name Specialty Control now became Data Communications Products Department and, at one time, Data Communications Products Business Department. Late 1970s In the late 1970s, a major development was undertaken to design a non-impact printing technology to compete with laser printers. General Electric's Research and Development group in Schenectady, NY, prepared the initial concepts. A temporary satellite group of engineers continued the product development in the former Wilson building (formerly