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AZDEL, Inc. is a joint venture of GE Advanced Materials and PPG Industries. The AZDEL business was established in 1972 by PPG, and the 50/50 joint venture was set up with GE in 1986. AZDEL is a global leader in the manufacture and supply of high-performance composite materials serving a wide variety of markets and industries including automotive, transportation interiors, large truck, materials handling, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and building and construction. * AZDEL and VolcaLite are trademarks of AZDEL, Inc., a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric Company and PPG Industries. |
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Set the right mood with the right light. GE Reveal light bulbs produce clean, beautiful light that's perfect for overall lighting. GE Edison bulbs deliver bright, crisp light that's ideal for highlighting artwork, mantels and favorite accessories or holiday decorations. |
01 October 2007 |
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E's Retail Sales Finance unit, a leader in home improvement financing, has been selected to provide a new consumer credit program for Clockwork Home Services, parent company of Success Group International and provider of home services with more than 180 franchisees across the country. |
01 October 2007 |
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GE Healthcare introduced today the company's new Lunar iDXA, a bone mineral density system designed to help clinicians detect, diagnose and monitor treatment of osteoporosis. GE's new iDXA is designed to help clinicians diagnose osteoporosis, a disease characterized by low bone mass and increased risk of fracture, more accurately and earlier in the disease process. The iDXA also enables clinicians to simultaneously assess body composition and ascertain fat distribution. |
01 October 2007 |
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GE Healthcare introduced today the company's new Discovery VCT, the world's first true 64-slice combination positron emission tomography and volume computed tomography system for cardiac imaging applications. Launched at the 91st annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, GE's new Discovery VCT has the potential to transform the way physicians diagnose and treat heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses. |
01 October 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Automation, Inc, a unit of GE Industrial, has announced it is working with CH2M HILL, a multinational engineering firm and designer of Singapore's Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, on one of the largest integrated SCADA systems in the world. One of the project's first centralized water reclamation facilities, the Changi plant, is configured with approximately 500,000 tags across an architecture of 50 nodes running the newly-announced Proficy(TM) iFIX 4.0. |
30 September 2007 |
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Cardholders and commercial card program administrators will see added convenience, efficiency and control from a new feature released by GE's Corporate Payment Services unit. The new manual authorization feature in NetService leverages GE's patented pre authorization technology and will significantly reduce phone calls that cardholders and PAs make when dealing with transaction declines at the point of sale. |
30 September 2007 |
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Marking one of the largest power generation agreements in the country's history, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Power and Steel has selected GE Energy to supply 18 gas turbines, additional equipment and services for five power plants in the Niger Delta area that will add more than 2,000 megawatts to the country's electricity grid. |
30 September 2007 |
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Graduate students from the Vehicle Design department of London's prestigious Royal College of Art tare imagining, and prototyping, the future of automotive design in plastics during a three-month program and competition called PLASTicon which began in December. |
29 September 2007 |
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While the insurance industry grapples with the issue of fair compensation for asbestos victims, a new vulnerability may be lurking around the corner. Robert Blanco, Senior Actuary at GE Insurance Solutions, told an audience here that conditions exist that could expose the workers compensation markets to escalating asbestos claims. |
29 September 2007 |
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GE Energy's 2.5-megawatt wind turbine technology is being introduced into Japan through an agreement that will add 85 megawatts of wind energy capacity to the country's electricity grid. |
29 September 2007 |
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GE's Oil & Gas business has been selected as an equipment supplier for the expansion of China's landmark West-East Gas Pipeline Project, one of the country's most critical infrastructure projects of the 21st century. Under a contract of more than US$196 million, GE will provide gas turbines, compressors and installation services for 12 new compression stations. |
29 September 2007 |
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GE Global Research is presenting details on its successful development of a substrate system for flexible organic light-emitting diodes at the Flexible Displays & Microelectronics Conference, Feb. 6-9 in Phoenix, Ariz. The system features a developmental high-temperature Lexan(1) polycarbonate film from GE Plastics combined with a transparent, ultra-high-barrier coating to help protect the OLED device against oxygen and moisture. |
28 September 2007 |
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GE Insurance Solutions announces a new primary insurance product designed for specific segments of the hotel industry. Offered through Klein Insurance Services of West Paterson, N.J., and available only through insurance agents and brokers, the comprehensive, multi-line property/casualty program is designed to cover risk exposures for hotels that cater to business and short-stay leisure travelers. |
28 September 2007 |
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GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services has selected Black Book National Auto Research, a nationally recognized provider of wholesale pricing guidebooks, as their resale benchmark. GE will be the first fleet leasing company to benchmark used vehicle sales performance against the Black Book Commercial Index. |
28 September 2007 |
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GE launches 'Healthcare Re-Imagined,' a multi-phase effort to redefine what is possible in healthcare GE today launched a multi-phase effort to redefine what is possible in healthcare. |
27 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announced today an exclusive agreement with MP4 Solutions to deliver the Centricity Perinatal Solution in conjunction with AirStrip OB, a state-of-the-art technology that allows obstetricians to use their PDAs (personal digital assistants) or Smart Phones to remotely access fetal heart tracings, maternal contraction patterns, and other critical, virtual real-time data from labor & delivery units. |
27 September 2007 |
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Marking its first foray into the power sports industry, GE Commercial Finance, Franchise Finance recently completed two deals totaling $25 million. The deals provide real estate financing for two power sports dealers, Kent PowerSports, of San Antonio and Brentwood, Tenn.-based America's PowerSports. |
27 September 2007 |
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Now consumers can enjoy the performance of dual-fuel cooking without the hassle of installing new electric lines in their homes. The GE Profile free-standing 120-volt dual-fuel range offers the best of both cooking worlds, the responsiveness of gas on the cooktop with the performance and even heating of an electric oven. Consumers with a gas line in their kitchen can plug this range into any dedicated standard 120V/15amp electrical outlet. |
26 September 2007 |
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GE, a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, announced today that GE Healthcare, a USD 15B unit of GE, is bringing the benefits of advanced, portable ultrasound technology to Olympic athletes through partnerships with the IOC, TOROC and Olympic teams from the U.S., France and the UK. |
26 September 2007 |
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Chinese apartment buildings and other structures are beginning to sport colorful roofs tiled with tiles made from GE Plastics' Geloy(1) resin co-extruded with polyvinyl chlorid instead of clay and cement tiles, steel roofing sheet, or asphalt shingles. |
26 September 2007 |
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Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited, a subsidiary of Indian Railways, and SBI Card will launch its first-ever frequent traveler program and co-branded credit card, the SBI Railway Card. The world's second-largest railway and the world's largest employer with 1.54 million employees Indian Railways carries over 14 million passengers daily. |
25 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announced today that Intermountain Healthcare will install the IDX Carecast enterprise system, now marketed as GE Centricity(R) Enterprise, across its organization, and will also serve as a strategic development partner in building advanced decision support and knowledge management tools, as well as other state-of-the art functionality for the enterprise system. |
25 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare and Intermountain Healthcare, one of the nation's top integrated healthcare system, announced today a contract for the implementation of GE's Centricity(R) Radiology Solution, a combined picture archiving communications system solution and industry-leading radiology information system, formerly IDX Imagecast, in 21 institutions across Intermountain Healthcare's network. When complete, the installation will mark the largest GE centralized PACS installation in the United States. |
25 September 2007 |
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GE Security and Cubic Corporation today introduced the world's first automatic public transit ticket vending machine with integrated early warning explosives detection capability, the first element in the companies' joint vision for the future of public transit security. |
24 September 2007 |
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GE Spiral(R) Lamp LOUISVILLE, KyThis Earth Day, GE Consumer & Industrial, a 2006 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award winner, challenges consumers to choose ENERGY STAR appliance and lighting products when planning their next home improvement project. According to the U.S. Government, using ENERGY STAR appliances can save consumers one-third on their annual energy bill, up to $450, on average. |
24 September 2007 |
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Chinese architects and designers, who until now have generally been limited to plain white PVC or aluminum window profiles for their buildings, can expand their creative options thanks to the broad color palette provided by GE, Plastics' Geloy(1) acrylic-styrene-acrylonitrile resin co-extruded with polyvinyl chloride resin. |
24 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a new multi-year partnership with Polaris, to provide Polaris customers with installment financing for motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile and accessory purchases. The program, which aligns two leaders in the powersports industry, will launch nationwide to the Polaris network of 1,500 independent dealers. |
23 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare announced today FDA 510(k) clearance for the Innova 3131(IQ) and 2121(IQ) digital flat panel Biplane Imaging Systems at the American College of Cardiology annual scientific sessions in Atlanta, Georgia. These are the first and only systems available that will cover the full size of the patient's lateral and frontal anatomy simultaneously for a variety of cardiovascular and neurovascular image guided interventional procedures. |
23 September 2007 |
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the Trailer Fleet Services division of GE Equipment Services have announced an agreement whereby GE (NYSE:GE) will supply Wal-Mart with trailer tracking technology for its fleet of 46,000 over-the-road trailers. The announcement was made during the Truckload Carriers Association 68th convention, one of the largest annual gatherings of trucking industry executives. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. |
23 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a recognized leader in cutting-edge cardiovascular imaging technology, announced today at the American College of Cardiology annual scientific sessions in Atlanta, GA., the company's sponsorship of the first in a series of multi-center, multi, patient trials to further validate the clinical efficacy of 64, slice computed tomography as a method for the diagnosis and treatment planning of cardiovascular disease. |
23 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance, Dillard's and American Express today announced the launch of the new Dillard's American Express Card. The Cards carry the Dillard's and American Express logos, and are accepted at Dillard's and the millions of merchants who accept American Express worldwide. |
22 September 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Embedded Systems, a unit of General Electric Company, and SBS Technologies, Inc. announced today that GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has agreed to acquire SBS Technologies, a designer of open architecture embedded computer products that enable original equipment manufacturers to serve commercial, communication and government customers. |
22 September 2007 |
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Offering on-site power customers around the world a wider range of choices for power and cogeneration, GE Energy has introduced two additions to its Jenbacher 'Type 4' engine series: the J412 GS and J416 GS models. |
22 September 2007 |
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GE Profile Harmony(TM) Clothes Care System LOUISVILLE, Ky. There just aren't enough hours in the day for the average American. Terms like 'time crunch,' 'time squeeze' and 'juggling' have become familiar descriptions of our everyday lives. It's no surprise, considering the hours we work. |
21 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit and Yamaha Corporation of America today announced it will be offering a new private label credit card through more than 1,400 Yamaha music dealers nationwide beginning. |
21 September 2007 |
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GE Security today introduced its new EntryScan4, the latest evolution of its popular no-touch, whole-body trace detection walk-through portal. EntryScan4 brings enhanced flexibility and performance to GE's family of explosives detecting trace portals. |
21 September 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Automation, Inc, a unit of GE Industrial, today announced that Evergreen Solar, a developer and manufacturer of solar power products with its proprietary string ribbon technology, has chosen a Proficy(TM) Plant Applications Manufacturing Execution System solution for its EverQ production facility currently under construction in Thalheim, Germany. EverQ GmbH is a joint venture between Evergreen Solar, German solar cell manufacturer Q-Cells AG, and silicon and wafer manufacturer Renewable Energy Corporation ASA. |
20 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a five-year agreement with Craft-Bilt Manufacturing to provide a new consumer credit program that will enable customers to finance sunrooms and awnings. The new Betterliving program includes revolving credit and installment lending options, which will be available beginning April 15, 2006, through 47 Betterliving dealerships nationwide. |
20 September 2007 |
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Conventional wisdom regarding the plastics industry is that there is nothing new under the sun. But GE Plastics is anything but conventional when it comes to maintaining a global leadership position and accelerating new market penetration and growth. |
20 September 2007 |
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GE's Security business today announced an OEM relationship with Sun Microsystems that will allow GE Security to deliver the convergence of security for both computer network and building access control. The solution is targeted at large corporations and government entities seeking to deploy a single, seamless, smart-card security solution on a global scale that complies with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HSPD-12. |
19 September 2007 |
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GE Commercial Finance, Technology Lending, a unit of Global Media & Communications, today announced that it has provided a credit facility totaling $1.5 million for Syntricity Inc., a San Diego-based provider of enterprise yield management software for the semiconductor industry. |
19 September 2007 |
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GE Commercial Finance today announced the expansion of its Corporate Lending business, providing middle market and larger corporate customers a broader suite of financial solutions. As part of today's announcement, the company formally introduced Tom Quindlen as President and CEO and Jim Kelly as General Manager of North America. |
19 September 2007 |
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GE Energy Financial Services, PowerLight Corporation and Catavento Lda will build the world's largest solar photovoltaic power project, similar to the one pictured here in Bavaria, Germany. GE Energy Financial Services, PowerLight Corporation and Catavento Lda announced today that they will build the world's largest solar photovoltaic power project. |
18 September 2007 |
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Heinze ought to know. His company listens to risk managers and creates customized solutions for them. He noted that a growing number of companies have increased their investment in risk management products but are still challenged to get the most value out of those investments. |
18 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a new multi-year partnership with Ultra Motorcycle Company Inc., to provide Ultra customers with installment financing for their custom V-Twin engine motorcycles. The program will launch nationwide today, April 24, to the Ultra network of independent dealers. |
18 September 2007 |
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GE has certified for official ecomagination status its NXT silane family of breakthrough coupling agents that are used in the production of silica tires to improve manufacturing efficiency and reduce emissions. |
17 September 2007 |
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The largest round roof of its kind in the world, the new Shanghai South Railway Station, was constructed of clear, tough Lexan PC sheet from GE. GE's success on the South Railway Station roof led to the selection of Lexan Thermoclear multiwall sheet to glaze the 8,700-square-meter roof of the station's boarding platform. |
17 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare today announced it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's new wide bore computed tomography system. This new technology, the world's most powerful 16-slice wide bore CT system, will be available in two configurations. |
17 September 2007 |
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Harkening back to the days of Ronald Reagan and GE Theater, today GE introduces 'One Second Theater,' an innovative concept in commercial content designed to capture the imagination of viewers in today's technologically-driven, television-challenged environment. |
16 September 2007 |
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GE Plastics has announced that its flame-retardant Flexible Noryl resin for wire coating and insulation has been listed by Underwriters Laboratories under the UL1581 reference standard for electrical wires, cables, and flexible cords, for up to 105 C end-use temperature rating. As a result, proposed wire and cable products incorporating high-performance Flexible Noryl resin only need to undergo short-term aging testing vs. a 150-day long-term aging test, speeding time to market. |
16 September 2007 |
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GE Capital Solutions, together with Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation and the global leader in enterprise data warehousing and analytics, recently announced the third major upgrade in five years for the critical, day-to-day data management operations of Airlines Reporting Corporation, the world's largest settlement system for the airline industry. |
16 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare and St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced a significant development and collaboration agreement that is intended to bring an integrated imaging and monitoring capability to cardiac catheterization labs around the world. Under terms of the agreement, GE and St. Jude Medical will develop a state-of-the-art cardiovascular ultrasound imaging system with fully integrated intracardiac echocardiography imaging capabilities, intended for use in treating patients suffering from heart disease. |
15 September 2007 |
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GE, the world's leading ultrasound company, is introducing four new clinically specialized ultrasound systems to address healthcare providers' growing demand for sophisticated, real-time imaging at the point of care. GE's Compact Series is a new and revolutionary line of ultrasound products that places the power and imaging capabilities of a high-performance, 400-pound system into a laptop-size design. |
15 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the Voluson i, the world's first and only 4D compact ultrasound system designed specifically for women's healthcare, including obstetric, gynecological, and other clinical applications. |
15 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare announced today the introduction of a new high-performance compact ultrasound system to address the growing demand for clinically specialized, real-time imaging at the point of care. The LOGIQ e, the newest member of GE's Compact Series of ultrasound systems, is designed with the speed, image quality and applications to support real-time clinical decisions in emergency settings. |
14 September 2007 |
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GE Energy's nuclear business has signed an exclusive agreement with Silex Systems Limited, an Australia-based technology innovator, to license the technology and develop the company's next generation low enriched uranium manufacturing process in the United States. |
14 September 2007 |
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Condor Engineering, now part of GE Fanuc Embedded Systems, a unit of GE Industrial, has announced the release of the EPMC-1553, its new, 8-channel, high-density PMC card for MIL-STD-1553B Notice II, available in commercial, ruggedized and conduction-cooled configurations. Designed specifically for embedded applications, Condor's new EPMC-1553 provides the highest levels of performance, flexibility and interface density for MIL-STD-1553B in the PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card) form factor. |
14 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit and Segway Inc. today announced a new multi-year relationship to provide revolving financing on the purchase of Segway Human Transporters and accessories under GE's FUNancing Card program. The program is available as of June 1, 2006 at any participating Segway Authorized Dealer in the U.S. |
13 September 2007 |
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Breakthrough Molecular Imaging Technology Installed at Brigham and Women's Hospital; Volume Imaging Ushering in a New Era of Rapid, Less Invasive Cardiology. |
13 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare and DiscoveRx have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for all HitHunter cAMP Enzyme Fragment Complementation, based assays, designed for high throughput, non-radioactive screening of compounds in drug discovery. |
13 September 2007 |
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As part of its ambitious program to supply 20 percent of the electricity for the city of Los Angeles from renewable sources by 2010, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is moving forward with a project that will utilize GE Energy's wind turbine technology to produce up to 120 megawatts of wind power. |
12 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a division of the General Electric Company, announced today that it has initiated a first-in-man clinical study designed to validate information provided by a molecular imaging agent in evaluating the extent and nature of cancer. Specifically, this proprietary positron emission tomography agent has a biological mechanism to track the process of angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels in the body. |
12 September 2007 |
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GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company, today announced its completion of the ZENON Environmental Inc. Aquisition. GE purchased ZENON, a global leader in advanced membranes for water purification, wastewater treatment and water reuse, in an all cash transaction valuing ZENON at approximately US $689 million or Cdn $763 million. |
12 September 2007 |
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With possible seating capacity of up to 850 people, the Airbus A380 is increasing the aviation insurance industry's hull and liability exposure, according to an article in the latest issue of EXPOSURE, which is published by GE Insurance Solutions. |
12 September 2007 |
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GE's Security business today announced that its Picture Perfect v4 UNIX-based enterprise access control and security management system introduces new Java thin client technology and has added even more features for today's security- and IT-demanding requirements. Introduced 15 years ago in 1991, it currently remains the ideal choice for IBM AIX and Red Hat Linux server platforms. |
11 September 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Embedded Systems, a unit of General Electric Company has announced that it has completed the acquisition of SBS Technologies(R) of Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
11 September 2007 |
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GE Energy's wind turbine technology has been selected for a project on the South Point of the island of Hawaii (the 'Big Island') that will add 21 megawatts of wind-generated capacity to the state's power grid. |
11 September 2007 |
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Summertime is the perfect opportunity to enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables, especially with the opening of farmer's markets across the country. However, keeping these foods fresh can be a challenge. According to a national survey sponsored by GE, 58 percent of consumers who responded to the survey admitted to discovering spoiled produce more often than any other item in their refrigerator. |
10 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a new multi-year agreement with Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles to provide revolving and installment consumer financing programs for the Colorado-based company's dealers across the United States. |
10 September 2007 |
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GE Healthcare and New York Blood Center announced today New York Blood Center's National Cord Blood Program is completing the automation of the key production steps for their cord blood stem cell units by adopting the AutoXpress System. |
10 September 2007 |
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As employers strive to broaden their benefit portfolios, demand is growing for benefits that go beyond traditional health and dental discount programs. Most notably, employees are increasingly calling for help in the areas of identity theft protection and legal protection. |
09 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a new multi-year agreement with Owens Corning to provide roofing contractors with comprehensive and flexible financing programs for their homeowner customers as part of the Owens Corning Preferred Contractor Program. |
09 September 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a new multi-year partnership with Classic Metal Roofing Systems to provide its customers with installment and revolving financing options. The program was recently launched to Classic Metal Roofing's authorized network of 66 independent dealers. |
09 September 2007 |
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One of the world's leading marketers of fertilizer and other crop inputs has signed up for a new GE service that promises to simplify and better manage the increasingly complex and potentially costly task of managing and maintaining its fleet of specialty railcars. |
08 September 2007 |
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With the increased demand from consumers for differentiated products, GE Plastics' re-energized Automotive Lighting division today launched its new LiteDesign web resource for Signature Surfaces solutions. |
08 September 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Embedded Systems' P-10SF ALBUQUERQUE, N.M GE Fanuc Embedded Systems, through its Condor Engineering center of excellence, announces the release of the P-10SF, its new single-function PMC module for 10Mbit MIL-STD-1553B performance. This advanced solution offers a less expensive architecture than regular 1Mbit 1553, while providing up to 10 times the data throughput. |
08 September 2007 |
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General Electric Company today joined Siemens, Mitsubishi Corporation, J.P. Morgan Chase, Unisys and other global companies in supporting the creation of a new container security standards organization announced today in Brussels. The new organization, the International Container Standards Organization, will be based in Brussels, and will work to accelerate the approval of international security standards for ocean-going cargo containers. |
07 September 2007 |
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Expanding its innovative solar roof investment program, Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of building integrated photovoltaic roofing systems, announced today that it has completed the installation of solar panels doubling as roofs on five additional schools in San Diego. A total of 19 schools now have solar roofs manufactured, constructed and installed by Solar Integrated. |
07 September 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Automation, Inc., a unit of GE Industrial, announced that it is building its next generation Proficy solutions based on the new OPC Unified Architecture standards released this week by the OPC Foundation. The announcement was made at ARC Advisory Group's 14th Annual Forum 'Driving Enterprise Performance Through Next Generation Manufacturing Concepts.' |
07 September 2007 |
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Crafted by Ted Brewer Violins, an established U.K. designer of transparent violins, the ultramodern Vivo2 line features GE Plastics' Lexan Visualfx special effects resin for stunning visual impact combined with high performance. Ted, who originally hand-carved his instruments from acrylic block, turned to GE Plastics when increasing market demand prompted a move to injection molding. |
06 September 2007 |
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The Translational Genomics Research Institute and GE Healthcare announced today a strategic alliance designed to apply advanced cellular genomics technologies and strategies to improve and accelerate the discovery and development of new drugs. |
06 September 2007 |
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As space and weight constraints drive more compact, sleeker forward lighting components, automotive suppliers seek materials that can meet the challenges posed by these new designs, including higher temperatures from proximity to bulbs and thinner-wall parts for reduced mass. Addressing this demand, GE Plastics' new Lexan Xtreme Heat resin portfolio now offers automotive lighting designers new material choices for their most demanding applications. |
06 September 2007 |
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Death rates are three times greater at night than during the day, according to the National Safety Council. For enhanced driving confidence, ultra-bright NIGHTHAWK(TM) automotive headlamps offer greater night driving confidence. |
05 September 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Embedded Systems' new 6U VMEbus V5D Single Board Computer. The Intel Pentium M processor-based V5D uses the 1.4 GHz Pentium M processor LV 738 for improved performance and lower power requirements compared to the V5C SBC. |
05 September 2007 |
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In the first announcement, GE Consumer & Industrial and Rexel, the world's largest electrical supplies distributor, announced a $725 million agreement for Rexel to acquire GE Supply, GE's electrical distribution business. |
05 September 2007 |
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GE Money's Retail Sales Finance unit today announced a multi-year agreement to provide revolving consumer credit to retailers who sell water treatment products manufactured by GE Water & Process Technologies. The financing will be offered through GE Money's industry-wide AquaVantage program. |
04 September 2007 |
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Airtricity, Inc., a leading renewable energy company, announced today that it has agreed on $120 million in project equity investment with GE Energy Financial Services, Fortis Capital and Wells Fargo for a 125-megawatt wind farm under construction in West Texas. |
04 September 2007 |
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BP and GE today announced their intention to jointly develop and deploy hydrogen power projects that dramatically reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from electricity generation. Vivienne Cox, BP's Chief Executive of Gas, Power and Renewables, and David L. Calhoun, Vice Chairman of GE and president and CEO of GE Infrastructure, signed the agreement today in London. |
04 September 2007 |
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The CFM56-5C/P has been performing exceptionally well in service, delivering better fuel burn and longer time on wing than the base CFM56-5C engine. The production engine entered service with South African Airways on the A340-300 Enhanced airplane and is currently powering a total of 12 aircraft with South African and Swiss Airlines. Customers have ordered a combined total of 38 upgrade kits, of which 34 have been delivered to date. |
03 September 2007 |
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To better address the market for garage storage and garage cabinets, expected to reach over $1.5 billion by 2009(a), GE Money's Retail Sales Finance unit and Slide-Lok, a leading provider of garage interiors and manufacturer of garage storage cabinets, today announced a new consumer credit program for Slide-Lok's 100-plus garage storage and garage cabinet dealers nationwide. The new program is available this month. |
03 September 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Automation, Inc., a unit of GE Industrial, and Packaging World, a leading publication in the packaging industry, hosted a webinar that focused on how one global brewing company, ranked among the top 10 brewers in the world, integrated its process-to-packaging flow to achieve its quality and business goals. |
03 September 2007 |
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GE Commercial Finance, Global Media & Communications today announced that it has committed $20 million to Xinhua Finance Limited as part of a broader $70 million facility to be used by the company for acquisitions and debt refinancing. XFL is a leading provider of China's indices, ratings, financial news, investor relation services, financial information and media services. |
02 September 2007 |
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Emirates have signed an agreement to purchase 10 Boeing 747-8 freighters, powered by the new GEnx engine. The agreement for 45 GEnx engines is valued at more than $600 million (USD). Delivery is scheduled to begin in 2010. |
02 September 2007 |
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GE Commercial Finance, Global Media & Communications today announced a deepening of its commitment to the Asia-Pacific region with the relocation of managing director Bhupesh Gupta to Hong Kong. He will join Daniel Camacho, a Global Media & Communications director who recently joined the team, while continuing to be responsible for leading GE's telecom, cable, media and entertainment financing initiatives in the region. |
02 September 2007 |
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International Lease Finance Corporation has selected the GEnx and GE90 engines to power its new Boeing 787 and 777 fleets. The value of the engines ordered is more than $750 million. |
01 September 2007 |
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GE Energy's nuclear business and the STP Nuclear Operating Company, acting as agent for NRG South Texas LP, have signed a project development agreement to study the deployment and begin licensing activities for two GE Advanced Boiling Water Reactors that would be located at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station. |
01 September 2007 |
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GE's Security business today announced it has reached an agreement with Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.to offer commercial container security services based on the CommerceGuard System. YM will deliver and install CommerceGuard Container Security Devices for customers that want an improved container security and tracking method. |
01 September 2007 |
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GE Energy Financial Services is financing the construction and operation by Tawhiri Power LLC of the southern-most wind farm in the United States. This digital simulation by Wind Engineers, Inc. shows the 21-megawatt Pakini Nui Wind Project at South Point on the island of Hawaii. |
31 August 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Embedded Systems' new 6U CompactPCI C2K Single Board Computer uses Freescale's 1 GHz MPC7447A or 1.4 GHz MPC7448 PowerPC processor and extensive I/O ports for improved performance and flexible, rugged functionality. Systems: |
31 August 2007 |
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The UPS engine selection follows its 10 firm Airbus A380 aircraft orders. UPS also has options on 10 additional A380 aircraft. The value of the order was not disclosed. Aircraft deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2009. |
31 August 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Automation, Inc., a unit of GE Industrial, today announced an innovative program for Original Equipment Manufacturers that provides them with a significant edge to attract new customers and expand their existing base to grow their businesses. |
30 August 2007 |
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A safe home environment is essential, and GE Money's Retail Sales Finance unit and GE Home Security have joined together to make it easier for consumers to protect their property. |
30 August 2007 |
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GE today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell GE Advanced Materials (Silicones & Quartz) to Apollo Management, L.P., a private investment firm in a deal valued at approximately $3.8 billion in cash and securities. Upon completion of the transaction, GE will receive a 10% ownership stake in the new company and hold $400 million of notes. |
30 August 2007 |
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According to John Krenicki, GE Energy President and CEO, the new center will provide GE with a base for expanding the use of its state-of-the-art cleaner coal, or IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle), technology across Europe. The facility also will provide engineering support for GE Energy's environmental services and optimization and controls businesses, to supply the region with a broad range of offerings for the coal industry. |
29 August 2007 |
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According to John Krenicki, GE Energy President and CEO, the new center will provide GE with a base for expanding the use of its state-of-the-art cleaner coal, or IGCC (integrated gasification combined-cycle), technology across Europe. The facility also will provide engineering support for GE Energy's environmental services and optimization and controls businesses, to supply the region with a broad range of offerings for the coal industry. |
29 August 2007 |
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Kinder Morgan U.S. Retail Natural Gas System (Graphic: Business Wire) HOUSTON & STAMFORD Kinder Morgan, Inc. today announced it will sell its natural gas retail distribution and related operations serving 260,000 customers in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and Hermosillo, Mexico, to GE Energy Financial Services for $710 million plus working capital. The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions and regulatory approvals, including approvals from state utility commissions. |
29 August 2007 |
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General Electric Company and Samsung Techwin, Co. LTD have signed a contract to develop the T700 turboshaft engine for the Korean Helicopter Program. The Republic of Korea (ROK) selected the GE T700/701K to power 245 new indigenous helicopters. |
29 August 2007 |
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TAP Portugal has selected General Electric Company's CF6 engines to power five Airbus A330-200 aircraft in an engine deal valued at approximately $150 million (US). In addition, TAP has signed with GE for a nine-year OnPoint(SM) Solutions service agreement for the maintenance, overhaul, and repair of the 11 CF6-80E1 engines powering this A330 fleet. The potential value over the life of the services agreement is valued at approximately $45 million (US). |
28 August 2007 |
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Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. and GE Energy Financial Services announced today that an affiliated partnership, West Coast Energy Properties, L.P., has acquired certain producing oil and gas assets in California and Texas for $58 million. |
28 August 2007 |
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GE Fanuc Embedded Systems' Telum 200-SATA Serial ATA hard disk drive module is designed for use with AdvancedTCA single board computers and carrier cards from GE Fanuc Embedded Systems' extensive line of embedded products and also those from other providers. |
28 August 2007 |
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GE Plastics is exhibiting the first in a new family of conductive Noryl GTX resins that are optimized for powder coating. These unique materials, slated to join GE's growing ecomagination product portfolio, contain conductive fillers that eliminate the need to apply an electrostatic primer. The materials can be used in a range of powder coating applications, including Steelcase's convertible bin end caps, pictured above. |
27 August 2007 |
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GE Energy and Bechtel Power have signed their second agreement with American Electric Power to move forward with plans for an integrated gasification combined-cycle, or cleaner coal, power plant. |
27 August 2007 |
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Allen Extruder's Alextra(TM) combines the weatherable performance of GE Plastics' Lexan(1) SLX resin and the impact characteristics of GE's Lexan EXL resin to produce a uniquely tailored sheet system that is unmatched by other thermoplastic and thermoset materials. |
27 August 2007 |
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GE Energy Financial Services has formed a team to invest in water infrastructure, making its first investment in this state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant near Atlanta. The plant, in Duluth, GA, was designed to look like a barn to blend in with its pastoral surroundings. |
26 August 2007 |
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Commercial Finance Global Sponsor Finance, a leading provider of leveraged lending solutions, today announced that Joseph T. O'Donnell Jr. has joined the company as a Managing Director, based in New York. He will be responsible for generating and overseeing client relationships in the large cap sponsor market. |
26 August 2007 |
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GE Money's Retail Sales Finance unit and Granby Steel Tanks, a division of Granby Industries Income Fund, the leader in residential oil containment reservoirs, today announced a new multi-year relationship to provide consumers with revolving credit under GE's Climate Select financing program. The program is now available to a North American network of Granby Steel Tanks dealers. |
26 August 2007 |
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A new coal mine methane power plant, developed and owned by renewable energy developer Envirogen Pty Ltd., featuring 12 of GE Energy's Jenbacher generator sets, has begun operating at one of Australia's largest coal mines, the Oaky Creek Colliery in central Queensland. |
25 August 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of the General Electric Company and Cord Blood Registry announced today that CBR is automating the key production steps for their cord blood stem cell units using GE Healthcare's AutoXpress System. |
25 August 2007 |
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MobileAccess Networks, an enterprise wireless innovator, and GE Healthcare announced today the availability of Wireless Medical Telemetry Service on GE's Enterprise Access solution. Developed to help hospitals seamlessly bring their entire portfolio of wireless services and applications together on a single infrastructure, GE's Enterprise Access enables healthcare organizations to harness the power of next-generation wireless computing throughout their facilities. |
25 August 2007 |
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An ultrasonic flowmeter that is intrinsically safe and can save time and money by avoiding downtime: GE Sensing's DigitalFlow(TM) ISX878 is all that and much more. The ISX878 system brings all the advantages of clamp-on flow metering to areas requiring explosion-proof design, it is accurate, easy to install, causes no pressure drop, provides drift-free performance and requires virtually no maintenance. |
24 August 2007 |
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GE Healthcare and Volcano Corporation today announced FDA 510(k) clearance for the integration of Volcano's intravascular ultrasound imaging capabilities onto the best-of-class Innova all-digital X-ray cath lab imaging system. This state-of-the-art digital cardiovascular imaging system is designed to give interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists a clearer view of coronary and peripheral vessel morphology in a more accessible manner than previously available. |
24 August 2007 |
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Global Media & Communications today announced that its Technology team has provided growth capital financing to Brightcove, an Internet TV pioneer. GE was the lead lender of the $5 million facility, which closed September 1. |
24 August 2007 |
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American consumers are upgrading their technology to high-end electronic merchandise such as big screen televisions, digital cameras, video camcorders and laptop computers. Now, GE Money and PeachDirect have made it easier to make those purchases and other luxury items affordable thanks to a new private label financing program available this month. |
23 August 2007 |
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GE Money, the consumer finance unit of the General Electric Company, announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire a 25.4% interest (on a fully diluted basis) in the Bank of Ayudhya for US$600 million. The transaction is subject to shareholder approvals. |
23 August 2007 |
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GE Plastics celebrates two significant additions to its ecomagination(1) portfolio: Valox iQ(1) and Xenoy iQ(1) resins, developed as a result of an initiative that examined how its products can be made to be cleaner and more environmentally responsible. If all PBT was replaced in 2005 with these resins, it would have created an outlet for over 562,000 metric tons/year of PET waste. |
23 August 2007 |
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GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services recently added daily fuel reporting to its integrated, web-based reporting applications, my.Dashboard and my.Reports. New daily fuel reporting delivers information based on all fuel transaction data including transactions that have not yet been billed. |
22 August 2007 |
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia & STAMFORD, Plutonic Power Corporation announced today that it has granted a Canadian affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services the exclusive right to provide CAN$100 million of project equity as well as lead a CAN $400 million debt financing for construction of the East Toba/Montrose Creek run-of-river hydroelectric project located 190 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. |
22 August 2007 |
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GE Energy’s first 7H gas turbine, one of the most efficient and advanced machines of its type in the world, has completed testing and is on its way to the Inland Empire Energy Center near Riverside, California, the commercial launch site for GE’s 60-hertz H System technology. |
22 August 2007 |
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General Electric Company today announced that it has signed a contract to supply 310 new Evolution Series locomotives for Kazakhstan’s national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy. The locomotives will be used to help KTZ move record amounts of goods and materials by rail, driven in large part to strong demand for transit, intermodal traffic and petroleum products. |
21 August 2007 |
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GE announced today it has expanded its philanthropic initiative to improve primary healthcare facilities in Africa through a new cooperative effort with the Earth Institute at Columbia University. GE in-kind donations from healthcare, water, energy and electrical system products will benefit more than a dozen hospitals near Millennium Village Project sites where The Earth Institute is working with communities and governments in 10 African nations. |
21 August 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company today announced that GE Healthcare has exercised the exclusive option to license PhotoCure's product Hexvix(R) (hexaminolevulinate), an optical molecular imaging agent intended for the diagnosis and monitoring of bladder cancer, for the US market. |
21 August 2007 |
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Jeff Connelly, vice president & general manager of GE Water & Process Technologies, presents Pierre Kreitz, area director for DuPont in Europe South & Benelux, with the GE ecomagination Leadership Award ceremony. The award was presented to DuPont for their environmental efforts, which resulted in 265,000 cubic meters saved annually, the amount equivalent to what 5,000 Dutch homes use in a year. |
20 August 2007 |
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GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company, will invest SGD 130 million over the next 10 years to establish a world-scale GE Water & Process Technologies Global R&D Centre in Singapore. |
20 August 2007 |
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Building on a long-standing relationship with Sun Development and Management Corporation, GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance is funding the construction of six new hotels with a $60 million development line of credit. |
20 August 2007 |
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Commercial Finance, Corporate Lending today announced that its Retail Finance team has served as administrative agent on a $183-million credit facility for USA Drug, a leading family-owned retail drug store chain and distributor. The credit facility consists of a $177-million revolver and a $6-million term loan. GE Capital Markets acted as sole lead arranger on this facility. |
19 August 2007 |
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GE Healthcare announced for commercial release today its new, high-performance chemistry system, FASTlab, designed to streamline Positron Emission Tomography radiopharmaceutical production. The new platform showcased at the Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine in Athens, Greece, features a revolutionary single-use cassette system that enables PET diagnostics to become more accessible to patients. |
19 August 2007 |
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Global Nuclear Fuel, a joint-venture of GE, Hitachi and Toshiba, has been awarded a multi-million dollar, 10-year contract to supply fuel fabrication and reload-engineering services for Entergy Corporation’s five boiling water reactors. |
19 August 2007 |
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GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company, is integrating major components of its advanced water treatment technologies portfolio to provide a complete seawater desalination and water reuse solution for one of Ukraine's largest ammonia fertilizer producers, the Odessa Port Plant. |
19 August 2007 |
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Commercial Finance Fleet Services today announced the closing of a new $275 million 5-year revolving credit facility for Hertz Corporation, the largest general use car rental company in the world. GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services, which served as sole lead arranger and bookrunner for the facility and led its syndication, also will serve as administrative agent. Proceeds of the financing, primarily will be used to acquire, finance and refinance vehicles for the company’s car rental business. |
18 August 2007 |
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Stein Mart, Inc. and GE Retail Consumer Finance, the consumer lending unit of General Electric Company, today announced an exclusive, multi-year agreement to launch a Stein Mart co-brand credit program. The new Stein Mart Platinum Rewards MasterCard will offer its cardholders a points-based rewards program plus the benefits of the Stein Mart Preferred Customer Program. The companies are launching the new card this month. |
18 August 2007 |
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Energy’s nuclear business and Australia materials technology developer Silex Systems Limited have received the U.S. government authorizations required to proceed with an agreement granting GE exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Silex’s advanced, laser-based uranium enrichment technology. |
18 August 2007 |
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GE today announced it has successfully developed and delivered a 6 kW prototype of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system to the U.S. Department of Energy /National Energy Technology Laboratory for testing as part of a multi-year research program under the Department’s Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance Coal-Based Systems program. |
17 August 2007 |
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Antares Capital and its sister company, GE Leveraged Loans Ltd., based in the United Kingdom, today announced their role as administrative agent for an $80.0 million U.S. senior credit facility and a £15.0 million U.K. senior credit facility to support KNIA Holdings, Inc., an affiliate of funds managed by Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C. (“Kohlberg”) in its acquisition of Niagara Corporation (“Niagara”). GE Capital Markets served as the sole lead arranger and bookrunner for the credit facility. |
17 August 2007 |
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Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company and a leading provider of comprehensive clinical, financial and administrative information technology solutions announced today that Valley Baptist Health System will upgrade its existing IDX “LastWord” system to the Centricity Enterprise (formerly IDX Carecast) solution. Once complete, the implementation of Centricity Enterprise will provide caregivers with a complete and accurate view of a patient’s medical history electronically. |
17 August 2007 |
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GE Energy has announced the availability of it’s new product, Powerwave+, an innovative impulse cleaning system that enhances boiler operation at power generation plants that burn coal to produce electricity and minimizes high maintenance and expenses associated with other cleaning methods. |
16 August 2007 |
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GE is supplying its ecomagination-certified solar energy modules and water filtration technology to a new initiative, launched by Dynoil LLC, to increase the availability of clean drinking water in rural areas of India and in other developing countries of Southeast Asia and Africa. |
16 August 2007 |
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General Electric Company today announced the launch of the company’s innovative ecomagination initiative in India, designed to bring to market new technologies that will help customers address their most pressing environmental challenges such as the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy, reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water. |
16 August 2007 |
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GE Consumer & Industrial’s Lighting division, a world leader in the development of energy-efficient lighting products, today announced advancements to the light bulb invented by GE’s founder Thomas Edison that potentially will elevate the energy efficiency of this 125-year-old technology to levels comparable to compact fluorescent lamps, delivering significant environmental benefits. |
15 August 2007 |
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GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric, is making its first investment in natural gas storage, acquiring a preferred equity interest in an underground salt dome storage project in Louisiana for $65 million from Haddington Energy Partners III LP, a Houston-based, energy-focused private equity fund. |
15 August 2007 |
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Deepwater is a multiyear, multibillion-dollar program to modernize and replace the Coast Guard’s aging ships and aircraft. The twin-engine CN235 medium-range surveillance, maritime patrol aircraft replaces the Falcon 20 and provides more endurance and a more cost-effective mission solution. |
15 August 2007 |
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A GE Energy Jenbacher biogas engine is powering a successful demonstration cattle manure-methane cogeneration plant at a large dairy complex in India’s northwestern state of Punjab, helping to address the region’s mounting energy and environmental needs. |
15 August 2007 |
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GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company unveils breakthrough efforts to seamlessly connect clinicians across the healthcare continuum, from the origination of treatment to its successful completion and from revenue cycle acceleration to clinical workflow optimization. |
14 August 2007 |
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GE Healthcare and MobileAccess announced today that more than 10 hospitals in the last quarter have selected GE Enterprise Access as their universal wireless platform for hospitals. The Consumer Health World Conference recently named GE Enterprise Access as the “Best Mobile Technology for Improving Patient Care.” |
14 August 2007 |
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The GEnx engine took to the skies today in Victorville, California, marking the start of flight-testing on GE’s 747 flying test-bed. During the four-hour first flight, the GEnx-1B engine demonstrated aircraft systems and instrumentation functionality, climbed to close to 40,000 feet and established engine performance baseline for flight-testing. |
14 August 2007 |
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GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company, today announced it is partnering with Texas Tech University to develop affordable water desalination systems to increase the quantity and quality of clean water available in arid areas around the United States and globally. |
20 January 2007 |
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Italy's Ranger Group announced in September that it has chosen GE's Lexan GLX resin to launch its new premium automotive glazing line with the tradename Organikglas. GE's Lexan GLX polycarbonate resin, which provides high impact strength, UV protection, and light weight that are especially valuable in large panoramic roofs, sunroofs, and backlights, will be injection-molded at Ranger's state-of-the-art production facility in Carate Brianza, Italy. |
05 January 2007 |
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GE Consumer Finance, a leading issuer of private label credit cards in North America, and Meijer Stores, a grocer and general merchandise retailer and one of the fastest growing privately-owned companies in the United States, today announced they are extending their retail credit card agreement through 2009 and launching the new Meijer Platinum MasterCard(R)card. |
10 April 2006 |
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GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial services unit of the General Electric Company, announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire the IT leasing business of Bay4 Capital, LLC, an independent information technology lessor. |
09 April 2006 |
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GE Energy's nuclear business has honored Progress Energy's nuclear power plants in Brunswick, N.C. as two of the world's top sustained generation boiling water reactors. |
08 April 2006 |
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Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced its funding approval for a new, streamlined process for obtaining a nuclear reactor construction and operating license, to be led by NuStart Energy Development LLC. |
07 April 2006 |
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GE Energy today hosted a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, to the Baglan Bay Power Station in Port Talbot, Wales, U.K. Her Majesty officially dedicated the power plant, which was built and is being operated by GE as a global showcase for the world's most advanced gas turbine combined-cycle technology. |
07 April 2006 |
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GE Infrastructure, one of the newest growth engines of the General Electric company, announced today the introduction of four new technology solutions to the Chinese marketplace: Merlin, a home water filtration system; GE and China Telecom have initiated discussions to explore establishing a strategic partnership for advanced home security and service systems; UltraTemp, a family of medical patient temperature probes; and Proficy, a suite of automation software that helps maximize manufacturing operations. |
06 April 2006 |
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General Electric today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with two leading private-investment firms, General Atlantic Partners and Oak Hill Capital Partners, under which the firms will acquire a majority interest in GE Capital International Services, GE's global business-processing operation. |
05 April 2006 |
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GE Transportation announced today that it is joining the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program, an initiative that targets greenhouse gas emission reduction among leading corporations. |
04 April 2006 |
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GE Consumer Finance, the global consumer lending unit of General Electric Company, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of DeltaBank, a Moscow-based Russian consumer bank. As previously announced GECF agreed to purchase DeltaBank from its majority shareholders, Delta Russia Fund and The U.S.-Russia Investment Fund, both managed by Delta Private Equity Partners. The purchase was subject to regulatory approvals, which have now been received. |
03 April 2006 |
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This holiday, many families will sit down to a moist, and golden, 22-pound roasted turkey in just two hours, thanks to the new GE Profile ovens with Trivection technology. A traditional oven cooks a cheesy, dense lasagna in one hour using only thermal energy. Now families can enjoy the same lasagna, or better, in just 15 minutes when baked with Trivection technology. |
02 April 2006 |
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GE Commercial Finance Global Media & Communications announced that it has provided $30 million in senior secured financing to ACME Communications, Inc.
The GE Commercial Finance commitment is part of a new $60 million senior secured revolving facility for ACME, which closed on November 8. |
01 April 2006 |
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SAM'S CLUB announced today it is launching the new Business All-In-One Card, combining the buying power of membership and credit into a single card. The new card will be offered to SAM'S CLUB Business Members and Business Plus Members throughout the U.S. |
31 March 2006 |
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GE Infrastructure, a unit of General Electric Company, announced today that, subject to regulatory approvals, GE will acquire Edwards Systems Technology, the fire detection systems business of SPX Corporation for $1.395 billion in an all-cash transaction. |
30 March 2006 |
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CashWorks, Inc., a GE Consumer Finance company and leading provider of automated check-cashing and prepaid solutions, announced today it is now operating in more than 3,100 locations nationwide, a 15 percent increase since mid-September. |
29 March 2006 |
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GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company, announced that it was selected by the Department of Energy to lead $11 million of research projects in the development of hydrogen as a fuel source. The programs are focused on near and long term solutions for the production of hydrogen with sustainable, clean technologies. |
28 March 2006 |
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'The Property Insurance & Services Global Asset Protection team has had a great year,' said Tim Heinze, Field Operations Leader. 'We've had the opportunity to add new field staff in key strategic locations around the world to help us deliver on our goal of unsurpassed customer service. |
27 March 2006 |
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GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial services unit of the General Electric Company, today announced that it has agreed to acquire CitiCapital's Transportation Financial Services Group. |
25 March 2006 |
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The financing commitment from GE Commercial Finance is part of $600 million senior secured revolving loan facility, for which GE served as Co-Lead Arranger, Co-Syndication Agent and Co-Collateral Agent. GE Commercial Finance will hold its entire financing amount. The U. S. Steel facility, which replaced an existing loan facility, closed on October 22nd. |
24 March 2006 |
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GE Infrastructure, a unit of General Electric Company, and Ionics, Inc. announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement for GE's acquisition of Ionics in an all cash merger for $44 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately $1.1 billion plus the assumption of existing debt. Ionics is a global leader in desalination, water reuse & recycling, and industrial ultrapure water services. Ionics will join GE Infrastructure's Water & Process Technologies business unit upon completion of the transaction. |
23 March 2006 |
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GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, today kicked off its participation in the 2004 Radiological Society of North America conference in Chicago with the unveiling of its 2015 Future Technology Pavilion. During the conferenc |
