At GE we ask, “Why predict the future when you can create it?” From our earliest days, our company has used the tools of research, combined with a little inspiration, to create the world of tomorrow. The legacy of GE’s ingenuity offers a rich history we are proud to share with the world.
It began in a small barn in the year 1900. Thousands of patents and even two Nobel prizes later, the GE Global Research lab has continued to bring new technologies to our lives. Read about the first GE research lab and how it evolved into a worldwide entity.
In the Benelux, GE has ensured growth through numerous investments in the materials, security, water, energy and financial services sectors. In 2010, Benelux sales totalled €1.65 billion ($2.2 billion) across GE's activities in the industrial and financial sectors.
Headquartered in Brussels, GE has had a presence in the Benelux for over 50 years and has ensured its growth through numerous investments in the materials, security, water, energy and financial services sectors. Today, GE has 5,000 men and women working for its Luxembourg, Belgian and Dutch clients.
Thomas Edison is heralded for his genius as an inventor. Less known is his brilliance as a business pioneer. By aligning multiple businesses to bring innovation to the marketplace, he laid the path for today's GE. Learn more about the inspiration - and the perspiration - of the man who started it all.
