GEHC Forges Its Path Forward
Today was GE HealthCare’s Investor Day at Nasdaq in New York City. With the business preparing to spin off as an independent company in less than a month, its president and CEO, Peter Arduini, offered a preview of how GE HealthCare will build on its work to further precision care for patients everywhere. “Our goal is to advance the future of healthcare as a global leader in delivering personalized care across the patient journey,” he said. Read the story here.
STAC-ing Up
On any given day, some 39,000 engines built by GE and its joint ventures are powering commercial jets, and inevitably, they must be inspected and repaired. Now GE has announced it will open a facility, called the Services Technology Acceleration Center (STAC), that marks a major boost to its maintenance, repair, and overhaul work. Read more about the center here.
Catalyst for Cleaner Air
Last year, California acquired four of GE’s quick-starting TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines for backup power in the state, where prolonged drought has impacted hydropower. But to meet strict pollution regulations, GE installed a new “selective catalytic reduction” technology that reduced CO and NOx emissions by 90%. That opens the way for more widespread use in California and globally. Find out more.
1. A vaccine for breast cancer.
2. Window coating that can lower indoor temperatures.
3. Turning sewage into biofuel.
4. Medical implants that disintegrate in the body.
5. Red blood cells made in the lab.
— Larry Culp, chairman and CEO, GE, and CEO, GE Aerospace