PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--GE Security (NYSE:GE), the leader in Computed Tomography-based (CT) checked baggage screening for aviation in Europe, today unveiled a first-of-its-kind vision for transforming the traditional airport passenger security checkpoint. The "Checkpoint of the Future," presented in Europe for the first time, is expected to help make air travel safer, security less costly and the passenger experience faster at airport checkpoints.
PARIS -- (BUSINESS WIRE) - March 21, 2006 - GE Security (NYSE:GE), the leader in Computed Tomography-based (CT) checked baggage screening for aviation in Europe, today unveiled a first-of-its-kind vision for transforming the traditional airport passenger security checkpoint. The "Checkpoint of the Future," presented in Europe for the first time, is expected to help make air travel safer, security less costly and the passenger experience faster at airport checkpoints.
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NEW YORK, STAMFORD, Conn. & LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2006--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.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. & ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2006--GE Fanuc Embedded Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and SBS Technologies(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:SBSE) 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.
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FLORENCE, ITALY - March 20, 2006 : -- Yara Sluiskil B.V. of the Netherlands will replace a gas turbine at its fertilizer plant in Sluiskil with an MS5002E (Frame 5-2E) gas turbine from GE's Oil & Gas business, marking the first project for this new GE technology.
Operating in a cogeneration mode with a waste heat recovery generator, the new machine will produce 30 megawatts of electrical power for the plant and 50 tons per hour of steam to be used for production processes. Yara Sluiskil B.V. produces 3.5 million tons of nitrogenous fertilizer per year.
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KURIHAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2006--Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co. Ltd. (GNF-J), a company belonging to the Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) joint venture of GE, Toshiba and Hitachi, has been awarded a contract by Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Chubu) to provide Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel for the utility's Hamaoka nuclear power plant.
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LYNN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2006--GE - Aviation has been awarded a $26.4 million contact modification by the United States Navy for the purchase of 60 T58 module kits, with an option for 60 more in FY2007, for Marine Corps H-46E helicopters.
The contract calls for 96 titanium nitride (TiN) coated airfoil kits for upgrades of modules previously delivered under the T58 Engine Reliability Improvement Program (ERIP), plus miscellaneous tooling. Work will be done in Lynn, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed in November 2007.
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JENBACH, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2006--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.
GE developed the J412 and J416 models to address a growing demand for higher efficiency engines in the output range of 800 kW to 1.2 megawatts (MW).
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DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2006--ORBCOMM, a global satellite telecommunications company, today announced that the Asset Intelligence division of GE Equipment Services has placed orders for 50,000 satellite communicators from Stellar Satellite Communications, a wholly owned ORBCOMM subsidiary. GE also extended its International data communications agreement with ORBCOMM for an additional three years and is developing additional applications using the ORBCOMM network, including an application for the rail industry that is expected to be marketed as RailWise(TM).
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