PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2006--GE Global Research is presenting details on its successful development of a substrate system for flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) at the Flexible Displays & Microelectronics Conference, Feb. 6-9 in Phoenix, Ariz. The system features a developmental high-temperature Lexan(1) polycarbonate (PC) film from GE - Plastics combined with a transparent, ultra-high-barrier coating to help protect the OLED device against oxygen and moisture. This research, jointly funded by the U.S.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2006--GE (NYSE:GE) named Daniel Janki, 37, vice president of Corporate Investor Communications. He will begin in his new role effective March 1, 2006.
Janki, currently CFO for GE Consumer Finance - Americas, succeeds William Cary, who has been promoted to the position of president and CEO of GE Consumer Finance - Europe. Janki will report to Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2006--GE Healthcare Financial Services led a $65 million senior credit facility for Accuro Healthcare Solutions Inc., a Dallas-based company that provides comprehensive solutions to optimize revenue and improve financial and operational efficiencies for healthcare providers.
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STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2006--GE Consumer Finance, the global consumer lending unit of General Electric Company, announced today the appointment of William H. Cary to president and CEO, GE Consumer Finance-Europe, effective March 1, 2006. He succeeds Dan O'Connor, who steps down after having lead Consumer Finance's largest and most profitable region since 1999. Cary will report directly to David R. Nissen, president and CEO of GE Consumer Finance.
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NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2006--GE Commercial Finance - Technology Lending, a unit of GE Commercial Finance - Global Media & Communications, today announced that it has made a Series C preferred investment in Lithium-ion battery developer A123Systems. The investment is part of a $30 million Series C equity financing for A123, with other investors including North Bridge Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. The transaction closed on January 27, 2006.
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NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2006--GE Commercial Finance - Global Sponsor Finance announced today that it will serve as Lead Arranger for a $138 million senior debt facility for Waddington North America, Inc. ("WNA"), a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of high quality, plastic disposable tableware, and a portfolio company owned by Code, Hennessy & Simmons LLC ("CHS"). The facility closed on December 30, 2005.
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2006--GE Energy today announced it has completed its acquisition of Altair Filter Technology Group Limited, a leading global provider of inlet filtration solutions for the power generation, oil and gas and marine industries.
In addition to its headquarters in Alton, United Kingdom, Altair also has operations in Louisville, Kentucky and maintains a global sales force. The company's technology has been installed in more than 2,000 units worldwide.
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SHANGHAI, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2006--The newest, largest round roof of its kind in the world - that of the massive new Shanghai South Railway Station - is being constructed of clear, tough Lexan(1) polycarbonate (PC) sheet from GE. Not only does this ambitious construction project represent one of the largest single orders of Lexan sheet ever received by GE's Plastics business to date, but more importantly underscores GE's commitment to help revitalize the Chinese infrastructure with some of the world's most advanced materials technologies.