May 11, 2005 -- EVENDALE, OH -- The world's most powerful jet engine, the GE90-115B, is celebrating one year of outstanding performance powering the Boeing 777-300ER.
On May 10, 2004, the first GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft entered service for International Lease Finance Corporation's customer Air France. Today, 17 GE90-powered 777-300ERs are flying for Air France, All Nippon Airlines, Japan Airlines and Emirates Airlines.
LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2005--Driven by a state-of-the-art agent-training program, GE Auto Warranty Services continued to increase its number of active auto dealerships by 36 percent during a 12-month period.
The GE Auto Warranty Services agent certification course is an in-depth product, service and technology training program that is positively impacting agent productivity. More than 200 agents completed the program, increasing sales effectiveness, support and customer retention for dealers.
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WASHINGTON - May 10, 2005 - In its first application for the global automotive industry, GE's Flexible Noryl* resin was selected by Delphi Corporation as a wire and cable coating for the company's vehicle electrical systems. Delphi's Packard Electric Division chose GE's Flexible Noryl resin to meet a global automotive manufacturer's need for high-performance cable that also addressed the requirements for halogen-free parts.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2005--Charles H. Luck Envelope, a business in the suburbs of Chicago, specializes in adhesive solutions. They don't make envelopes; they don't make glue; they simply apply the glue to envelopes for printers and other businesses.
Charles H. Luck started the company in 1896 and it changed hands several times before the new owner's father bought it 66 years later, maintaining the focus of the business.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2005--General Electric Company Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt today announced ecomagination, a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.
"Ecomagination is GE's commitment to address challenges such as the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy, reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water," Immelt said. "And we plan to make money doing it. Increasingly for business, 'green' is green.
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May 09, 2005 -- Evendale, Ohio -- The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team's (FET) F136 program is marching towards its System Design and Demonstration (SDD) contract by completing all performance, operability and aeromechanical testing of its Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) and Short Take-Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) engine variants.