November 08, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio -- GE reported that five new cruise ships began commercial operation in 2004 powered by GE aeroderivative gas turbines. Cruising at sea are Princess Cruises' Sapphire Princess and Diamond Princess, Royal Caribbean International's Jewel of the Seas, Holland America Line's Westerdam and Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2.
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Immelt discusses GE's strategy for Middle East and Africa on two day visit to the region
GE Fanuc Automation, a division of the GE Infrastructure global business platform, has introduced the new Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX with FIX Desktop software.
This enables users of FIX software to take advantage of the many advanced database and connectivity features of Proficy iFIX, while continuing to view and control their plant-wide processes in their existing graphics environment.
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Immelt discusses GE's strategy for Middle East and Africa on two day visit to the region
Dubai, November 8, 2004: GE, the world's biggest company by market value, views the Middle East as one of the key areas for growth and will continue to focus on developing world-class solutions in the energy, transportation and healthcare sectors to enable the company to grow in the region.
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Company Pledges Greenhouse Gas Reduction
ERIE, Pa. (November 8, 2004) -- GE Transportation announced today that it is joining the Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders program, an initiative that targets greenhouse gas emission reduction among leading corporations.
GE Transportation is committing to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions 25% between 2003 and 2008. Progress toward this goal will be measured on a revenue normalized basis.
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Second Contract Awarded For Incremental Train Control System
ERIE, Pa. and BEIJING, China (November 8, 2004) -- GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announcedtoday that it has received an order for 78 locomotives from China's Ministry ofRailways. China currently operates approximately 400 GE locomotives and GE has operated a successful locomotive parts business in China for many years.The 78 locomotives represent the first units sold to China by GE since 1985.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2004--The General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) will hold its 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on April 27 2005, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The meeting will be held at Aronoff Center at 10:00 a.m.
GE moves its annual meeting to a different site each year to highlight a different GE business -- GE Transportation is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, near Cincinnati. GE has approximately 7, 000 employees in the Cincinnati area.
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München, 05.11.2004 - GE Energy hat mit der in Peshtera, Bulgarien, ansässigen Biovet einen Vertrag zur Lieferung eines Strahltriebwerks vom Typ LM2000 abgeschlossen. Biovet ist einer der grössten europäischen Produzenten von Futterzusätzen, Fermenten und Antibiotika für Nutztiere sowie für den Bereich Tierarznei.
Die Vereinbarung beinhaltet:
das erste in Europa installierte Strahltriebwerk vom Typ LM2000
die erste zur Stromerzeugung in Bulgarien errichtete Gasturbine
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November 04, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Frontier Airlines has signed a 16-year MCPH
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November 04, 2004 -- LYNN, Massachusetts - GE's T700-GE-701D turboshaft engine, the latest generation of T700s powering U.S. Army Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, was recently awarded U.S. Army qualification and is now in production. Rated at 2,000 shaft horsepower (shp), the T700-GE-701D features improved hot-section components that provide twice the hot-section durability and 5 percent more power than the current T700-GE-701C model engine.
The U.S. Army plans to convert its entire fleet of Black Hawk and Apache helicopters to the T700-GE-701D.
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