October 08, 2004 -- LYNN, Massachusetts - On September 15, the first GE-powered Italian production NH90 helicopter flew for the first time powered by two GE T700/T6E1 engines.
The 30-minute flight at the Agusta SpA facility in Vergiate, Italy, tested the aircraft throughout the basic flight envelope, during which the engines performed flawlessly.
The NH90 is a multi-role helicopter designed, developed, and produced by NH Industries, a joint venture of AgustaWestland (Italy), Eurocopter (France/Germany), Fokker (The Netherlands), and OGMA (Portugal).
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FLORENCE, ITALY (October 6, 2004) --- GE Energy's oil and gas division has signed an agreement to build and develop a regional training and maintenance center in Kazakhstan that will feature technology information, training and technical assistance, static and rotating equipment maintenance for customers in Kazakhstan and the surrounding regions.
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STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2004--GE Consumer Finance, one of the world's leading consumer lenders, today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement to extend its retail credit card program with The Men's Wearhouse, a leading men's apparel retailer in the United States.
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MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2004--GE Energy has been selected to supply up to 660 wind turbines, totaling 990 megawatts of wind-generated electricity, for eight projects in Quebec to be placed on line between years 2006 and 2012.
An announcement by Hydro-Quebec today marked the largest single award for new wind generation capacity in the history of the global wind energy industry.
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FLORENCE, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2004--GE Energy has completed its testing program for three large refrigerating compressor trains to be installed in Europe's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, located on Melkoya Island in the Arctic Ocean north of Hammerfest, Norway.
For the first time in this type of LNG application, the refrigerating compressors are driven by variable speed electric motors instead of being coupled to a gas turbine.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2004--GE will Webcast its conference call on third quarter 2004 financial results on Friday, October 8 at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The conference call will follow the Company's news release on results, which will be available prior to the call. Information about the call is available at www.ge.com/investor. The conference call and related materials will be available at that Web site Friday morning.
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2004--The most widely sold wind turbine in the megawatt-class for the global wind power industry has reached a major milestone.
GE Energy announced today that its 2,500th 1.5-megawatt machine has been installed as part of ENEL's Littigheddu project in Sardinia, Italy. Using 36 of the GE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines, it is ENEL's largest wind project and one of the largest in Italy.