May 14, 2004 -- WARSAW, Poland -- LOT Polish Airlines and GE celebrated the achievement of 500,000 flight hours by the airlines fleet of CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767 aircraft.
In 1989, LOT became GE's first Eastern European customer when it took delivery of its first CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767 extended range aircraft. Today, Poland's national carrier operates five aircraft, including two 767-200ERs and three 767-300ERs on routes to the U.S.
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RasGas to benefit from cost-effective, planned pipeline maintenance services in 6-year pact
Doha, May 12, 2004: GE Energy has signed a long-term pipeline services agreement with RasGas Company Limited in Qatar. The six-year contract will allow GE Energy to provide a world-leading producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with cost-effective integrity management services for its existing export pipelines.
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RasGas to benefit from cost-effective, planned pipeline maintenance services
Doha, Qatar (May 12, 2004) --- GE Energy has signed a long-term pipeline services agreement with RasGas Company Limited in Qatar. The six-year contract will allow GE Energy to provide a world-leading producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with cost-effective integrity management services for its existing export pipelines.
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ATLANTA & SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004--GE Energy, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and ChevronTexaco Worldwide Gasification Technology Inc., a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corporation (NYSE: CVX), today announced plans for GE Energy to acquire ChevronTexaco's gasification technology business.
The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including government approvals. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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May 06, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio -- GE Marine will supply Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Co., Ltd. (IHI), Tokyo, Japan with four LM2500 gas turbines. The engines will be placed into propulsion modules by IHI to power the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's (JMSDF) 15DDG AEGIS destroyer. The destroyer will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Nagasaki, Japan shipyard.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--May 5, 2004--GE today announced the appointment of Edmundo Vallejo, 46, as a company officer.
Vallejo will run the newly created Latin America region, which combines Mexico, Central America and South America. He will report to Nani Beccalli, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East & Africa, who will add responsibility for this region to his current role.
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WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004--
Free Mother's Day card offers expert tips for heart disease prevention
Just in time for Mother's Day, a national survey commissioned by GE Healthcare reveals that nearly two out of three adults have never talked to their mothers about heart disease, the number one killer of women in the United States.
"Women and their families need a wake up call," said Dr. James Rippe, cardiologist and spokesperson for GE Healthcare's Heart Health Program, and author of the just released book, "Heart Disease for Dummies."
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WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004--GE Infrastructure, a unit of General Electric Company, announced today that the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will pilot GE's EntryScan3 walk-through explosives detector as part of its Transit and Rail Inspection Pilot (TRIP) program for screening rail passengers for explosives.
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (May 4, 2004) --- Following the successful completion of full load/full speed tests, GE Energy has shipped a new turboexpander-compressor for the expansion of the Kårstø gas processing plant, located 60 kilometers north of Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway, GE reported at
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