SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2003--GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today unveiled the LightSpeed Pro(16) Computed Tomography (CT) scanner at Stanford Radiology's 5th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco, Calif. LightSpeed Pro(16) delivers more power and faster gantry rotation speeds for never-before-seen image detail - while providing innovative dose reduction features.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2003--Members of two unions representing 16,500 General Electric Company employees have approved new four-year national labor contracts with GE. Union officials informed GE that voting by members of the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communications Workers of America (IUE-CWA) and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) was completed Tuesday.
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PLAINVILLE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2003--GE Industrial Systems, a $6 billion unit of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) announced today it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Kampro Technology, Inc., leaders in the development and manufacturing of high-performance image sensing technologies for all applications. The Taipei, Taiwan-based company is privately held.
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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2003--GE Insurance today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Tokyo-based GE Edison Life Insurance Company and U.S. Auto & Home business to American International Group for approximately $2.15 billion, and take a special pre-closing dividend of approximately $440 million. The transaction is subject to normal regulatory approvals and the parties expect to complete it in 90 days.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003-- Companies Will Manufacture, Market and Distribute Bulk Molding Compounds based on a New Thermoset Resin: NORYL(R) ETX Resin
GE Plastics, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Bulk Molding Compounds, Inc. (BMCI), headquartered in West Chicago, today announced an agreement by which the companies will develop and distribute new thermoset bulk molding compounds (BMC).
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GE Plastics Introduces New `Game Changing' Weatherable GELOY XTW Resin for Outdoor Applications CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003-- New Resin Offers Up To Five Times The Color And Gloss Retention Of Traditional ASAs GE Plastics, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced today the development of GELOY(R) XTW resin, a new weatherable ASA resin that withstands the punishing effects of UV exposure better than traditional ASAs in a variety of outdoor applications.
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NEW ORLEANS & WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003--
Accurate Non-invasive Bio-distribution Measurement Accomplished
GE Medical Systems, in successful collaboration with academic centers, is applying groundbreaking molecular imaging technologies to pre-clinical and clinical research. Clinical and pre-clinical research results will be reported at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine to be held in New Orleans this week.
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GE Plastics Latest X GEN Resin Technology Portfolio Delivers a Whole New Generation of Performance CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003-- New X GEN Resin Technology Pushes Performance To The Extreme GE Plastics, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced a new portfolio of resins that combines outstanding GE product engineering with extreme product performance.