ATLANTA, GEORGIA (February 27, 2003) --- GE Wind Energy will supply 80 wind turbines for a new, 120-megawatt facility in California's Mojave Desert that will be the first wind project for Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the nation's largest municipally owned utility.
MILWAUKEE & RIDGEFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2003--GE Medical Systems Healthcare Services, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) that is based in Wisconsin, and iSixSigma LLC today announced a strategic alliance to launch an internet portal focused specifically on the healthcare application of Six Sigma--a rigorous, data-driven method for process and quality improvement.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA (February 27, 2003) --- GE Wind Energy will supply 80 wind turbines for a new, 120-megawatt facility in California's Mojave Desert that will be the first wind project for Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the nation's largest municipally owned utility.
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PLAINVILLE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2003-- GE Expands in $60 Billion Global Sensors and Instrumentation Market GE Industrial Systems, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Hill & Smith Holding, PLC, announced today that they have signed an agreement whereby GE intends to acquire substantially all the assets of SI Pressure Instruments, a unit of Hill & Smith Holding, PLC.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. & MINNETONKA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2003--General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and Osmonics, Inc. (NYSE:OSM) announced that, at the special meeting of the shareholders held today, the shareholders of Osmonics, approved the merger of Osmonics into a wholly owned subsidiary of GE.
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Dubai, February 26, 2003 ---- GE Power Systems (GEPS), one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation technology, energy services and energy management systems, has pledged its continuous support to customers across the UAE.
This was the message from John Rice, President and CEO of GEPS, during a visit to the Emirates last week, where he discussed mutual cooperation and strategic opportunities with major customers.
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OSLO, NORWAY (February 24, 2003) --- GE Hydro, a unit of GE Power Systems, has been awarded a US$26.8 million contract to upgrade Swiss power producer Ofible's plant in Biasca, Switzerland. The project marks the latest example of GE's continuing expansion into the European hydropower industry.
GE Hydro will supply six overhung two-jet, 50-megawatt Pelton turbines and three 333 rpm, 109 MVA generators producing 327 megawatts of power. The new equipment will replace eight overhung one-jet, Pelton turbines and four generators, which have been producing 288 megawatts.
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February 24, 2003 -- EVERETT, Washington - The Boeing 777-300ER today completed its maiden flight, beginning a 1,600-hour flight-test program that's expected to bring U.S. government certification by early next year.
The newest member of the 777 airplane family, with its distinctive red, white and blue paint scheme, took off at 10 a.m. Pacific from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. After flying a little over three hours, it landed at 1:02 p.m. at Seattle's Boeing Field.
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February 24, 2003 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Corbett Caudill, vice president and general manager of engineering at GE Aircraft Engines' (GEAE) has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for technical leadership in the design of gas turbine engines for military and commercial aircraft.
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