Dubai, September 25, 2002 ---- General Electric has announced the merge of its GE Appliances and GE Lighting businesses to form GE Consumer Products. The new scheme, which combines the two operations globally, is effective immediately and will be mutually beneficial for both businesses.
New Appointment Springboards GE ERC's Clinical Risk Management Offerings OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002--GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation (GE ERC) today announced the appointment of Dorothy Berry as Vice President of Clinical Risk Management in the Commercial Insurance Healthcare business unit. Berry and her staff will be responsible for helping GE Commercial Insurance customers increase awareness of patient safety risks, prioritize efforts to address clinical risk and manage their professional liabilityexposures.
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GE Industrial Systems Completes Acquisition of NovaSensor PLAINVILLE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002--GE Industrial Systems, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced today that it has completed its acquisition of NovaSensor Inc., which was formerly a subsidiary of TRW Inc. (NYSE: TRW).
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GE Hydro Generators to Boost Capacity at Two Hydro-Quebec Power Plants QUEBEC & LACHINE, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002--GE Hydro, a unit of GE Power Systems, has been awarded a contract valued at more than CDN $40 million by Hydro-Quebec for the supply and installation of eight hydroelectric generators at two power stations near the city of Cadillac.
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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002--
For the Fourth Straight Year, GE Will Contribute Approximately 5,000 Volunteer Hours in One Day!
Approximately 600 local General Electric (GE) employees and retirees, many of them from GE Lighting, will contribute more than 5,000 volunteer hours in a single day to make over the 350-acre Girl Scouts of Lake Erie Council (GSLEC) Camp Julia Crowell/Hilaka, located at 4374 Broadview Road in Richfield, OH.
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Poliquin to Lead ERC Latin America, Grieve to Lead ERC Caribbean; Herb Colon Retires after 12 Years Leading the Unit OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2002--GE Employers Reinsurance (ERC) today named two experienced executives to lead reinsurance underwriting teams for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2002--General Electric has announced the appointment of two new company officers.
Brian Gladden, 37, is Vice President, Finance for GE Plastics, serving in this role since August 2002. Gladden joined GE in 1988. A graduate of GE's Financial Management Program, he has also spent five years on the Corporate Audit Staff, and has held positions in engineering, finance, and business development at GE Aerospace, GE Medical Systems and GE Plastics. He holds a B.S. in Finance from Millersville University.
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Kuwait, September 19, 2002 ---- GE Aircraft Engines has won a contract to supply GE T700-701C helicopter engines to the Government of Kuwait. The new engines will power the government's new fleet of 16 Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters.
The contract, valued at US$30 million, allows for the supply of 32 engines to be installed on the new fleet of helicopters, as well as four spares. The T700-701C powers the latest AH-64A/D Apaches and H-60 Black Hawk variants.
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World's Most Powerful Jet Engine Takes Off; The GE90-115B Completes Its First Flight, On Track For Certification MOJAVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2002--Today, the world's most powerful jet engine, being developed by GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE), completed its first flight aboard GEAE's unique Boeing 747 Flying Testbed in Mojave, California.