WATERFORD, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2002--General Electric
GESilicones.com is first again, this time, with Global Customer
Service featuring The World's Largest Variety, of New
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GE Silicones today announced the release of 55 new wizards that can be found exclusively within the new Technical Solutions Center.
WATERFORD, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2002--General Electric
GESilicones.com is first again, this time, with Global Customer
Service featuring The World's Largest Variety, of New
Online Silicone Material Selection tools
GE Silicones today announced the release of 55 new wizards that can be found exclusively within the new Technical Solutions Center.
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WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2002--GE Specialty Materials, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced it has completed the acquisition of the water treatment services business of BetzDearborn.
The move launches GE into a new business segment and adds $1 billion in annual sales to GE Specialty Materials. The new business will be known as GE Betz.
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EVENDALE, OHIO--April 29, 2002--Daniel C. Heintzelman, 45, has been named vice president and general manager of GE Engine Services (GEES), a leading global supplier of aviation maintenance and support services. He replaces George Oliver, who has been named president of GE Betz, a water treatment services business recently acquired by GE
Specialty Materials.
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STAMFORD, Conn. & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2002--GE Capital, through its Commercial Real Estate business, and Security Capital Group Incorporated (NYSE: SCZ) announced today that GE Capital has elected to include common shares of ProLogis Trust (NYSE: PLD) in the consideration to be received by Security Capital stockholders in GE Capital's pending acquisition of Security Capital.
GE Capital has the sole discretion to revoke its election on or prior to May 4, 2002.
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LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--For exemplary safety and health programs and rates, GE Lighting's Lexington Lamp Plant will on April 25 officially celebrate the plant's recognition as a STAR under the Voluntary Protection Partnership (VPP).
A program of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and adopted under the Kentucky OSH Program, VPP is a cooperative effort among industry, workers and government to assure safer workplaces in the U.S. STAR designation is the VPP's highest health and safety honor.
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LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--For exemplary safety and health programs and rates, GE Lighting's Lexington Lamp Plant will on April 25 officially celebrate the plant's recognition as a STAR under the Voluntary Protection Partnership (VPP).
A program of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and adopted under the Kentucky OSH Program, VPP is a cooperative effort among industry, workers and government to assure safer workplaces in the U.S. STAR designation is the VPP's highest health and safety honor.
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GE Plastics Adds Fluorescent Glow to Optical Discs; `Edge Glow' Creates Design Accent on CDs and DVDs PITTSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--GE Plastics is using a patented technology to color its polycarbonate resin with fluorescent dyes to add light piping to CDs and DVDs. Dubbed Edge Glow, the technology is aimed at content providers and optical media replicators looking to accentuate their brand and drive product differentiation in the CD and DVD marketplace.
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DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--GE Capital Commercial Equipment Financing today announced the closing of its acquisition of Comdisco's Electronics and Laboratory & Scientific leasing businesses.
The initial agreement was signed on January 23, the deal was granted approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois on January 24, and officially closed today.
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EVENDALE, Ohio--April 24, 2002--The Italian Air Force has selected GE Aircraft Engines' (GEAE) CF6-80C2 engine to power four Boeing 767 Global Tanker Transports.
The value of the engine order, based on the manufacturer's list price, is approximately $80 million. The Italian Air Force will take delivery of its first 767 Global Tanker Transport in 2005.
This represents another milestone for the CF6-80C2 engine in the military aircraft market, said Andy Solem, general manager of Turbofan and Turbojet Programs at GEAE's Military Engine Operations.