NORWALK, Conn.--Tuesday, July 13, 2010-- GE Capital, Corporate Finance today announced it has secured a lease agreement with Polymer Group, Inc., a leading producer of nonwovens. The equipment lease facility will provide funding of up to $56 million for the primary equipment associated with the installation of a new state-of-the-art, custom-designed, spunmelt machine at a Polymer Group, Inc. plant in Waynesboro, Virginia.
Generators ensure reliable power supply to meet South Africa's fuel needs
GE South Africa Technologies (Pty) Limited (GESAT) today announced an agreement to provide Transnet Limited with 10 medium speed, diesel-powered generators for Transnet's new multi-product pipeline currently being constructed between Durban and Johannesburg. GESAT is GE Transportation's South African subsidiary in partnership with the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC).
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GE Capital to finance school solar purchase and installation.
Government's Feed-in tariff to generate income for school's loan repayments and more for 25 years.
GE has formed a partnership with Solarcentury, the UK's most experienced solar energy company, to provide financial services support for its Solar4Schools programme. The programme, which has already installed solar electric systems in over 250 schools across the UK, aims to introduce solar power to hundreds of schools across the nation over the next two years.
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PRINCETON, NJ -- July 12, 2010 -- GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics today announced the market reintroduction of Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP), a diagnostic ultrasound contrast agent for use in select echocardiograms. Optison is indicated for use in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to opacify the left ventricle and to improve the delineation of the left ventricular endocardial borders. The safety and efficacy of Optison with exercise stress or pharmacologic stress testing have not been established.
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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Lighting has hired Jaime A. Irick to lead GE Lighting Solutions as its president and CEO, reporting to Michael Petras, president and CEO of GE Lighting. In his new role, Irick drives the development, growth and management of GE's global light-emitting diode (LED) product business for both the household and professional market segments. Brian Sroub has joined the company in the newly created global role of chief marketing officer for GE Lighting, also reporting to Petras.
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Association driving operational excellence in production environments recognizes conference leadership
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA JULY 12, 2010 GE Intelligent Platforms today announced that Mike Yost, Operations Management Manufacturing Solutions Leader, and Alicia Bowers, Product Marketing Manager, Operations Management Infrastructure Solutions, were presented with the MESA Outstanding Contribution Award for 2010 at the organization's annual conference in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Association driving operational excellence in production environments recognizes conference leadership
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA JULY 12, 2010 GE Intelligent Platforms today announced that Mike Yost, Operations Management Manufacturing Solutions Leader, and Alicia Bowers, Product Marketing Manager, Operations Management Infrastructure Solutions, were presented with the MESA Outstanding Contribution Award for 2010 at the organization's annual conference in Dearborn, Michigan.
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Technology to Reduce Water Usage by 30 to 50 Percent
TREVOSE, PA.---July 12, 2010---Recognizing the importance of finding efficient and economical ways to recover heavy oil from the oil sands regions, GE (NYSE: GE) and FilterBoxx Water & Environmental Corp. have teamed up to develop innovative water treatment solutions.
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Chalfont St. Giles, UK, July 12, 2010 - GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today the appointment of Anne LeGrand as Vice President and General Manager, of the company's global X-ray business.
LeGrand joins GE Healthcare from Philips Healthcare, where she was Senior Vice President and General Manager of their ultrasound business unit, a $1 billion business with more than two thousand employees worldwide.
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BETHESDA, Md.--Monday, July 12, 2010-- GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services today announced it has provided a $4.5 million credit facility to QSpex Technologies, Inc. The financing provides working capital and funds capital equipment expenditures supporting QSpex's product launch in late 2010.