SHANNON, IRELAND June 23, 2009. -- GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) today announced the delivery of an Airbus A320-200 aircraft (serial number 3923) to Aeroflot Airlines to help the carrier's fleet development
The aircraft comes from GECAS' existing order book with Airbus and is one of 31 aircraft GECAS currently leases to the airline. Aeroflot, based in Moscow, Russia, currently has a fleet of 104 aircraft.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 24 2009 --- An innovative idea of growing food crops within school grounds will ultimately help to feed more than 1300 children at Bonwelong Primary in Midrand, Johannesburg, thanks to GE Staff Volunteers working collaboratively with the school to plant crops in the soccer-field sized plot allocated for this initiative.
BELFORT, France--23 June 2009-- GE Energy today opened a new Technology Center in Belfort, the company's European headquarters for the past 10 years and its international center of excellence for the manufacturing of medium-sized gas turbines. The new Technology Center will house up to 400 engineers from 15 different countries, who will work to develop the most advanced technology to help customers address environmental and energy challenges.
Technology to Help Meet Increasing Efficiency and Performance Requirements
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--23 June 2009-- GE Energy and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) have signed final agreements to co-develop a "next generation" steam turbine for use in gas turbine combined-cycle power plants. The co-development effort will focus on the design of a new, advanced steam turbine, leaving each of the parties to separately manufacture and sell the co-developed steam turbine in support of its natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power generation products.
Second GE Water Plant in Region Furthers Commitment to Provide Critical Water Solutions
DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA---June 23, 2009---As Saudi Arabia is facing unprecedented demand for reliable sources of water, GE Energy is building on its growing commitment to provide critical water solutions to the Kingdom with the opening this week of a near $10 million GE Saudi Water & Process Technology Center.
* Second GE Water Plant in Region Furthers Commitment to Provide Critical Water Solutions
Dammam, Saudi Arabia; June 23, 2009: As Saudi Arabia is facing unprecedented demand for reliable sources of water, GE Energy is building on its growing commitment to provide critical water solutions to the Kingdom with the opening of a near $10 million GE Saudi Water & Process Technology Center.
MagneScan™ Completes First 250 Miles of Pipeline Inspection on Both Sides of the Atlantic
HOUSTON, TEXAS---June 22, 2009---GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions business has presented recognition awards to two of its valued customers following their pioneering use of MagneScan™, the next generation of MFL (magnetic flux leakage) pipeline inspection technology, now proven on both sides of the Atlantic.
June 22, 2009, Shanghai --- GE Capital China and All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), a prominent NGO dedicated to the advancement of Chinese women, today launched its first financial education program, "Keys To A Golden Future", which is designed to empower underprivileged women in Shanghai.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA -- June 22, 2009 -- Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) announced that it signed a 12-year direct loan agreement for SR4.1 billion ($1.1 billion) to finance the supply and installation of GE equipment for expanding the Qurayyah and Faras power plants in the Eastern Province and Power Plant No. 8 in Riyadh, which will add 2,900 megawatts of power generation capacity. The direct loan will be disbursed and managed through the funding bank, Calyon New York.
