LE BOURGET, France --- June 15, 2008 --- Atlantic Airways, the national airline of the Faroe Islands, has selected the CFM56-5B engine to power the Airbus A319 the airline ordered in 2008. Atlantic Airways placed a firm order with CFM on the first day of the 2009 Le Bourget Air Show. The airline is scheduled to take delivery in 2011.
LE BOURGET -- June 15, 2009---GE Aviation has unveiled its new GEnx engine in a special ceremony at the 2009 Paris Air Show today at Le Bourget.
The GEnx engine is the best selling engine for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the sole source engine for the Boeing 747-8 aircraft. With more than 1,100 engines on order, the GEnx is the fastest-selling large jet engine in GE history. Based on the GE90's proven architecture and often called its "little brother," the GEnx combines many breakthrough technologies:
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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Limited Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LTD) has deployed energy-efficient lighting from GE Consumer & Industrial (NYSE: GE) for a comprehensive lighting retrofit of five distribution centers at its headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Within the 3.5 million square feet of impacted facilities, the company's lighting energy consumption has been cut by 50 percent. Limited Brands expects annualized energy and maintenance cost savings of approximately $775,000.
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LE BOURGET, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation recently achieved two significant P-8A milestones including flight management system hardware qualification and deliveries of stores management system hardware. The flight management system qualification is the final milestone prior to formal flight testing of the P-8A, due to take place later this year. The stores management system hardware deliveries follow delivery last month of key software for integration lab activity.
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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA---June 15, 2009---Malaysia's leading integrated oil and gas service provider, SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad, through its subsidiary Sapura Power Services Sdn Bhd, has entered into a joint agreement with GE Oil & Gas to further expand and enhance its service center for the regional oil and gas industry.
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KUALA LAMPUR, MALAYSIA---June 15, 2009---GE Oil & Gas through affiliate Nuovo Pignone S.p.A has signed a global frame agreement with PETRONAS, Malaysia's state-owned oil company, for the supply of a range of gas turbines and compressors for PETRONAS' projects in Malaysia and other parts of the world.
The signing of this agreement follows the signing of other global frame agreements initiated by PETRONAS with its key equipment suppliers to streamline its procurement activity throughout the PETRONAS Group as well as its production sharing contractors.
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- Ricoh Americas Corporation and GE Capital Commercial Distribution Finance today announced the launch of a finance program available for qualified dealers of Ricoh U.S. branded products including Ricoh, Savin and Lanier. The finance program offers dealers discounts, no interest financing and payment terms of up to 90 days.
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STAMFORD, CT, USA June 15, 2009. -- GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) today announced the delivery of a second Boeing B777-200LR freighter to LAN CARGO.
The aircraft comes from GECAS' existing order book with Boeing and is one of three aircraft GECAS currently leases to LAN CARGO. LAN CARGO, based in Santiago de Chile, currently has a fleet of 11 freighter aircraft.
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Paris, France -- GE and SAFRAN today announced the appointment of Steve Walters as the president of their Middle River Aircraft Systems/Aircelle joint venture, which will cooperatively develop, produce and support nacelles for future applications of CFM International engines on next-generation commercial airliners.
Walters is to be located at the Cincinnati, Ohio headquarters of the organization -- which will be operated on a 50/50 basis by the Middle River Aircraft Systems subsidiary of GE and SAFRAN's Aircelle subsidiary.