CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Fanuc Automation, a unit of GE Industrial, today announced that its 2007 Discover Users Conference will be held at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel and Suites in St. Louis, Missouri on October 22 -- 25, 2007. The 3-day conference will highlight best practices in technology, manufacturing and business.
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and a leading provider of information technology solutions, announced today that Scripps Health, a not-for-profit community-based health care delivery network in San Diego, has elected to upgrade its electronic medical record system with GE's Centricity® Enterprise Solution, an integrated clinical, financial and administrative solution.
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NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Global Research, the centralized research organization for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and TOKKI Corporation, a leading supplier of OLED manufacturing equipment, announced a joint agreement to develop PECVD Film Encapsulation technology and equipment for manufacturing organic electronics such as organic light emitting diode (OLED) flat panel displays.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the average home often responsible for more than twice the annual greenhouse gas emissions than the average car1, many people are looking for ways to reduce their energy consumption. GE Consumer & Industrial -- the recent recipient of the 2007 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year "Sustained Excellence Award" -- has a suggestion: Use GE Energy Smart™ light bulbs and replace your aged dishwasher, refrigerator, air conditioner and washing machine with ENERGY STAR qualified appliances.
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NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced today that as part of the company's ongoing contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, Centricity® Pharmacy will be implemented at three unnamed U.S. military treatment facilities in 2007. The award of the multi- million-dollar order is the next installment of a ten-year agreement between GE and the DoD originally signed in October 2004.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE's Equipment Services, Rail Services unit announced that Nick Tupper has been named to lead the railcar commercial team in the unit's Eastern Sales Region. Mr. Tupper, based in Atlanta, Ga., will be responsible for providing commercial leadership and driving customer loyalty programs for this growing region.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE (NYSE: GE) today announced the sale of its holdings of Swiss Re Common Shares and reaffirmed its first quarter and full-year 2007 earnings per share (EPS) outlook.
"We are very pleased to complete the sale of our Swiss Re Common Shares," GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said. "Swiss Re's stock has performed well, and we have gained significant value in our equity holdings."
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NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced that Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN), one of the nation's first digital hospitals and the largest academic community hospital system in Pennsylvania, is rolling out GE's Centricity® Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution to up to 1000 local primary care physicians and specialists.
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NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced researchers have discovered that the nanostructures on the wing scales of butterflies exhibit high-performance optical properties that facilitate a selective detection of vapors. The finding could lead to the design of highly acute chemical sensors for diverse vapor-detection applications ranging from security to manufacturing and healthcare.