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GE and Noble Corporation to Partner on the Digital Rig(SM) Solution, Aiming to Deliver Significant Operational Productivity Gains across the Fleet

March 27, 2017
  • GE’s Marine Asset Performance Management Solution is Aimed at Delivering Noble Significant Opex Reductions across the Target Rigs
  • The Long-Term Partnership Will Initially Target Four Rigs for a Period of Five Years
  • This Innovative Shift to ‘Data-Driven Drilling’ Will Have a Transformative Impact on the Entire Drilling Ecosystem

PARIS-March 27, 2017-Today, GE (NYSE: GE) and Noble Corporation plc (NYSE: NE) jointly announced a partnership to collaborate on the Digital Rigsm solution, enabling data-driven operational effici

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Vive La Révolution Digitale: A Parisian Suburb Started Testing A Renewable Energy Blockchain

March 27, 2017
The Jean Jaurès elementary school in the town of Rueil-Malmaison outside of Paris is full of French charm. Light streams into a room on the second floor through colored glass casting playful reflections on the floor. Like all schools, the place is an incubator for young brains but also for a piece of cutting-edge technology: the world’s first “green” blockchain.
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Environmental Protection and Energy Minister Slaven Dobrović visits GE factory in Karlovac

March 20, 2017
  • GE announces further investment in machines and reconstruction of the factory in Karlovac, totaling nearly HRK 160 million 
  • GE’s  Karlovac factory is the center of excellence for service turbine blade production and structural parts reconditioning 
  • Alongside the Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy Slaven Dobrović, the factory was visited by the Chairperson of the European Affairs Committee Domagoj Ivan Milošević 
 

KARLOVAC - March 13, 2017 - The GE factory in Karlovac was visited by the Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy

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She’s Got Grit: A Simulated Helicopter Sea Crash Is Just A Small Part Of This Woman’s Job

March 20, 2017
There are no glass ceilings on the North Sea, only ceaseless winds. Those winds will soon drive huge offshore turbines with enough capacity to light up 1 million homes in Germany. But there’s a hitch. The electrons need to travel 50 miles (80 km) under the sea and then another 50 miles undergroud to make themselves useful. Sibylle Stefan’s job is to get them there.
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GE Healthcare Statement on EMA's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee's Recommendations on Gadolinium Contrast Agents

March 16, 2017

The Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the suspension of the European marketing authorizations for four linear gadolinium contrast agents (GdCAs) because of the presence of small amounts of gadolinium in the brain. No harm linked to gadolinium in the brain has been reported. 

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Db Cargo I GE Transportation Rozbudowują Cyfrowe Rozwiązania Dla Kolejnictwa W Europie

March 16, 2017
  • Partnerstwo z DB Cargo zaowocowało pierwszym europejskim kontraktem GE Transportation na rozwiązania cyfrowe dla kolejnictwa, zaprojektowane i wdrażane dla lokomotyw nieprodukowanych przez GE. 
  • Umowa poprzedzona została trzymiesięcznym programem pilotażowym, który przyniósł znaczną poprawę w zakresie dostępności floty i 25-procentowe ograniczenie awarii obsługi. 
 

CHICAGO, 15 marca, 2017 - (NYSE:GE) - DB Cargo - największa europejska firma przewozowa oraz GE Transportation podpisały umowę na cyfryzację 250 lokomotyw w Polsce, Niemczech, Wielkiej Brytani

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GE Healthcare lahjoittaa Aalto-yliopistolle potilasmonitoreita

March 15, 2017

Tiedote 14.3.2017 - GE Healthcare lahjoittaa Aalto-yliopistolle neljä CARESCAPE B650 -potilasvalvontamonitoria. Lahjoituksen tarkoitus on antaa bioinformaatioteknologian opiskelijoille käytännön kokemusta sairaaloissa käytössä olevista terveysteknologian laitteista.

Monitorit luovutetaan Aalto-yliopiston Terveysteknologiatalon avajaisten yhteydessä Otaniemessä tänään 14.3.2017 klo 17.

Monitorien käyttö opetuksessa hyödyttää opiskelijoita, mutta siitä on etua myös alan osaajia runsaasti työllistävälle GE Healthcarelle.

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DB Cargo und GE Transportation bringen Digitalisierung des Schienenverkehrs in Europa voran

March 15, 2017
  • Die Kooperation ist für GE Transportation der erste Vertrag zum Thema Digitalisierung in Europa sowie die erstmalige Umsetzung von digitalen Lösungen für Lokomotiven, die nicht von GE selbst entwickelt wurden.
  • Der Vertrag folgt auf ein dreimonatiges Pilotprojekt, das die Verfügbarkeit der Flotte wesentlich verbessert und die Zahl der Betriebsausfälle um 25 Prozent reduziert hat.
 

FRANKFURT, 15.

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That’s Powerful: GE Is Using Virtual Reality To Train Nuclear Engineers

March 13, 2017

Few places in the world are more secure than a nuclear power plant in France. Anyone who doesn’t work there full time, including maintenance engineers and field technicians, needs to get a security clearance and to complete rigorous safety training before they can step inside.
This arduous process creates a unique challenge: How do you train new maintenance crews when simply getting access is so difficult? One clever answer is virtual reality.

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Better Watch Out! This Italian 3D Printing Workshop Is Taking A Leaf From Saint Nicholas

March 09, 2017

Every December, pilgrims from all over the world descend on the southern Italian seaport city of Bari to celebrate Saint Nicholas and visit the Basilica di San Nicola. The church is the final resting place of the famous saint known by millions of children for, among other things, his magical workshop staffed with elves who can make pretty much anything.

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