* Chemical Company Also Achieves Significant Total Cost Savings Through Innovative Process Improvements * Wacker Honored with GE ecomagination Leadership Award
CALVERT CITY, KY. and TREVOSE, PA.---May 26, 2011---The Wacker Chemical Corporation plant in Calvert City, Ky., has significantly reduced water usage and landfill waste while simultaneously increasing efficiency and cost savings with help from GE (NYSE: GE) and its advanced water chemical technology.
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WILMINGTON, N.C.--26 May 2011-- Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) has announced it has received a $300 million dollar contract from Baltimore, Md.-based Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC (CENG) to supply fuel and associated engineering reload licensing services to the utility's Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in central New York.
"This is an important project for CENG as our Nine Mile Point facility produces electricity safely and reliably," said Brew Barron, president and CEO of CENG. "Global Nuclear Fuel is a key partner in our efforts."
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Externship program to provide training, foster employment opportunities for biomedical equipment specialists in the army and private sector
Washington, D.C. -- May 25, 2011 -- GE Healthcare and the 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) (807th MDSC) today announced the launch of a joint externship pilot program to provide training and workplace preparation for biomedical equipment specialists.
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Research Data Repository Combines Millions of De-identified Healthcare Claims and Electronic Medical Records to Measure the Efficacy of Drugs and Other Treatments
BARRINGTON, Ill. and NEW YORK -- May 25, 2011 ---Pharmaceutical firms and other healthcare organizations will now be able to conduct evidence-based research on data that enables them to better quantify the effectiveness of medical treatments on discrete patient populations , thanks to a new data and analytics solution developed and delivered by GE Healthcare and Thomson Reuters.
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Multi-Specialty Care Network Extends Deployment of Centricity EMR
BARRINGTON, Ill. and DALLAS -- May 19, 2011 -- With more than 500 doctors serving North Texas, the Baylor Health Care System recently affirmed its plans to extend the reach of its Centricity* EMR solution, supplied by GE Healthcare, across its entire HealthTexas Provider Network.