EVENDALE, OHIO--April 29, 2002--Daniel C. Heintzelman, 45, has been named vice president and general manager of GE Engine Services (GEES), a leading global supplier of aviation maintenance and support services. He replaces George Oliver, who has been named president of GE Betz, a water treatment services business recently acquired by GE
Specialty Materials.
LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--For exemplary safety and health programs and rates, GE Lighting's Lexington Lamp Plant will on April 25 officially celebrate the plant's recognition as a STAR under the Voluntary Protection Partnership (VPP).
A program of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and adopted under the Kentucky OSH Program, VPP is a cooperative effort among industry, workers and government to assure safer workplaces in the U.S. STAR designation is the VPP's highest health and safety honor.
LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--For exemplary safety and health programs and rates, GE Lighting's Lexington Lamp Plant will on April 25 officially celebrate the plant's recognition as a STAR under the Voluntary Protection Partnership (VPP).
A program of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and adopted under the Kentucky OSH Program, VPP is a cooperative effort among industry, workers and government to assure safer workplaces in the U.S. STAR designation is the VPP's highest health and safety honor.
GE Plastics Adds Fluorescent Glow to Optical Discs; `Edge Glow' Creates Design Accent on CDs and DVDs PITTSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--GE Plastics is using a patented technology to color its polycarbonate resin with fluorescent dyes to add light piping to CDs and DVDs. Dubbed Edge Glow, the technology is aimed at content providers and optical media replicators looking to accentuate their brand and drive product differentiation in the CD and DVD marketplace.
EVENDALE, Ohio--April 24, 2002--The Italian Air Force has selected GE Aircraft Engines' (GEAE) CF6-80C2 engine to power four Boeing 767 Global Tanker Transports.
The value of the engine order, based on the manufacturer's list price, is approximately $80 million. The Italian Air Force will take delivery of its first 767 Global Tanker Transport in 2005.
This represents another milestone for the CF6-80C2 engine in the military aircraft market, said Andy Solem, general manager of Turbofan and Turbojet Programs at GEAE's Military Engine Operations.
Riyadh, KSA, April 21, 2002 ---- GE Global eXchange Services (GXS), a leader in business-to-business electronic commerce is a major sponsor in e-Commerce Saudi Arabia 2002, one of the most prestigious e-Commerce and e-Government events in the Middle East. The forum, which runs from April 21st to 24th, is being held in Riyadh, the centre of the largest information technology market in the Middle East.
EVENDALE, Ohio--April 19, 2002--The Air Force of the Republic of Korea (ROKAF) has selected GE Aircraft Engines' (GEAE) F110 fighter engine to power 40 new Boeing F-15K aircraft in an engine order valued
at more than $340 million.
The ROKAF selection launches the popular F110 fighter engine on the twin-engine F-15 aircraft. For almost two decades, GEAE's F110 engine family has been the best-selling engine for single-engine F-16C/Ds worldwide.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002--
WHAT: Chicago's third annual Earth Month Festival, with the theme Inspiring Children. The event is designed to help children and families become more earth friendly and to care for the planet and its natural resources. During the festival area corporations and organizations will offer educational information and entertainment.
EVENDALE, Ohio/JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--April 19, 2002--GE Engine Services (GEES), a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Company, has completed its acquisition of Unison Industries, Inc.
The transaction, terms of which were not disclosed, was completed upon receipt of required regulatory approvals.
Unison, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, produces and services turbine ignitions, wiring harnesses, alternators, piston ignitions, sensors, bellows and switches to the aerospace and power generation industries.
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2002--General Electric Company today announced that it has successfully completed the tender offer relating to the 11 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2008, Series D (the "Notes"), of Telemundo Holdings, Inc. ("Telemundo Holdings").
As of 5:00 p.m., April 15, 2002, the scheduled expiration date, GE had accepted tenders of Notes from holders of 100.0% of the $293,891,000 in principal amount of Notes outstanding.
