Erie Area Students Learn in Specialized Courses Taught by Volunteers
ERIE, P.a. (March 22, 2005) -- For the second straight semester, GE Elfun Volunteers are partnering with Junior Achievement of Southwest Pennsylvania to bring a piece of the corporate world into classrooms. JA is a national non-profit organization that strives to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise and understand business and economics in order to improve the quality of their lives.
March 21, 2005 -- EVENDALE, OHIO - General Electric Company has surpassed a key milestone in the GEnx engine development program in committing to a final architectural design.
Called "Tollgate 6" in GE nomenclature, completing this stage in the development process launches the detailed design phase. Also, fabrication of components is underway, leading to assembly of the first full engine in October. The first engine goes to test in 2006.
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2005--Robert Gleitz has been named General Manager of GE Energy's wind segment, reporting to Mark Little, Vice President-Power Generation for GE Energy.
"Robert brings 20 years of extensive global experience and outstanding execution skills to his new role," said Little. "In his previous position, he was instrumental in driving outstanding financial performance, teamwork and excellence in leading GE initiatives, and success in delivering new products."
TREVOSE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2005--In a ceremony attended by more than 400 people, which included representatives from the highest level of the Kuwaiti Government, GE Infrastructure's Water & Process Technologies business helped dedicate the world's largest membrane based wastewater filtration project and the company's first major water project in the Middle East.
March 15, 2005 -- GE Transportation's marine gas turbine business, at its Evendale, Ohio facility, manufactured all the LM aeroderivative gas turbines for the following projects. The LM gas turbine-generator sets were built and sold by GE Energy, headquartered in Houston, Texas.
To date, 22 LM2500+ and four LM2500 GE gas turbine-generator sets are in operation or slated for service on 17 cruise ships.
Royal Caribbean International
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Operational ships
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March 15, 2005 -- MIAMI, Fla. - GE announced that its fleet of 25 aeroderivative marine gas turbines has accumulated more than 320,000 hours operating aboard 16 cruise ships. GE remains the only gas turbine manufacturer to have its engines in service on cruise ships, the company reported today at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention.
March 14, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - The F110-GE-132 engine, the latest generation of GE F110 engines powering F-16 fighters, is supporting the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Product Support F-16D aircraft used for production line assistance and customer demonstration flights.
Originally developed for the unique United Arab Emirates F-16E/F, the F110-GE-132 (32,000 pounds of thrust) now provides a higher-thrust option for Block 50 F-16 aircraft - the most advanced configuration in the USAF inventory.
March 14, 2005 -- SHENZHEN, China - Shenzhen Airlines has signed a ten-year Maintenance Cost Per Hour (MCPH
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March 10, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Cebu Pacific has signed a 12-year MCPH
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GE Aviation
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