May 14, 2004 -- WARSAW, Poland -- LOT Polish Airlines and GE celebrated the achievement of 500,000 flight hours by the airlines fleet of CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767 aircraft.
In 1989, LOT became GE's first Eastern European customer when it took delivery of its first CF6-80C2-powered Boeing 767 extended range aircraft. Today, Poland's national carrier operates five aircraft, including two 767-200ERs and three 767-300ERs on routes to the U.S.
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ATLANTA & SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004--GE Energy, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) and ChevronTexaco Worldwide Gasification Technology Inc., a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco Corporation (NYSE: CVX), today announced plans for GE Energy to acquire ChevronTexaco's gasification technology business.
The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including government approvals. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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May 06, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio -- GE Marine will supply Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Co., Ltd. (IHI), Tokyo, Japan with four LM2500 gas turbines. The engines will be placed into propulsion modules by IHI to power the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's (JMSDF) 15DDG AEGIS destroyer. The destroyer will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.'s Nagasaki, Japan shipyard.
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WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004--
Free Mother's Day card offers expert tips for heart disease prevention
Just in time for Mother's Day, a national survey commissioned by GE Healthcare reveals that nearly two out of three adults have never talked to their mothers about heart disease, the number one killer of women in the United States.
"Women and their families need a wake up call," said Dr. James Rippe, cardiologist and spokesperson for GE Healthcare's Heart Health Program, and author of the just released book, "Heart Disease for Dummies."
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WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2004--GE Infrastructure, a unit of General Electric Company, announced today that the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will pilot GE's EntryScan3 walk-through explosives detector as part of its Transit and Rail Inspection Pilot (TRIP) program for screening rail passengers for explosives.
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JENBACH, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2004--GE Jenbacher, a division of GE Energy, has received a multi-million dollar contract to provide 22 complete gas engine cogeneration systems for a Ukrainian coal mine gas-to-energy project. Each system will include the cooling system, silencer, control system and heat recovery unit.
Upon completion, the project will be the largest of its kind in the world in terms of total power output.
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May 03, 2004 -- EVENDALE, Ohio -- General Electric Company's CF6-80C2 engine, one of aviation's most successful wide-body aircraft engines, has surpassed 100 million flight hours since entering service in 1985.
And it has no signs of slowing down. Based on the engine fleet's current flying rate of 866,000 flight hours per month, the engine will reach another 100 million flight hours in less than 10 years.
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GE Transportation's Rail division provides a broad portfolio of rail technology solutions and products to help customers around the world optimise the efficiency of their locomotives, improve productivity of their rail operations and decrease operational costs.
Based in Erie, Pennsylvania, GE Transportation's Rail division is very active throughout the African continent, where GE has been present for more than 100 years, having established its first foreign office in what is now South Africa as far back as 1898.
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April 29, 2004 -- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI -- General Electric Co. (GE) forecasts the number of small commercial jets in service will more than triple in the next 20 years, increasing from 2,000 aircraft in 2004 to 6,800 aircraft in 2023.
GE expects its CF34 engine order book to reach 400 this year. Engine deliveries will top 400 this year, marking the third consecutive year of more than 400 engines delivered to customers.
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