October 22, 2003 -- EVENDALE, Ohio -- The GE90 engine family has surpassed 4 million flight hours powering Boeing's 777 twin-engine aircraft in passenger service.
The original GE90-85B engine model, certified at 85,000 pounds of thrust, entered service in November 1995 with British Airways.
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GE Oil & Gas to Supply Compressor Package for LNG Plant Expansion in Qatar
FLORENCE, Italy--Oct. 17, 2003--RPCO Enterprises Ltd. of Cyprus has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract of more than $20 million to supply a residue gas compression package for the expansion of the Ras Gas (II) facility of Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Ltd. in Qatar.
RPCO Enterprises, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the expansion project, is a consortium that includes Chiyoda Corp. and Mitsui & Co. Limited of Japan and Snamprogetti Limited of Italy.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. & HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2003--General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), through its GE Medical Systems division, completed the acquisition of Finland-based Instrumentarium today. The combination is expected to accelerate important healthcare technologies that will improve clinical confidence, medical efficiency and patient safety globally.
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October 9, 2003 -- On October 24, Brian Rowe, chairman emeritus of GE Aircraft Engines, will chair the inaugural symposium at the von Ohain Fuels and Combustion Center of the University of Dayton (Ohio). The symposium, "Impact of the Jet Engine on Aviation," will begin at 9 a.m. at the Sears Recital Hall on the University of Dayton (Ohio) campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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GE To Supply Ten Wind Turbines for Inner Mongolia Project
ATLANTA--Oct. 8, 2003--GE Wind Energy announced today it will supply ten of its 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for the 15-megawatt Huitengxile Wind Power Plant of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.
The project will feature the largest wind turbines and the most advanced technology installed to date for a wind project in China. In addition to the wind turbines, GE will supply technical advisory support for installation and commissioning, as well as service and technical support for the project.
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Kuwait, October 4, 2003: -- GE Aircraft Engines will provide Kuwait Airways with an advanced engine upgrade kit to enhance performance of its GE90 engines in service on Boeing 777's. In an agreement valued at US$11 million, GE will increase the performance of five of the carrier's GE90-90B engines, enabling non-stop flights from Kuwait City to New York.
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GE Wind Turbine Technology Selected for New Wind
Power Station in Japan; Second Project for GE Wind Energy in Japan This Year
ATLANTA--Oct. 1, 2003--GE Wind Energy is supplying 20 of its 1.5-megawatt wind turbines to Rokkasyomura Wind Development Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Japan Wind Development (JWD) Co. Ltd., for its Rokkasho-mura Wind Project -- soon to become one of Japan's largest wind power installations.
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WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003--GE Medical Systems, NBC and BabyTalk Magazine today announced the addition of an all-new series to The Patient Channel, GE Medical's hospital-based patient education television network. Beginning this week, the network will dedicate six hours each day to parenting content from BabyTalk Magazine called "BabyTalk Presents: You and Your Baby on The Patient Channel." Pampers - whose baby care products are in more than 80 percent of birthing facilities in the U.S. - has signed up as the first sponsor.
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