ATLANTA, GEORGIA (February 4, 2003) --- GE Power Systems today announced it has acquired majority ownership of Kvaerner Power Equipment Co., Ltd (Kvaerner Hangfa) of Hangzhou, China, one of the leading suppliers of hydropower generation equipment in China. This transaction marks the largest acquisition by GE Power Systems in the People's Republic of China.
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April 2, 2003 -- BEIJING, China - China Southern, the largest airline operating in The People's Republic of China, is bringing new meaning to successful Extended-range Twin-engine Operations (ETOPS) as a strategic operator of GE90-powered Boeing 777s in Asia.
China Southern was the first Asian customer to operate GE90-powered Boeing 777s. Since January 1996, China Southern's GE90-powered aircraft have accumulated more than 329,503 flight hours and more than 122,000 cycles.
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Ryanair Announces New CFM56-7 Order To Power 22 Firm Boeing 737s EVENDALE, Ohio--January 31, 2003--Dublin, Ireland-based low-cost carrier Ryanair today announced that it has placed an order for additional CFM56-7 engines to power 22 firm Boeing 737-800 aircraft, as well as taking options on 78 more.
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WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2003--GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced that its Senographe 2000D is the first and only full field digital mammography system eligible to receive Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the ACR to accredit the GE Senographe 2000D units beginning February 15, 2003.
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Dubai, January 23, 2003 ---- GE Medical Systems (GEMS), global pioneers in medical information and technology, marks a new dimension in obstetric imaging with the launch of a new product at Arab Health next week, providing live and moving three dimensional images of unborn babies taken directly from the womb.