WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2002--Frost & Sullivan honored GE Medical Systems with the presentation of its first Multi-Vendor Service Provider of the Year Award at the 2002 Excellence in Healthcare Awards Banquet held in La Jolla, California. The Frost & Sullivan Annual Healthcare Market Engineering Award for Multi-Vendor Service Provider is presented each year to the company that has demonstrated excellence in the servicing of diagnostic imaging and biomedical equipment.
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GE Helps Canadian Pacific Railroad Drive Away Hunger; 2002 Holiday Train Supported by Five GE Businesses ERIE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002--General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Canadian Pacific Railroad have partnered again this year to support the 2002 Canadian Pacific Holiday Train project, as two trains traverse Canada and the Northern United States.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. and CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2002--GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that it has acquired USA Instruments, Inc. (USAI), a global designer and manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) surface coil products.
Since its founding in 1993, USAI has been an innovator in the development of high-quality, cost-effective MRI coils. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, USAI has more than 250 people employed in research and development, engineering and manufacturing.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. and CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2002--GE Medical Systems announced that it has added several enhancements to its industry-leading Signa(R) OpenSpeed(TM) and Signa Ovation(TM) open magnetic resonance (MR) scanners. New software and hardware packages will extend the clinical capabilities of the two systems, enabling high-resolution studies on a broader range of patients.
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December 3, 2002 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - GE Aircraft Engines has delivered to Lockheed Martin the first F110-GE-132 engine, the highest-thrust fighter engine ever developed for the F-16 aircraft.
The F110-GE-132, which can produce up to 32,500 pounds of thrust (144 kN), is derived from GE's highly successful F110 engine family, which powers the majority of F-16C/Ds worldwide. The F110-GE-132 engine development was launched in 2000 with its selection for 80 Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 60 aircraft by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defense.
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WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 2002--GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that it has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the GE Innova(TM) 4100. This large-format digital flat panel X-ray system, the first of its kind, provides detailed, real-time fluoroscopic images of human anatomy for interventional radiological procedures that require exacting precision.
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