Shenyang, China (March 5, 2009) -- GE Drivetrain Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, and A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) announced today that the companies have signed agreements for GE Drivetrain Technologies to supply A-Power with 2.7 megawatt (MW) wind turbine gearboxes and to establish a Joint Venture partnership for a wind turbine gearbox manufacturing plant in China. The contracts follow the signing of letters of intent in January of this year.
GE Money and the National Kitchen and Bath Association offer the The Home Design consumer financing program.
KETTERING, Ohio --- March 5, 2009 --- GE Money and the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), the premiere association for kitchen and bath professionals, today announced a multi-year relationship to provide consumer financing. The Home DesignSM program, a revolving credit program backed by GE Money's Sales Finance unit, is now available nationwide through NKBA dealer, designer and builder/remodeler members.
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Receives Fourth Straight EPA/DOE ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have awarded GE Consumer & Industrial the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence award for the fourth straight year. Also this marks the sixth year GE has been acknowledged as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. These awards recognize GE's tremendous efforts to create high-performance household appliance and lighting products that help reduce energy spending and protect the environment.
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Could Dramatically Improve Neonatal and Home Health Monitoring
NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that scientists have transformed a common and commercially available GE sensor for home security into an innovative, intelligent wireless medical sensing platform. If successful, this new platform could dramatically improve neonatal and home patient monitoring.
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Receives Fourth Straight EPA/DOE ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have awarded GE Consumer & Industrial the ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence award for the fourth straight year. Also this marks the sixth year GE has been acknowledged as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. These awards recognize GE's tremendous efforts to create high-performance household appliance and lighting products that help reduce energy spending and protect the environment.
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通用电气公司下属的航空集团今天宣布在苏州的新工厂开业。
中国苏州 --2009年3月4日 --通用电气公司（纽约证券交易所：GE）下属的航空集团今天宣布在苏州的新工厂开业。GE航空系统的总裁兼首席执行官罗琳女士主持了开业庆典，出席的嘉宾包括苏州市政府、中国航空工业集团、和其他政府和航空企业的领导和代表。
"我们的苏州工厂为本地的发展带来了先进的系统制造工艺，" 罗琳女士说. "GE一如既往将积极地为中国民航发展及满足我们用户所需提供先进的航空系统产品。苏州工厂将在交付具有高竞争性和时间紧迫的民用航空项目任务中发挥重要的作用。"
GE航空系统的苏州工厂坐落于苏州工业园区。新扩充的厂房面积为18,600平方米，可以立刻投入生产先进的热压罐制的复合材料部件、机械制造加工、结构件装配和民用飞机作动系统。
目前计划新工厂2009年的员工数将超过200人。工厂的业务目标主要支持重要客户的需求包括波音 B737, B777 和 B787, 空客 A320, A330 和 A340，中国的ARJ21支线飞机的零部件生产等等。
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GE Energy Also Awarded First Contractual Service Agreement for a 9E Gas Turbine in China
ATLANTA, GA.---March 3, 2009---To assist China in meeting its goals of increased energy efficiency and reduced emissions, GE Energy recently signed service and maintenance agreements totaling $128 million for two power plants, including the largest gas turbine combined-cycle power plant in the Zhejiang Province.
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Program Could Include up to 51 Wells and Significantly Increase Country's Discoveries
RIO DE JANEIRO--02 March 2009-- VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, has signed a four- year frame agreement with OGX Petroleo e Gas to supply subsea wellhead systems and casing strings for an exploratory drilling campaign that could include more than 50 wells offshore Brazil. The drilling campaign has the potential to significantly increase Brazil's oil discoveries.