BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare Financial Services served as lead arranger and administrative agent on a $25 million senior secured credit facility to Akorn, Inc., a leading specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products. Financing will be used for Akorn's general corporate purposes and working capital needs.
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ERIE, Pa. and Shenyang, China (January 12, 2009) -- GE Drivetrain Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, and A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR) announced today that they have signed two Letters of Intent (LOI), one for GE Drivetrain Technologies to supply A-Power with 2.7 megawatt (MW) wind turbine gearboxes and a second to establish a Joint Venture partnership for a wind turbine gearbox assembly plant.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation will provide integrated systems and structures for the eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft Boeing is developing for the Indian Navy. The Government of India recently selected Boeing to provide the aircraft to help meet its unique maritime patrol requirements.
The P-8I is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon being developed for the U.S. Navy by a Boeing-led industry team that includes GE Aviation.
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New cables use polyurethane mold to make them stronger to hold up in the harsh environment of the machine tool
Charlottesville, VA, January 6, 2009 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, today announced the availability of new environmental cables for servo and spindle motors. The power cable connectors have been redesigned to be low profile and the feedback, brake and fan cables now have molded connectors instead of assembled ones.
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3Tの磁場強度を持つ最上位機種と、高性能と経済性を両立したモデルの後継機種
GEヘルスケアグループの日本法人であるGE横河メディカルシステム株式会社（本社：東京都日野市、社長：熊谷昭彦）はこのほど、当社製MRI（磁気共鳴断層撮影装置）「Signa（シグナ）」シリーズの最新2機種「Signa HDxt 3.0T（シグナ・エイチディーエックスティー・3.0テスラ）」と「Signa HDe Second Edition（シグナ・エイチディーイー・セカンドエディション）」を発売します。
Signa HDxt 3.0Tは、現在臨床用としては国内最高の3T（テスラ）の磁場強度を有する当社製MRIの最上位機種、Signa HDe Second Editionは当社が開発・製造し、2005年12月の発売以来、既に全世界で400台以上、国内でも100台を越える受注実績を有する「Signa HDe 1.5T（シグナ・エイチディーイー・1.5テスラ）」の後継機種です。
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GE's Integrated Display Suite and Flight Management Provides Most Efficient RNP Operations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation has been awarded a $40 million contract from Southwest Airlines to provide the new SDS-6000 large area display suite for Boeing 737 Classic aircraft. First production deliveries will take place in early 2011. The systems will be installed on up to 150 aircraft.
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BARRINGTON, IL, DECEMBER 19, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, announced today an initiative to simplify physician participation in Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). GE Healthcare's Medical Quality Improvement Consortium (MQIC) quality data system was selected by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) as a reporting registry for the 2008 program, and GE expects this registry certification to continue in 2009.
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Capital Solutions, Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) will launch a no interest-financing program for qualified distributors of EFI (EFII) Inkjet products. The new program, which includes terms to 120 days, will start on January 1, 2009, the company announced today.
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HOUSTON--19 December 2008-- A subsea equipment upgrade by VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, is expected to increase production in the Lobito Tomboco oil field off the coast of Angola by 7,000-10,000 barrels per day.
VetcoGray has signed a $27 million contract with Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. of Angola, a subsidiary of U.S. oil company Chevron, to retrofit the existing subsea trees in the field, which has been in production since June of 2006. The increase in production is expected to occur shortly after the retrofit project is completed in 2009.