SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2005--GE Advanced Materials, Automotive, working in collaboration with Exatec, offers premium design options for large three-dimensional (3-D) glazing panels for rear and roof window applications and other 3-D parts by combining high-performance Lexan(1) GLX resin with unique coating technologies from Exatec.
WILTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2005--GE today announced that it has expanded its capacity for high technology silanes used in the production of silica tires and other high-performance products. Using a proprietary process designed by GE engineers, production start-up commenced in the third quarter of 2004, and last week additional capacity was brought on-line to meet the high demand for this new technology. GE's NXT(a) silane is produced at a plant in Texas City, Texas. GE declined to disclose its investment in the new capacity for competitive reasons.
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FONTANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2005--When two of the world's largest names in the steel industry came together to establish a viable West Coast steel source in the U.S., some hot results were nearly a guarantee. California Steel Industries, Inc. (CSI) - a collaboration between Japan's JFE Steel Corporation and Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) - has more than tripled its production output since its founding in 1984 and grown by 100% just since 1992. CSI is now the leading producer of flat rolled steel in the Western United States, boasting the widest range of products.
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FLORENCE, ITALY, April 4, 2005: -- GE Energy's oil and gas business has signed a strategic agreement with PTT Utility Company Limited (PTTUT) of Thailand for the supply of equipment and services.
PTTUT is an affiliate of PTT, established to provide utilities to PTT's Petrochemical Group. PTT is Thailand's fully integrated energy company and has the largest market capitalization of all energy companies listed on the stock exchange in Thailand.
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Investment in People, Technologies and Solutions Despite Rising Commodity Costs
April 4, 2005--- GE Infrastructure Water & Process Technologies (W&PT), a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), continues its customer-focused investments in people, technologies, and solutions despite recent widespread price increases across the board. Over the past several months, all of the Water & Process Tech-nologies' product lines, which include specialty chemicals, membranes, and equipment, have increased be-tween 5-10% in most cases due to global inflationary cost structures.
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Recent Acquisition of Ionics Broadens Global Desalination Capabilities
Wilton, CT-March 22, 2005-GE Infrastructure, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), celebrates World Water Day (WWD) with a continued commitment to innovation and investment in the world's natural resources' has invested millions of dollars in water purification research and development over the last year.
World Water Day, established by the United Nations, is an annual effort to promote access to safe drinking water and sanitation around the world.
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FLORENCE, ITALY, March 17, 2005: -- GE Energy has manufactured and shipped the largest distillate hydro cracker reactor ever built in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It is being installed in one the largest oil refineries in France, the Gonfreville l'Orcher facility owned by Total France SA.
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YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2005--As we celebrate National Freedom of Information Day and Sunshine Week, deadline-driven reporters can have more time to finish those important scoops. Today, newspapers - such as Knight Ridder's Wichita Eagle - are taking advantage of the high reliability offered by automation, which is allowing reporters to go up to the very minute of the press deadline to finish stories and helping to bring their articles to front doors worldwide.
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Kuwait, March 15, 2005: In a ceremony attended by more than 400 people, which included representatives from the highest level of the Kuwaiti Government, GE Infrastructure's Water & Process Technologies business helped dedicate the world's largest membrane based wastewater filtration project and the company's first major water project in the Middle East.