EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2003--GE Thermometrics and GE NovaSensor, leading providers of high quality miniature thermistors, silicon microstructures and sensors, and units of GE.
Industrial Systems and the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), have announced two multi-year agreements with Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), a global leader in products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular disease, based in Irvine, California.
DUBLIN, IRELAND (March 11, 2003) --- Dublin is celebrating St. Patrick's Day for a full week this year, and GE Energy Rentals is supplying the power behind all of the festivities.
St. Patrick's Festival 2003 is running from March 11-17 and includes street theater, fireworks, music, exhibitions and a variety of other entertainment events, culminating with a parade on St. Patrick's Day itself that is expected to attract more than 400,000 people.
Romanian and US government ministers notified of contract at Romanian joint commerce meeting
MOSCOW (March 11, 2003) --- GE Power Systems today announced a major contract with Transelectrica SA, the transmission grid operator of Romania, for 102 Remote Terminal Units (RTU) valued at EUR4.8 million. The contract was recognized at a recent event in Romania attended by Mr. Dan Ioan Popescu, minister of Industry and Resources, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce Mr. William Lash and US Ambassador Mr. Michael Guest, GE reported at
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA (March 10, 2003) --- Andrew White has been named President of GE NuclearEnergy, Inc., a GE Power Systems business. White has over 20 years of experience with GE Power Systems and was recently named a company officer. He most recently served as General Manager, Installation and Field Services, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (March 10, 2003) --- GE Hydro has received a contract of more than $47 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a five-year, seven-unit refurbishment of the John H.Kerr Powerhouse in Boydton, Virginia. The project will increase the plant output by more than 70 megawatts.
The Kerr powerhouse is located on the Kerr Reservoir, a Roanoke River project in southern Virginia near the border with North Carolina. Completed in early 1953, the power plant supplies electricity to Dominion and Progress Energy.
BEIJING, CHINA (March 7, 2003) --- General Electric Power Systems (GEPS) today signed a series of contracts with five Chinese power producers. An additional contract will be signed shortly bringing the total contract value to approximately US$900 million to provide 13 GE 9FA gas turbine-based combined cycle systems.
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2003-- Results in More Than 2,000 Unsolicited Testimonials from Consumers GE's launch of Reveal(TM) -- the bulb that uncovers pure, true light -- now represents the most successful launch in the lighting business' 120 year history. From its introduction, just 18 months ago, more than 100 million Reveal bulbs have now been sold.
But more than just the sales achievement, Reveal has actually changed the lighting category by getting consumers to think about light bulbs in a different way.
