GE Plastics Adds Fluorescent Glow to Optical Discs; `Edge Glow' Creates Design Accent on CDs and DVDs PITTSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2002--GE Plastics is using a patented technology to color its polycarbonate resin with fluorescent dyes to add light piping to CDs and DVDs. Dubbed Edge Glow, the technology is aimed at content providers and optical media replicators looking to accentuate their brand and drive product differentiation in the CD and DVD marketplace.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002--
WHAT: Chicago's third annual Earth Month Festival, with the theme Inspiring Children. The event is designed to help children and families become more earth friendly and to care for the planet and its natural resources. During the festival area corporations and organizations will offer educational information and entertainment.
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SHANGHAI--April 10, 2002--GE Plastics, a unit of General Electric Company, announced today that it has signed definitive agreement to purchase 100% shares of Zhongshan Plastech Sunsheet Co., Ltd., a Chinese polycarbonate multi-wall manufacturer in Zhongshan City of South China's Guangdong Province.
The new company is named GE Plastech Sunsheet ( Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. This marks the first major acquisition GE and GE Plastics has signed in China in 2002.
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Dubai, UAE, April 8, 2002 -- GE Power Systems launches a new gas turbine Service Centre in Abu Dhabi today.
The Service Centre will be managed by Gulf Turbine Services - a joint venture between General Electric and Gulf Aircraft Maintenance Company (GAMCO) which was established in November 2001 to carry out repairs on GE and non-GE designed gas turbine components in the UAE.
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EPA Names GE Lighting as an ENERGY STAR 2002
Partner of the Year; GE Lighting Earns Award For Energy Efficiency On
10th Anniversary Of ENERGY STAR WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2002--The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named GE Lighting as an ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year for its commitment to making and selling energy-efficient products that save consumers money on energy bills. GE Lighting was recognized at a special 10th Anniversary awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 2002.
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EPA Names GE Lighting as an ENERGY STAR 2002 Partner of the Year; GE Lighting Earns Award For Energy Efficiency On 10th Anniversary Of ENERGY STAR WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2002--The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named GE Lighting as an ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year for its commitment to making and selling energy-efficient products that save consumers money on energy bills. GE Lighting was recognized at a special 10th Anniversary awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 26, 2002.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2002--GE Plastics, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) with headquarters here, today named Andre Horbach President, GE Plastics Europe. Horbach succeeds Charles E. Charlie Crew who was recently named President and Chief Executive Officer of LNP Engineering Plastics, a GE Plastics company. Horbach, was previously CEO of GE Bayer Silicones.
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GE Plastics Introduces Trend-Based Visualfx Portfolio of Effects to Help Auto Stylists Bring Ideas to Life DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002-- Resins That Can Enable OEMs and Tiers to Take Vision a Step Beyond GE Plastics, a business of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), has introduced automobile stylists and engineers to six new Visualfx(TM) resins that are based on an exclusive 2002 color and effects guide developed by fashion and aesthetics forecaster Agence de Style Peclers of Paris.
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FEATURE/Just in Time for Passover - GE Cooking Products With Sabbath Mode Feature and a Delicious Dish From a Sophisticated Kosher Restaurant LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Feb. 21, 2002--GE Appliances (NYSE:GE) now offers a Sabbath Mode feature on a variety of wall ovens, smooth top electric slide-in and smooth top electric drop-in ranges to meet the needs of life in the kosher kitchen.