GE Press Releases: GE Money, 08 Shareholders Meeting, Antares, Wind, Fanuc, NBC, Sondex

GE Energy Completes Acquisition of Sondex, a Global Oilfield Technology Company
Sondex is headquartered in Hampshire in the United Kingdom and specializes in the engineering and manufacture of directional drilling and formation evaluation systems and wireline tools for the production of oil and gas...

GE Antares Provides $43.5 Million Credit Facility for A Leading Corporate Imaging and Custom Signage Provider
The financing consisted of a $17.5 million senior revolving credit facility and a $26 million senior term loan facility. Proceeds were used to fund the acquisition of Icon, and to provide for general working capital needs...

GE Money and Admiral Sunrooms Offer Consumer Finance Program
The programs provide customers installment and revolving lines of credit, flexible terms, an easy application process and fast funding decisions. Contractors and dealers offering this finance program also receive comprehensive customer service training, partner training and marketing materials...

Atlanta Public Schools Awarded Record-breaking $22 Million Grant from GE
Foundation
The GE Foundation today awarded a $22 million College Bound District grant to Atlanta Public Schools, marking the largest private grant in the district’s history. At Southside Comprehensive High School, more than 1,300 students, teachers, parents, administrators, community leaders and GE executives celebrated the award, designed to improve...

GE/NBC Universal’s Peacock Equity Invests in Mobile SMS Advertising Leader
4INFO
Peacock Equity, a joint venture between GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business and NBC Universal, today announced an investment in mobile media company 4INFO, the leader in SMS/text message content and advertising. 4INFO is the sixth Peacock Equity investment since...

GE opens new mobile repair facilities to increase railcar availability and improve customers’ productivity
GE Equipment Services, Rail Services today announced the availability of several mobile repair facilities as part of its Repair Solutions suite of railcar repair services. The facilities, currently operational in La Porte, TX and opening soon in Mounds, IL, and Waycross, GA, leverage GE’s technical and regulatory knowledge of the rail industry...

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces High Port Density Fiber Gigabit Ethernet AdvancedMCs
Continuing to expand the breadth and depth of the company’s leading AdvancedTCA™ and MicroTCA™ solutions, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms today announced the Telum™ GE-QLX/QSX Gigabit Ethernet AdvancedMC. Designed for any telecommunications...

GE Ranks #1 in Proactively Addressing World’s High-Tech Challenges
NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE (NYSE: GE), today announced that it has been recognized as the world’s top research and development (R&D) company for proactively addressing the world’s biggest “high-tech challenges” by R&D Magazine...

SAT-GE Aids the Growth of PT Telkom in Eastern Indonesia Services Roll-Out
Using multiple transponders on the GE-23 satellite, PT Telkom are able to rapidly extend their GSM/CDMA network and other services over Eastern Indonesia, providing connectivity deep into Papua, Maluku and...

GE Unit Invests in New Texas Wind Project with Invenergy
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is investing in a 120-megawatt wind farm in Texas with Invenergy Wind LLC, a leading global wind power developer...

GE Antares Provides $48 Million Credit Facility for A Leading Global Manufacturer of Weathering Test Equipment & Services
The financing consisted of a $24.0 million US credit facility and a €16.7 million European credit facility. Proceeds were used to fund the acquisition of Atlas, provide for general working capital needs, and to fund future growth...

Klee Named GE Vice President for Environmental Programs
Ann R. Klee has been named as Vice President of Corporate Environmental Programs for the General Electric Company, GE Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brackett Denniston announced today...

GE Money and Hobie Set Sail with New Consumer Finance Program
GE Money and Hobie Cat, a leading supplier of marine products for fishing, sailing and kayaking, today announced a new multi-year program that provides flexible financing for purchases at participating Hobie dealers nationwide...

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms and PrismTech Demonstrate Compact COTS Software Defined Radio
At the Software Defined Radio Forum Technical Conference and Product Exposition (Denver, CO, November 5 – 9) today, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms and PrismTech will together present a compact Software Defined Radio...

GE To Hold 2008 Shareowners Meeting in Erie, Pennsylvania
GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it plans to hold its 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on April 23, 2008 in Erie, Pennsylvania. The meeting is expected to be held at the Bayfront Convention Center...

GE Receives U.S. State Department Award for Corporate Citizenship
At a ceremony in Washington, DC, GE today received the Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. GE was recognized for its extensive corporate social responsibility programs in Indonesia...

Computer Dynamics Announces SealTouch-15 Environmentally Sealed Computer
Further extending the broad range of solutions offered by the company for computing in harsh industrial environments, Computer Dynamics, a GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms company, today announced the SealTouch-15 rugged flat panel computer...

GE Money and Lane Home Furnishings Extend Consumer Finance Program
GE Money and Lane® Home Furnishings today announced a multi-year renewal of its consumer financing agreement, originally formed in 2003. The Lane credit card program...