Low cost, nano-based solar cell from GE
January 22, 2008 GE Global Research, has demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency. The breakthrough by the lab’s Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team is a promising new development in making PV systems more economically viable for consumers than conventional solar options...
Student accused of theft from GE plant claims he got busy and didn't send cheque to finance office
An Oshawa co-op student has been charged with theft after equipment from GE Canada was stolen and sold, city police said...
Water business helps spur GE results
Water treatment was among the “big-ticket” businesses that helped General Electric Co. (GE) report record fourth quarter and full-year 2007 financial results, news organizations and the company reported over the weekend...
Pilgrim’s Pride Earns GE Ecomagination Award for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Waste Solids and Water Use
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NYSE:PPC), the largest chicken company in the U.S., today received a 2008 ecomagination leadership award from GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), for achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, waste solids, and water usage at its El Dorado, Arkansas facility. Presented at a general meeting of Pilgrim’s Pride executives in Atlanta, Georgia, the ecomagination award honors the company for achieving nearly $500,000 in annual operational savings and numerous environmental benefits...
Nonprofit organizations would be hit hard by loss of GE
The potential loss of Bloomington's General Electric plant may have repercussions throughout the area nonprofit community...
UK Biffa has approach from GE-backed fund: sources
British waste-collection firm Biffa has received a counter-approach worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) from a fund backed by General Electric, said sources familiar with the matter...
GE Money Reports 650,000 Customers’ Data Lost
GE Money representatives officially announced on Friday that a backup tape containing the personal data of 650,000 customers has been reported missing since October2007 from an Iron Mountain storage facility. According to Iron Mountain representatives, no personal data appears to have been compromised so far, and this could just be a case of misplacement...
GE Opens New Facility in Skaneateles, New York
Today, GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies opens its new facility at 721 Visions Drive, Skaneateles, N.Y. An estimated 165 GE employees will be employed in the plant, which designs and manufactures remote visual inspection equipment for non-destructive testing in the aerospace, oil & gas and power generation industries...
UK Biffa has approach from GE-backed fund -sources
British waste-collection firm Biffa has received a counter-approach worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) from a fund backed by General Electric, said sources familiar with the matter...
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Recent News: Solar Cells, GE Healthcare X-Ray, GE Aviation (Boeing 787 & Maintenance), Earnings Preview, and GE Healthcare
GE Global Research Demonstrates Scalable Low Cost, Nano-based Solar Cell
GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency and be produced at a dramatically lower cost than conventional solar cells. This demonstration represents a promising development in the effort to make PV systems more economically viable for consumers...
GE Healthcare launches upgradable X-ray system Tejas XR 6000 in India
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Co, said it has launched its upgradable X-ray system, Tejas XR 6000, in India and that it expects to roll out several variants of the system during 2008...
Boeing 787 delays could ground GE Aviation's engine
That's bad news for GE Aviation, which developed its GEnx engine specifically for Boeing's 787 and 747-8. The engine is in the final stages of testing with certification expected in September, and the company has more than 800 orders, worth billions of dollars, from airlines worldwide...
Earnings Preview: General Electric
Industrial, finance and media conglomerate General Electric Co. is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results Friday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst commentary for the period ended Dec. 31...
GE financing $115 million steel company acquisition
On January 16, GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending announced it provided a $115 million asset-based credit facility to support the acquisition of Winner Steel, Inc., by a joint venture between...
Spring Airlines signs deal for CFM engines, GE maintenance
The airline also signed a 15-year agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance and overhaul of the CFM56-5B engines that power the airline's fleet of A320s. The deal covers its 10 purchased planes, as well as 20 leased aircraft and is valued at more than $200 million over the life of the contract...
Genetic Tech licence agreement with GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare is a unit of General Electric Company employing more than 46,000 people which, in 2006, generated total revenues of $US17bn from serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries...
GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics (PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar cell, which has the potential to achieve up to 18% efficiency and be produced at a dramatically lower cost than conventional solar cells. This demonstration represents a promising development in the effort to make PV systems more economically viable for consumers...
GE Healthcare launches upgradable X-ray system Tejas XR 6000 in India
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Co, said it has launched its upgradable X-ray system, Tejas XR 6000, in India and that it expects to roll out several variants of the system during 2008...
Boeing 787 delays could ground GE Aviation's engine
That's bad news for GE Aviation, which developed its GEnx engine specifically for Boeing's 787 and 747-8. The engine is in the final stages of testing with certification expected in September, and the company has more than 800 orders, worth billions of dollars, from airlines worldwide...
Earnings Preview: General Electric
Industrial, finance and media conglomerate General Electric Co. is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter results Friday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst commentary for the period ended Dec. 31...
GE financing $115 million steel company acquisition
On January 16, GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending announced it provided a $115 million asset-based credit facility to support the acquisition of Winner Steel, Inc., by a joint venture between...
Spring Airlines signs deal for CFM engines, GE maintenance
The airline also signed a 15-year agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance and overhaul of the CFM56-5B engines that power the airline's fleet of A320s. The deal covers its 10 purchased planes, as well as 20 leased aircraft and is valued at more than $200 million over the life of the contract...
Genetic Tech licence agreement with GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare is a unit of General Electric Company employing more than 46,000 people which, in 2006, generated total revenues of $US17bn from serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries...
