General Electric Co.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
3135 Easton Tpke., Fairfield, CT 06828-0002, United States
(203)373-2211, (203)373-3131 fax, http://www.ge.com

Primary SIC: Motors And Generators, Primary NAICS: Motor and Generator Manufacturing
Description: General Electric Company, or GE, was incorporated in 1892. It is headquartered in New York, with executive offices in Connecticut. The company is a diversified technology, media, and financial services corporation. Business segments include infrastructure, commercial finance, GE Money, healthcare, NBC Universal and industrial. Infrastructure is the largest business segment. Through this segment, General Electric helps to develop the infrastructure of developing countries worldwide. This includes aviation, energy, oil and gas, transportation and water. Through commercial finance and GE Money, the company provides financial services to both businesses and consumers. The healthcare segment focuses on medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies. NBC Universal is a leading producer of media and entertainment and includes a number of cable channels, such as Bravo, CNBC, the SciFi Channel and Oxygen. The industrial segment produces and sells products including consumer appliances, industrial equipment and related services. General Electric brands are Monogram, GE Profile, GE and Hotpoint. General Electric also owns or holds licenses to many patents for their inventions. More

Manufacturing: Major appliances, lighting products, industrial automation products, medical diagnostic imaging equipment, motors, electrical distribution and control equipment, locomotives, power generation and delivery products, nuclear power support services and fuel assemblies, commercial and military aircraft jet engines, and engineered materials, such as plastics, silicones and superabrasive industrial diamonds Services: Consumer and business financing. Communications: Television broadcasting. Finance: holding company.