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NBC Universal
Principal businesses are the broadcast of U.S. network television,
production and distribution of films and television programs,
operation of television stations, operation of cable/satellite tele-
vision networks around the world, operation of theme parks, and
investment and programming activities in digital media and the
Internet.
Capital Finance
CLL products include loans, leases and other financial services to
customers, including manufacturers, distributors and end-users
for a variety of equipment and major capital assets. These assets
include industrial-related facilities and equipment; commercial and
residential real estate; vehicles; corporate aircraft; and equipment
used in many industries, including the construction, manufacturing,
transportation, telecommunications and healthcare industries.
GE Money offers a range of financial products including private-
label credit cards; personal loans; bank cards; auto loans and
leases; mortgages; debt consolidation; home equity loans; deposits
and other savings products; and small and medium enterprise
lending on a global basis.
Capital Finance also provides financial products to airlines,
aircraft operators, owners, lenders and investors, including
leases, aircraft purchasing and trading, loans, engine/spare parts
financing, fleet planning and financial advisory services.
Financial products to the global energy and water industries
include structured and common equity, debt, leasing, project
finance, broad-based commercial finance and investments in
operating leases.
Consumer & Industrial
Products include major appliances and related services for
products such as refrigerators, freezers, electric and gas ranges,
cooktops, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, microwave
ovens, room air conditioners and residential water system
products. These products are distributed both to retail outlets
and direct to consumers, mainly for the replacement market,
and to building contractors and distributors for new installations.
Lighting products include a wide variety of lamps and lighting
fixtures, including light-emitting diodes. Electrical equipment and
control products include lighting and power panels, switchgear,
and circuit breakers. Products and services are sold in North
America and in global markets under various GE and private-
label brands.
Technology Infrastructure
Aviation products and services include jet engines, aerospace
systems and equipment, replacement parts and repair and
maintenance services for all categories of commercial aircraft;
for a wide variety of military aircraft, including fighters, bombers,
tankers and helicopters; for marine applications; and for executive
and regional aircraft. Products and services are sold worldwide
to airframe manufacturers, airlines and government agencies.
Healthcare products include diagnostic imaging systems such
as magnetic resonance (MR), computed tomography (CT) and
positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, X-ray, nuclear
imaging and ultrasound. Healthcare manufactured technologies
include patient monitoring, diagnostic cardiology, bone densi-
tometry, anesthesiology and oxygen therapy, and neonatal and
critical care devices. Related services, including equipment
monitoring and repair, information technologies and customer
productivity services. Products also include diagnostic imaging
agents used in medical scanning procedures, products used in
the purification of biopharmaceuticals, and tools for protein and
cellular analysis for pharmaceutical and academic research.
Products and services are sold worldwide to hospitals, medical
facilities, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and to
the life science research market.
Transportation products and maintenance services include
diesel electric locomotives, transit propulsion equipment, motor-
ized wheels for off-highway vehicles, gearing technology for wind
turbines, drill motors, marine and stationary power generation,
and railway signaling and office systems.
Enterprise Solutions offers integrated solutions using sensors
for temperature, pressure, moisture, gas and flow rate as well as
non-destructive testing inspection equipment, including radio-
graphic, ultrasonic, remote visual and eddy current. Enterprise
Solutions also offers security and life safety technologies, including
explosives and narcotics detection, intrusion and access control,
video surveillance and sensor monitoring equipment, and fire
detection and provides protection and control, communications,
power sensing and power quality products and services that
increase the reliability of electrical power networks and critical
equipment and offering wireless data transmission. Plant auto-
mation, hardware, software and embedded computing systems
including controllers, embedded systems, advanced software,
motion control, computer numerical controls, operator interfaces,
industrial computers, and lasers are also provided by Enterprise
Solutions. Markets are extremely diverse. Products and services
are sold to residential, commercial and industrial end-users,
including utilities, original equipment manufacturers, electrical
distributors, retail outlets, airports, railways, and transit authorities.
Increasingly, products and services are developed for and sold
in global markets.