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services and equipment include specialty chemical treatment
programs, water purification equipment, mobile treatment systems
and desalination processes.
The Oil & Gas business sells surface and subsea drilling and
production systems including blowout preventors, equipment
for floating production platforms, compressors, turbines, turbo-
expanders and high pressure reactors to national, international and
independent oil and gas companies. Services include equipment
overhauls and upgrades, pipeline inspection and integrity services,
remote monitoring and diagnostic, and contractual service
agreements.
Technology Infrastructure
Aviation products and services include jet engines, aerospace
systems and equipment, replacement parts and repair and main-
tenance services for all categories of commercial aircraft; for a
wide variety of military aircraft, includ ing fighters, bombers,
tankers and helicopters; for marine appli cations; 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 densitom-
etry, anesthesiology and oxygen therapy, and neonatal and critical
care devices. Related services include 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 pro tein 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, includ-
ing intrusion and access control, video surveillance and sensor
monitoring equipment, fire detection and real estate and property
control. In addition, it provides protection and control, communi-
cations, 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
automation, hardware, software and embedded computing systems
including controllers, embedded systems, advanced software,
motion control, operator interfaces and industrial computers 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.
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
television 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, includ ing manufacturers, distributors and end-
users for a variety of equipment and major capital assets. These
assets include indus trial-related facilities and equipment; vehi-
cles; corporate aircraft; and equipment used in many industries,
including the construction, manufacturing, transportation, media,
communications, entertainment and healthcare industries.
Consumer 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.
Real Estate offers a comprehensive range of capital and
investment solutions and finances, with both equity and loan
structures, the acquisition, refinancing and renovation of office
buildings, apartment buildings, retail facilities, hotels, parking
facilities and industrial properties.
Energy Financial Services offers financial products to the global
energy and water industries including structured equity, debt,
leasing, partnership financing, product finance, and broad-based
commercial finance.
GECAS provides financial products to airlines, aircraft operators,
owners, lend ers and investors, including leases, and secured loans
on commercial passenger aircraft, freighters and regional jets;
engine leasing and financing services; aircraft parts solutions; and
airport equity and debt financing.
Consumer & Industrial
Products include major appliances and related services for products
such as refrig erators, freezers, electric and gas ranges, cooktops,
dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, microwave ovens, room
air condition ers 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.