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Polyetherimide (PEI; branded as Ultem [1]) is an amorphous, amber-to-transparent thermoplastic with characteristics similar to the related plastic PEEK. When comparing PEI to PEEK, the former is cheaper but has lower impact strength and a tighter temperature range.
The Mount Vernon Site, also known as the GE Mound, is a Hopewell site near Mount Vernon in southwest Indiana. The site was discovered and mostly destroyed in 1988 during road construction at a General Electric plastic manufacturing facility.
He was the recipient of GE's first Steinmetz Award in 1973, a recognition of their top scientists. He was the youngest living person to be inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame in 1976. He held 44 patents. He developed LEXAN, a strong and useful thermoplastic products, that is credited with kicking off the thermoplastics business.
GE Money buys Superbank's $500 million lending portfolio [18] 2007 GE Consumer & Industrial acquires Microwave Data Systems for US$600 million 2007 GE-Aviation acquires Smiths Aerospace for £2.4 billion 2007 GE Oil & Gas acquires Vetco Gray for US$1.9 billion. [19] [20] 2007 GE Plastics is sold to SABIC for US$11.6 billion. [21] 2008
In 1981, GE made preparations to sell both the relay and the printer businesses and the management-buyout was completed in October 1983. The announcement was made to the employees on October 21. GE financed a small portion of the buyout price. A new company was formed with the name Genicom Corporation. This new venture included both relays and ...
Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE, UHMW) is a subset of the thermoplastic polyethylene.Also known as high-modulus polyethylene (HMPE), it has extremely long chains, with a molecular mass usually between 3.5 and 7.5 million amu. [1]
The JFWTC is General Electric's (GE) first and largest integrated, multidisciplinary research and development center outside the US. The center is also known as Bangalore Engineering Center or BEC. The team has more than 5,000 engineers and scientists working at the JFWTC Bangalore. It was founded by former CEO of GE John F. Welch on 17 ...
As of 2014, SABIC Innovative Plastics [21] is a multibillion-dollar company with operations in more than 25 countries and over 9,500 employees worldwide. [ 17 ] In July 2009, SABIC received approval from the Chinese government to build a US$ 3 billion petrochemical complex in China, in order to gain a foothold in the world's fastest-growing ...