[0] GE Tuesday Technology Brief.

Technology Editors

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001

      1.  GE GLOBAL EXCHANGE SERVICES LAUNCHES NETWORK-BASED TRANSLATION
        SERVICE FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

      2.  GE LIGHTING LAUNCHES MANDARIN CHINESE WEB SITE

      3.  HEALTHHELP AWARDS GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
        WITH FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FOR ASP SERVICES

      4.  GE SUPPLYING GAS TURBINE TO NEW FACILITY IN OMAN

      5.  GE APPLIANCES PRODUCTS OFFER CONSUMERS PERFORMANCE,
        CONVENIENCE AND STYLE

      6.  GE SENDING 131 MEGAWATTS OF DISTRIBUTED POWER CAPACITY INTO
        ENERGY HUNGRY WEST
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    GE GLOBAL EXCHANGE SERVICES LAUNCHES NETWORK-BASED TRANSLATION
                   SERVICE FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

      GE Global eXchange Services, a leader in business-to-business
Internet commerce, announced a service that allows small and
medium-sized enterprises to extract data from their back-office
systems and send it to trading partners over the Internet or private
networks in almost any format. The service, called Network-Based
Translation, helps companies to inexpensively participate in
electronic marketplaces and supply chain networks by automatically
sending and receiving business documents in extensible markup language
(XML), electronic data exchange (EDI), or other formats specified by
the recipient.
      One barrier to small and medium-sized companies participating in
exchanges or supply chain networks is the expense and complexity of
translating data from back-office systems, such as enterprise resource
planning (ERP), into a data format acceptable to the recipient. GE
Global eXchange Services' (GXS) Network-Based Translation is designed
to remove this barrier by performing the task of data translation as a
centralized service, on a per-document basis.
      "Network-Based Translation places within the reach of small and
medium-sized companies the kinds of e-commerce efficiencies formerly
limited to large enterprises with big IT staffs and formidable IT
budgets," said Steven Scala, GXS's vice president of marketing.
"Entire trading communities will profit from the adoption of this
service, as smaller companies begin to participate in electronic
trading and expensive paper-based means of trading can be retired."

      About GE Global eXchange Services

      GE Global eXchange Services (GXS) operates one of the largest B2B
e-commerce networks in the world, with more than 100,000 trading
partners. The network's 1 billion annual transactions account for $1
trillion in goods and services. With a presence in 58 countries, GXS
applies Six Sigma quality processes to provide e-commerce solutions
that help businesses around the globe remove costs from their supply
chains. GE Global eXchange Services is a part of the General Electric
Company, U.S.A., and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md. Call (800)
560-4347, or visit our Web site at www.gegxs.com.

Contact: Jim Fowler, 301/340-5875, [e-mail]


            GE LIGHTING LAUNCHES MANDARIN CHINESE WEB SITE

      GE Lighting (www.gelighting.com) today announced that is has
bolstered its global lines of communication with the Chinese market
with the launch of the new GE Lighting China Web site, fully
translated into Mandarin Chinese. The Web site is located at
http://www.gelighting.com/cn/business/index.html. Previously, GE
Lighting maintained an English language Web site for its Chinese
customers.
      "We realize that to be successful in the globalization of GE
Lighting, we have to provide information unique to each market in its
native language," said Craig Witsoe, President of GE Lighting North
Asia. "We have seen tremendous growth in China over the last decade
and look to continue that success with the commitment of such
resources. The launch of the China Web site with a Mandarin
translation helps to offer the resources and open communications for
GE Lighting to this very important market."
      The Chinese Web site will have the same look and navigation
features as the GE Lighting North America Web site with extensive
resources for both home and business lighting. The home lighting
section includes product information, announcements and lighting tips.
The business lighting resources include lighting information and
techniques geared towards specific business markets. The site also
includes extensive resources for lighting specifiers as well
information on the GE Lighting Institute, the world's foremost
lighting training center.

      About GE Lighting

      One of the General Electric Company's major businesses, GE
Lighting is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. A leader in lamp
technology, manufacturing and marketing in the global lighting
industry, GE Lighting has operations in North America, South America,
Europe and Asia. Today, the company manufactures approximately 7,000
various lamp products for commercial, industrial and consumer markets.

Contact: Debbie Wexler 216/266-9079, [e-mail]


    HEALTHHELP AWARDS GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
               WITH FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FOR ASP SERVICES

      Houston-based HealthHelp, Inc., one of the nation's top radiology
management service organizations covering more than seven million
lives and supporting more than 135,000 health care providers, awarded
GE Medical Systems Information Technologies with an exclusive
five-year contract to provide participating providers with GE
Application Service Provider (ASP) services. The deal includes a
commitment to provide ASP services at 125 sites nationally over the
next five years.
      Under the model, GE will host, manage and deliver advanced
radiology applications to HealthHelp's participating radiology
providers. Now providers can access patient images and information
easily with a pay-as-you-go model via HealthHelp's secured Web portal,
which provides a secured connection to the GE ASP services. The unique
offering helps healthcare facilities of all types and sizes make the
digital transformation easily and provide more up-to-date and secure
patient care.
      "HealthHelp is pleased to be working alongside GE Medical to bring
efficiency and HIPAA solutions to our radiology providers and health
insurance customers. The combination of HealthHelp and GE Medical will
bring a strong solution to the issues we face in transforming our
image transmission, delivery, and storage for the future," said
Cherrill Farnsworth, chairman of the board, president, and CEO of
HealthHelp.
      "This is a major milestone in continuing to deliver advanced
technology to radiology providers in all types and sizes of
institutions," said Jim Davis, vice president of sales and marketing
in the Americas for GE Medical Systems Information Technologies. "Now
HealthHelp's participating radiology providers can maintain on an
ongoing basis easy and secure access to an advanced technology that
can withstand IT resource challenges, so they can concentrate less on
IT infrastructure and more on delivering better patient care."

      About GE Medical Systems Information Technologies

      GE Medical Systems Information Technologies is a global leader in
providing solutions for the reliable and efficient acquisition,
analysis and management of patient data in healthcare facilities
around the world. The company's offerings include cardiology, patient
monitoring, image management, clinical information systems and
performance management services. Additional information about GE
Medical Systems and Information Technologies can be found on the
company's Web site at www.gemedicalsystems.com.

Contact: Tesha Urban 414/362-2351, [e-mail]


           GE SUPPLYING GAS TURBINE TO NEW FACILITY IN OMAN

      GE Power Systems has secured a contract valued at 120 million
Francs ($U.S. 16 million) with Civil Contracting Co LLC to supply one
MS6001FA gas turbine-generator and auxiliary equipment for a power
plant in Haima West, Oman.
      GE also received a contract valued at $U.S. 1.1 million to provide
technical advisory services at the plant.
      The natural gas-fired plant, owned by Petroleum Development Oman,
will produce 67-megawatts of electricity. The MS6001FA gas turbine,
equipped with a GE Dry Low NOx combustion unit, will be manufactured
in GE Power Systems' Belfort, France plant and shipped to the customer
site by December of 2001. Commercial operation of the new plant is
scheduled to begin in June of 2002.
      Developed by GE Power Systems in the early 1990s, the MS6001FA is
designed for mid-range applications. Today, this 70-megawatt class,
advanced F-technology gas turbine is a core component in more than 38
existing and planned power plants worldwide.
      Sixty-nine GE technology units are currently installed or on order
for projects in Oman, representing over 3,700 megawatts of power.

      About GE Power Systems

      GE Power Systems (www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading
suppliers of power generator technology, energy services and
management systems with 2000 revenues of $15 billion. The business has
the largest installed base of power generation equipment in the global
energy industry. GE Power Systems provides equipment, service and
management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas,
distributed power and energy rental industries.

Contact: Nathalie Hugonnet [e-mail]


                GE APPLIANCES PRODUCTS OFFER CONSUMERS
                  PERFORMANCE, CONVENIENCE AND STYLE

      In 2001 and 2002 GE Appliances Europe, the premier supplier of US
refrigeration products in Europe, is launching major new ranges with
high-tech refrigerators and air treatment products leading the
vanguard in summer 2001. Top quality laundry, cooking and dishwashing
products will follow, all engineered for maximum performance,
convenience and style. GE attributes its success in Europe to its
policy of adapting the best of American leading-edge technology and
design innovation to local market and diverse climate conditions and
the style preferences of affluent and sophisticated European
consumers.
      "With our new products GE Appliances will offer European consumers
the best combination of European and American design and engineering
for performance, convenience and style," says Adriaan Boon van Ostade,
Managing Director GE Appliances Europe. "Our products are packed with
high-tech innovations that provide busy consumers with real benefits
that help to improve the quality of their lives."
      Products are available in Europe via distributors and kitchen
retailers in some regions with direct distribution in Spain, Portugal,
France and Benelux and in the UK through General Domestic Appliances
(GDA), GE Appliances' joint venture with Marconi plc.

      Exclusive refrigeration innovation

      The new GE Profile(TM) energy efficient refrigerators include a
wealth of exclusive, innovative consumer benefits from special
temperature management systems for keeping fresh food fresher longer,
to timesaving chilling and thawing features and 40 per cent faster ice
production. The contemporary designs include some of the brightest
interior lighting available in refrigerators today, and convenient,
flexible storage systems for optimal use of space.

      Air treatment developments

      GE Appliances' new air conditioners, heat pumps and dehumidifiers
provide pleasant environments all day, every day. Designed to blend
into the background and to complement decor, they look good in any
interior. New operating systems minimize indoor noise and maximize
convenience. Systems can be operated from a distance of seven meters
by LCD remote control and the memory restart stores previous settings
even after a power failure. Appliances are also easy to clean with
washable grills a standard feature.

      About GE Appliances

      GE Appliances, a division of General Electric Company, USA, is a
major manufacturer of large, domestic appliances worldwide, selling
more than 12 million units in 150 world markets. The division has a
turnover of nearly US $6 billion and has 22,000 employees in North and
South America, Asia and Europe.

Contact: Raffaella Dall'O, raffaella.dall'[e-mail]


        GE SENDING 131 MEGAWATTS OF DISTRIBUTED POWER CAPACITY
                        INTO ENERGY HUNGRY WEST

      GE Distributed Power secured contracts during the first six months
of this year to supply midrange power generation equipment for
installations in California and the Pacific Northwest totaling 131
megawatts, or enough power for nearly 115,000 households.
      "In response to the growing demand for additional power across the
western U.S., power producers and power consumers are seeking
immediate, reliable and environmentally compatible solutions," said
Daniel Kabel, General Manager of GE Distributed Power, a business unit
of GE Power Systems. "With a diverse selection of natural gas-fired
power generation units, we are ideally positioned to meet those
requirements."
      Our first units are scheduled to begin service as early as August
in both the southern California markets and the Pacific Northwest. The
units heading west include GE's new, one-megawatt "Power in a Box(TM)"
system as well as a variety of stationary, natural gas powered 1 and 2
megawatt reciprocating engine systems.
      "These low emission, compact and self-contained power plants are
designed to easily comply with environmental and zoning regulations,"
said Kabel. Additional advantages include mobility and speed of
installation. These units can go from order to delivery, installation
and operation in less than 30 days, while the siting and construction
of a large power plant takes several years.
      "When a region such as the western U.S. needs cost effective,
immediate relief from energy volatility, our distributed power
solutions are an attractive and effective solution," noted Kabel.

      About GE Distributed Power

      GE Distributed Power (www.gedistributedpower.com) provides on-site
power generation solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial
customers. The business is GE Power System's go-to-market enterprise
for gas engine/gen-sets and large diesel engine generator sets. GE
Distributed Power is actively pursuing technologies such as
micro-turbines, fuel cells, photovoltaics, wind power, and other green
and renewable energy innovations to serve customers' needs for clean
and reliable on-site power generation.

Contact: Kate Brass, 518/782-8730 [e-mail]

      GE, with 2000 revenues of $130 billion, is a diversified
technology, services and manufacturing company with a commitment to
achieving customer success. GE operates in more than 100 countries and
employs 313,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the
company's Web site at http://www.ge.com