GE Advanced Materials
The Advanced Materials business of General Electric Company is part of the Industrial business group and is headquartered in Wilton, Conn. Comprised of Silicones and Quartz, GE - Advanced Materials is a global leader in providing a range of high-technology materials solutions. The GE - Advanced Materials, Silicones’ portfolio includes silicone-based products and technology platforms, silanes, sealants and adhesives. The Quartz portfolio includes high-purity fused quartz and ceramics materials. These materials solutions are used as springboards for innovation in hundreds of consumer and industrial applications ranging from car engines to biomedical devices to integrated circuits. Markets served include aerospace, agriculture, appliances, automotive, construction, electronics, furniture and furnishings, healthcare, home care, industrial, lighting, packaging, personal care, plastics, semiconductor, telecommunications, tire, transportation, and water purification. As a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games, GE is the exclusive provider of a wide range of innovative products and services that are integral to a successful Games. Experience more at www.ge.com/advancedmaterials.
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28 Nov 2005
GE’s New InvisiSil* Encapsulants and Lens Materials Improve LED Performance, Longevity, and Light Transmission
LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY — November 28, 2005 — The use of optoelectronics, particularly light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is rapidly expanding into a wide array of products, from mobile phones and handheld computers to automotive instrumentation, large screen flat panel display backlights, traffic signals, signage and illumination lighting. Expanded usage, coupled with the requirements of next-generation optoelectronics that are hotter and brighter, are driving demand for new materials that can extend the lifecycle and provide higher performance. GE - Advanced Materials, Silicones has introduced a new family of transparent encapsulants and lens materials for optoelectronics applications.
GE - Plastics16 Nov 2005
GE Helps ZEVEX’s EnteraLite® Infinity™ Feeding Pump Give Tube-Fed Patients the Freedom to be Active
ZEVEX International, Inc., an innovative company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, entered the enteral nutrition delivery market in 1996 and currently distributes a complete line of products for use in patients’ homes, hospitals, and nursing homes. Enteral feeding delivers liquid nutrition directly into the gastrointestinal tract. It is prescribed for a wide range of short-term and chronic conditions such as stroke (swallowing difficulty), cancer (insufficient calories), food absorption, and digestion disorders. Observing the trend toward smaller, lighter, and more portable medical devices, ZEVEX decided to create a new product that would apply miniaturization technology to enteral feeding systems to benefit patients.
16 Nov 2005
GE’s SilCool* LTR Silicone Helps GE’s LightSpeed VCT Scanner Dissipate Heat Generated by World’s Fastest Volumetric Imaging of the Heart
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $15 billion GE business. It provides a broad range of products and services that are enhancing patient care by enabling healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat heart disease, cancer, neurological diseases, and other conditions. When the company was developing its LightSpeed volume computed tomography (VCT) scanner - a GE Imagination Breakthrough device for cardiac imaging - it became clear that the high heat generated by the device’s exceptionally fast electronics required a new dissipation strategy. GE Healthcare selected SilCool* LTR silicone from GE - Silicones to offer the rapid conduction of heat away from the LightSpeed circuit board and allow the scanner to operate with record-setting speed and precision.
30 Sep 2005
GE Announces investment in additional LSR capacity in Leverkusen, Germany
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — September 30, 2005 — GE Bayer Silicones today announced it plans to invest in additional production capacity for liquid silicone rubber (LSR) at its facility in Leverkusen, Germany to help meet expanding European and global demand.
27 Sep 2005
With GE’s Silicone Fluid, Water-Repellent HOLMENKOL Ski Waxes Help Olympic Racers Increase Speed by Up to One Percent
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — September 27, 2005 — In the rarified world of performance ski racing – particularly the Olympic Winter Games – speeds are measured in fractions of a second, and the ski wax formulas that can help shave off those milliseconds are a closely guarded secret. For a winning ski wax, the key to acceleration is the level of water repellency. In other words, the wax must excel at preventing adhesion of snow, ice, and moisture that can slow down the ski’s movement.
26 Sep 2005
GE’s Quartz Business to Offer Custom Wafer Heater Assemblies for Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers
BERGEN OP ZOOM, THE NETHERLANDS — September 26, 2005 — To help optimize the performance of heaters and electrostatic chucks in chip-making equipment, GE’s Quartz business today announced an integrated heater assembly platform based at the company’s new laboratory in Kobe, Japan. These custom assemblies – a critical subsystem of semiconductor equipment manufacturers’ wafer chambers – combine customer-specific mechanical, electrical, and thermal engineering with GE’s advanced chemical vapor deposited (CVD) ceramic heaters and e-chucks. By considering thermal, plasma, mechanical, and electrical boundary conditions of the OEM’s chamber, GE’s new integrated design process helps optimize the performance of the entire system.
11 Jul 2005
GE’s ecomagination* Focus Supports Environment by Helping Farmers Achieve Top Results with up to 70 Percent Less Water
GARCHING, GERMANY — June 29, 2005 — The application of agricultural pesticides can have a significant impact on the environment, including heavy water demands for high spray volumes and chemical runoff into soil and groundwater. As part of its ecomagination* initiative, GE is taking the lead on this challenge with innovative Silwet* Silicone Super Spreader additives that can help save millions of liters of water annually.
29 Jun 2005
Beauvais, France Backgrounder
GE Plastics (www.geadvancedmaterials.com) is a world leader in providing high-tech materials solutions through engineering thermoplastics.
Press Kit Ecomagination Garching29 Jun 2005
GE Advanced Materials Fact Sheet
GE Advanced Materials is a world leader in providing materials solutions through engineering thermoplastics, silicone-based products and technology platforms, and fused quartz and ceramics. Headquartered in Pittsfield, Mass., GE Advanced Materials is the combination of GE’s former Plastics, Silicones, and Quartz businesses.
Some of the world’s most pressing materials challenges present an opportunity for GE to display its environmentally advanced technologies. 