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Facts #1

GE is ranked the
world's 3rd largest
company
(Forbes 2011).
Facts #2

The largest GE
desalination plant in
Africa provides fresh
water to 2 million
people.
Facts #3

In 2009, GE filed close
to 2,600 patents.
Facts #4

GE manufactures
70% of the world's
aircraft engines.
Every 2 seconds,
somewhere in the
world a GE powered
aircraft takes off.
Facts #5

40% of all surgery
in ANZ is anaesthetized
by GE equipment.
Facts #6

GE Energy Financial
Services invests in
50,000 kms of
natural gas pipelines.
Facts #7

GE developed the
world's first Auto Pilot
in 1943.
Facts #8

GE purify enough water
to satisfy daily needs
of 39 million people
(almost double Australia's population).
Facts #9

GE was named the
most sustainable
company in 2009
by Corporate
Knights Magazine.
Facts #10

GE started in Australia
with the electric
motor in Pyrmont Bridge
in 1902.
Facts #11

GE Capital is celebrating
16 years in Australia
in 2011.
Facts #12

GE introduced its
first electric toaster
in 1905.
Facts #13

GE is the worldwide
sponsor of the
Olympic Games
from 2006 to 2012.
Facts #14

Australia and
New Zealand are the
3rd biggest revenue
contributor for GE
globally, and 2nd
biggest for GE Capital.
Facts #15

GE have invested
in more than 30,000
miles of natural gas
pipelines
(nearly four times the diameter of earth).
Facts #16

GE Capital has over
3 million customers
in Australia.
Facts #17

GE Capital will
save 22 million sheets
of paper every year
in Australia and
New Zealand.
Facts #18

GE is the only
company that exists
today that was
listed on the original
Dow Jones index
since its inception
114 years ago.
Facts #19

Since 2002, GE has
invested more than
US$850 million in
renewable energy
technology.
Facts #20

GE has the fifth most
valued brand in the
world with a value of
$42.8bn (Interbrand).
Facts #21

GE will invest
another US$5billion
over the next 5
years in cleaner
technology R&D.
Facts #22

GE's total assets
exceeded US$782 billion
in 2009, more than
two thirds of the annual
GDP of Australia.
Facts #23

GE has received
2 Nobel Prizes in
1932 and 1973.
Facts #24

GE formed the first
TV network in 1940.
Facts #25

GE has powered
the Air Force One
since 1971 and the Australian VIP fleet
since 2003.
Facts #26

GE invented the first digital
clock radio in 1978.
Facts #27

GE took first footsteps
on the moon – Neil Armstrong's boots
were made from GE
silicon rubber in 1969.
Facts #28

GE's new Energy
Smart™ bulb will
provide up to 80%
energy savings.
Facts #29

GE manages the
largest number of fleet
vehicles in Australia
with over 140,000 cars.
Facts #30

GE invented the
fluorescent lamp in
1938 and Halogen
lamp in 1959.
Facts #31

Over the last 7 years,
GE Capital has invested
and lent to Australian and NZ customers
over AUD $170 billion
(nearly one fifth of Australia's GDP).
Facts #32

In 2009, GE Australia's
employees donated
7,000 hours to charity
supporting more than
1,500 events.
Facts #33

GE Water technologies
purify 70 million
litres of waste water
per day for safe
discharge into the
Great Barrier Reef.
Facts #34

GE invented the first
magnetron in 1918,
the key element in
radar systems in WWII and microwave
ovens today.
Facts #35

GE's founder, Thomas
Edison patented the
first motion picture camera,
the kinetograph in 1891.
Facts #36

Every day, GE
power generation
equipment creates
25% of the
world's electricity.
Facts #37

GE's founder, Thomas
Edison invented
the first practical
commercial light
bulb in 1879.
Facts #38

GE started production
of the first hermetically
sealed home
refrigerator in 1917
(the basic type still in use today).
Facts #39

GE's founder Thomas
Edison patented the
first phonograph
for sound recording and
reproducing in 1877.
Facts #40

If every freight train
in North America were
pulled by an Evolution
Series Locomotive, the
emissions reduction
would be like
removing 48 million
cars each year.
Facts #41

GE delivered the
first voice radio
broadcast in 1906.
Facts #42

GE has installed over
14,000 wind turbines
globally. Just one
(1.5MW model) can power
approximately
500 homes.
Facts #43

Every day, GE
Healthcare technology
helps doctors save
nearly 3,000 lives.
Facts #44

There is a 70% chance
GE engines will power your
next flight in Australia.
Facts #45

The Empire State
Building was built
with GE technical
expertise (1930).
Facts #46

50% of Qantas fleet
is powered by
GE jet engines,
and 75% of its
new aircraft orders