GE: private 'electric light company' military 'big MAC'1

Boston in the United States, there is a world class global industrial giant & ndash; — General electric (ge) ( GE) 。 That operates in more than 100 countries in the world, with about 300000 employee's big MAC has experienced three centuries of change, in addition to the production, consumption, industrial electrical equipment, it also make jet pilot navigation system, muti-warhead ballistic missile systems, radar, etc.

in 2016, general electric company is located in the global top 100 most valuable brands in the tenth. Ge history value ever break through $600 billion, becoming in technology stocks except for Microsoft's second-largest market shares. In recent years, general electric (ge) affected by debt for continuous thin body and split big action, such as business profits or will decline again in 2019. This, however, after one hundred years of the diversified company don't care if I was down the altars remains to be seen, is still a legend.

in 1878, the famous Thomas & middot; Thomas Edison founded the Edison electric light company. Four years later, the company has built the world's first commercial power plants and transmission system, for the 85 users, 400 electric lamps provide power, from the human opens the electrification of the era of new era.

in 1892, Thomas Edison electric light company and the strength was very Thomson - another electric company Houston merger founded the general electric company, based in fairfield, Connecticut.

after the two world wars, started with the private of ge company obtained a rapid development. Public information, after the first world war, the company occupies the absolute leading position in the radio. When the second world war broke out, ambitious ge is no longer satisfied with the win hegemony in the electrical industry, but in the war as an opportunity to start in military industry, including aircraft, ship manufacturing, a sharp increase in turnover for the post-war development reserve a large amount of money.

since then, ge slowly eroded annexed companies at home and abroad. In 1939, it governs the factory in China only 30, 1947 to 125. At the end of 1976, the number increased to 224. The development of abroad is overwhelming, it gradually merged in Italy, France, Germany and other countries of electrical enterprise, become a large multinational company. Development up to now, in addition to the electric power & other; Roots & throughout; , ge business involves finance, aviation, energy, health care, and many other fields.

in aircraft engine, for example, in 1945, ge production J33 engine is equipped with the first generation jet fighter F - the United States 80, marks the company has firmly established itself as one of the world's advanced level in terms of aircraft engine. The ge then on the basis of the introduced improved version J35, powered by J35 fighter is mig - 15 F - natural enemies 86. In June 1981, the U. S. air force release & other; The advanced tactical fighter plan & throughout; （ ATF plan) 。 In 1983, guided by ATF plan, for the fourth generation fighter F - 22 the engine start formal project research and development. At that time to bid the engine has two pratt & Whitney, and general electric company. Although ultimately pratt & Whitney, win, ge's plan also has not been give up. The U. S. government was through integrated high performance turbine engine technology ( IHPTET） Projects such as cooperate with ge, their funding 50% support engine for the development of new technology and verification.

civil aviation power sector, ge is blossoming. 通用电气- 90 engine is the core of general electric products, the Gao Han way than commercial engine is one of the world's largest aircraft engines, mainly used in on a Boeing 777. General electric and France the CFM of the joint venture company of Nike company also has used for LEAP - Boeing 737 Max 1 b engine, C919 foreign LEAP - engine in our country 1 c, the ARJ21 regional A engine. According to official figures ge, by the end of October 2018, the company in greater China airline customers more than 60, more than 5600 engines in service, the backlog of more than 4000 units. “ The world every 2 seconds a technology GE engine plane take off. ” General electric ( China) The official website.

ge company diversified development, in the aviation engine, shipbuilding, aerospace, energy, and other fields all across the border through the joint efforts of the. In fact, the United States such as lockheed Martin and Raytheon defense giant civil-military integration development has a certain similarity: before the cold war, private enterprises gradually become military force, military task decreased dramatically after the end of the cold war, they set out to military and civilian integration, expand civil market. Today, only responsible for military war industry enterprise has ceased to exist, civil-military integration is the trend of The Times.