GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

The multinational company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of various products as well as provision of financial services for the following sectors: appliances, lighting, media and entertainment, oil and gas, aviation, consumer electronics, plastics, finance, security, rail, water, plastics and healthcare. It was founded in 1892 by the merger of Edison General Electric Company and Thomson-Houston Company. The registered headquarters of the company is located in Fairfield, United States of America.It is the second largest company in the world in terms of market capitalization. The company operates in six business segments: GE Commercial Finance, which provides loans, fleet management and financial programs to business, healthcare, fleet management, real estate, communications, construction, energy and aviation industry; GE Healthcare, which focuses in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, tailored for healthcare professionals and healthcare IT systems; GE Industrial, which produces a wide range of products including appliances, lighting and industrial products as well as management and asset intelligence services to homebuilders, retailers, and utility companies; GE Infrastructure, which provides aviation financing as well as energy and water investing, lending and leasing; GE Money, which provides banking and credit services to consumers, retailers, auto dealers and mortgage lenders; and NBC Universal, which develops, produces and markets entertainment, news and information to a global audience.The company is active in Northern Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, Middle East/Africa, North America and Latin America.