GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

History

Year	Detail
1892	General Electric was founded.
1896	Elihu Thomson builds electrical equipment for the production of X-rays.
1913	GE researcher William Coolidge develops the hot-cathode, high-vacuum X-ray tube.
1918	GE builds a record-capacity water-wheel generator for Niagara Falls.
1929	GE develops the innovative magneto compass.
1932	Associate Director of GE Research Laboratory Irving Langmuir wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1936	GE's 82,500-kva turbineat used at the Hoover Dam, which become the largest hydropower facility in the world.
1939	The world’s first gas turbine for electricity production is created.
1942	The Grand Coulee Dam, with generators made by GE, opens in Washington. It surpasses the Hoover Dam in power generation capacity.
1946	GE builds the first US jet engine, the I-A.
1949	GE introduces the J47, which becomes the world’s most-produced jet engine.
1959	The world’s first commercial size exclusion chromatography resin, Sephadex, launches.
1974	The first non-ionic X-ray contrast media is introduced.
1978	The first total-body computed tomography (CT) scanner is the first CT system designed by GE Healthcare.
1983	The first high-field 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner is introduced.
1999	The first commercial SPECT/CT combination designed as a single unit is introduced.
2002	The GE90-115B engine sets a world record for thrust.
2002	GE enters the wind business through the acquisition of Enron’s wind assets.
2008	GE and Safran Aircraft Engines unveil the LEAP-X next-generation engine program.
2012	GE is part of a consortium that builds turbines for Three Gorges Dam in China. the world’s largest hydroelectric power station.
2014	GE’s HA turbine is recognized by Guinness World Records with an efficiency of up to 62.22%.
2014	GE enters the offshore renewable energy industry through the Alstom Energy acquisition.
2015	The first NASA-style clinical hospital “command center” launched.
2015	GE expands its renewable energy portfolio with the acquisition of Alstom Energy.
2016	A mammography system featuring the world’s first patient-assisted compression remote control debuts.
2016	GE unveils Digital Hydro Plant technology.
2017	Cell therapy enterprise offering launches with the acquisition of Asymptote Limited.
2017	GE launches a brand-new aerating hydro turbine technology.
2017	GE completes acquisition of LM Wind Power, a Denmark-based maker of rotor blades.
2019	The first deep learning-based CT image reconstruction technology gains FDA clearance.