Section 2 i) Initial Research Work - Gewerbliche Schule Ravensburg

ii) GE Aviation WalesTuesday 11 th October 2011GE is a diversified infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world'stoughest challenges. From aircraft engines and power generation to financialservices, medical imaging, and television programming, GE operates in more than100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide.GE has a strong set of global businesses in infrastructure, finance and media alignedto meet today's needs, including the demand for global infrastructure; growing andchanging demographics that need access to healthcare, finance, and informationand entertainment; and environmental technologies.Facts and figures£13M of funding is provided to SMEs by GE Capital5,000 patients are diagnosed in hospitals on GE CT & MRscanners#GE supplies 20% of the UK’s energy requirementsGE was ranked FIRST in the Financial Times "World's Most Respected CompaniesSurvey“ for seven consecutive years.In 2010, GE delivered solid results despite the tough economic climate with earningsof $12.6 billion. Industrial cash flow from operating activities for the year remainedstrong at over $14.7 billion.GE traces its beginnings to Thomas A. Edison, who established Edison Electric LightCompany in 1878. In 1892, a merger of Edison General Electric Company andThomson-Houston Electric Company created General Electric Company. GE is theonly company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also includedin the original index in 1896.GE traces their roots back to 1924, when we were established by Imperial Airways,located in London. In 1940, the business was moved to Nantgarw, under theownership of British Airways.GE Aircraft Engine Services is an aircraft-engineering site that oversees the overhauland maintenance of many major aircraft engines.35