After the acquisition of Rotax, the subsidiary continued to supply engines for the growing range of Bombardier vehicles, including the Sea-Doo personal watercraft introduced in 1988, and it eventually became the leading maker of engines for light aircraft.
It focuses on the design, development and manufacture of fuel-efficient engines for light aircraft and is working on products to run on leaded fuel, unleaded fuel mixes, including ethanol, and even L.P.G.
GE's reputation rests on the superb management of its industrial businesses, from aircraft engines to light bulbs.
After writing The Engine of Owl Light, six intertwined stories "a la David Mitchell.
Long viewed as one of the world's greatest companies —prodigious builder of jet engines and light bulbs, globalized to a fare-thee-well, with management depth other companies can only dream about, and an unassailable AAA rating — G.E. spent the week fending off rumors that it was the second coming of Citigroup.
He acquired two more Messerschmitt aircraft in the early 1930s, logging many flying hours and becoming proficient in the operation of light single-engine aircraft.
The use of turbine engines in light general aviation and commuter aircraft is being explored, along with more efficient propulsion systems, such as the propfan concept.
Particle has chosen to focus on this technology so intensely because we believe it will soon be the rendering engine that powers a new universe of light weight and embedded applications from set top boxes to game consoles to Chrome OS and Android devices to portable telephony and media devices of all kinds.
Shares of G.E., which makes aircraft engines and light bulbs and is the parent of NBC, rose $1.08, to $38.75.
If GE's industrial side (maker of jet engines, light bulbs, turbines and such) were a standalone entity, its global tax rate would be 16.8%.
