The GE lighting big event in 2015
GE and San Diego, us, hand in hand to build smart city
Time: in late April 2015
In late April 2015, GE lighting again in San Diego, California, hand in hand, with the United States signed a smart city cooperation plan, through the use of GE lighting smart city platform to help to solve in the process of the urban infrastructure construction in San Diego, facing the challenge of SAN GE lighting the cooperation projects have become the world's first pilot cities.It is understood that as early as in 2013, the United States of more than 3000 in San Diego, California, the GE were used in street lamp lighting LED outdoor lighting, for the whole city saved about 254000 dollars a year in energy consumption and maintenance costs.
GE joined qualcomm and apple to promote recovery lighting business
Time: on May 4, 2015
General electric announced on May 4, will cooperate with qualcomm and apple, use of digital technology and market interest in big data to promote the recovery of lighting business.Through the cooperation with qualcomm, ge will help retailers by embedding to LED bulbs smartphone technology to connect shoppers.This "indoor localization" technology will be according to the location in shoppers in the store to send customized coupons.
GE to set up a new energy company revenue is expected to more than $5 billion
Time: on October 7, 2015
On October 7, according to Reuters news, general electric (GE) announced the formation of the name for the Current company.It is understood that the Current cover new energy operations will become a new company, main business is to help enterprises and individuals to save energy costs, for customers to provide energy services such as hospitals, schools and shopping centers, and will work with GE, LED, solar energy, energy storage, electric vehicles, such as consolidation, also will use the GE data analysis platform.GE group chairman, said Jeff immelt predicts 2020, the Current company's revenue will reach $5 billion (31.753 billion yuan).
Part of GE lighting products production on January 1, 2016
Time: in late December of 2015
GE recently an internal memo, published in since January 1, 2016 cut-off lighting types, including HID, incandescent, fluorescent lamps and induction lamps, due to the decline in demand for traditional lighting products and accelerate the adoption of solid state Lighting, GE Lighting will no longer create a new custom non-LED lighting configuration, we will continue to focus on LED and intelligent lighting technology, investment in lighting control and LED lamps.