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Draft angle design is an important factor when designing plastic parts. Because of shrinkage of plastic material, injection molded parts have a tendency to shrink onto a core. This creates higher contact pressure on the core surface and increases friction between the core and the part, thus making ejection of the part from the mold difficult.
GE Appliances has a long history of cooking innovation and is responsible for creating the first self-cleaning oven as well as the first over-the-range microwave. [7] GE Appliances was also the first manufacturer to launch a suite of WiFi-connected appliances as well as the first suite of appliances that work with IFTTT. [8]
The former GE Plastics division was sold in August 2007 and is now SABIC Innovative Plastics. On May 4, 2008, it was announced that GE would auction off its appliances business for an expected sale of $5–8 billion. [211] However, this plan fell through as a result of the recession. [212]
GE continued refining this system, up until 1978, which marked the end of production of vacuum tube type television receivers. GE produced the basic Porta-Color design well into the 1970s, even after most companies had moved to solid state designs when transistors with the required power capabilities were introduced. The Porta Color II was ...
In 1964, Automatic Appliances set up a 200-square-meter (2,200 sq ft) branch at the Makati Commercial Center, the country's first major commercial center. Pioneering the concept of appliance supermarket-ing, the store carried all of the major brands at that time: GE, Sony, Carrier, and Admiral, among others.
Bostik Philippines, Inc. Being the first rubber cement brand in the Philippines, eventually used to refer to any brand of rubber contact cement. [194] See also Rugby boy, a collective term for destitute youths known for their use of rubber cement as an inhalant. Saran wrap Cling-film: S. C. Johnson & Son
GE Oil & Gas acquires Vetco Gray for US$1.9 billion. [19] [20] 2007 GE Plastics is sold to SABIC for US$11.6 billion. [21] 2008 GE Oil & Gas acquires Hydril Pressure & Control for US$1.12 billion from Tenaris, who retains possession of Hydril Premium Connections. [22] [23] 2008 GE Co. acquires Vital Signs Inc. for US$860 million [24] 2009
Following the proposed sale of GE Appliances to Electrolux in September 2014, [2] GE Appliances & Lighting ceased to exist. As of October 1, 2015, this transaction has not closed due to US antitrust action. Eventually GE Appliances was sold to Haier in June 2016.