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• Apollo Management L.P. purchased GE Advanced Materials (Silicones and Quartz) for U.S.$3.8 billion in cash and securities.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

  - 2006-11-01

  Apollo Management L.P. purchased GE Advanced Materials Silicones and Quartz for U.S.$3.8 billion in cash and securities. Upon completion of the transaction, GE will own 10% of the new company.

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• PU additive unit sold again: GE sells advanced materials to Apollo for $3800 million.(newslines)(General Electric Co.)(GE Advanced Materials)(Apollo Management LP)(polyurethane)

  - 2006-10-01

  FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT -- GE is to sell its GE Advanced Materials (Silicones & Quartz) business to private investment group Apollo Management LP, in a deal valued at about $3800 million. The deal includes GE's urethane additives business, made up of silicone surfactants, tertiary amine...

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• GE sells its advanced materials business to Apollo Management, L.P.(NEWSDESK: Trade)(GE Advanced Materials)(Brief article)

  - 2006-09-26

  On September 14th, 2006, GE (NYSE: GE) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell GE Advanced Materials (Silicones & Quartz) to Apollo Management, L.P., a private investment firm in a deal valued at approximately US$3.8 billion in cash and securities. Upon completion of...

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• GE's Silwet Silicone Super Spreader.(GE Advanced Materials )(Brief Article)

  - 2005-10-26

  AS part of its ecomagination * initiative, GE is taking the lead on this challenge with innovative Silwet * Silicone Super Spreader additives that can help save millions of liters of water annually. "As a global leader in innovative materials science, GE Advanced Materials is investing...

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• Surfactant can reduce flame retardant use.(materials)(GE Advanced Materials has introduced a silicone surfactant)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-06-01

  GE Advanced Materials has introduced a silicone surfactant which it claims can reduce the amount of flame retardant needed to meet fire performance regulations by as much as 30 percent by weight. Designated Niax L-650, the surfactant can be applied in conventional slabstock foam...

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• GE Advanced Materials.(New Technology)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-08-26

  GE Advanced Materials recently announced that Chongqing Gymnasium, as the biggest one in West China, has adopted LEXAN THERMOCLEAR sheet as the roof materials. LEXAN[R] THERMOCLEAR[R] sheet, which has been selected as the material of choice for more than 40 stadiums...

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• GE Advanced Materials moves forward.(General Electric Advanced Materials unit)(Company Profile)(Cover Story)

  - 2004-03-24

  GE Advanced Materials (Pittsfield, MA) is being managed as if depressed conditions could be a permanent feature of the market. "We are operating on the assumption that we may have excess capacity forever," says John Krenicki, president and CEO of the $8-billion/year unit, which was formed...

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