Seraph062 t1_j14a57a wrote on December 21, 2022 at 3:49 PM

Reply to comment by AudieCowboy in TIL in 1962 a General Electric engineer named Nick Holonyak developed the first LED light bulb capable of emitting visible red light. The same bulb was used in the 1964 stop animation animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Rudolph’s bioluminescent nose. by undergroundgeek

GE doesn't make either of those now.

GE made the original GAU-8s, but GE sold that part of the company to Martin Marietta in 1993. Martin Marietta was bought by Lockheed in 1995 to from Lockheed Martin, and then Lockheed Martin sold it General Dynamics 1997.

Similarly GE once made washing machines, but the appliances part of GE was sold to Haier in 2016.

Willing_Language_529 t1_j15j4as wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:40 PM

We're rapidly approaching the point where GE doesn't make anything at all. They've been selling divisions faster than they've been selling products. The only thing left will be the jet engine line.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/investing/ge-split/index.html