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| April 2 2024 | GE spun off its energy businesses as GE Vernova, transforming GE into an aviation-focused company with GE Aerospace as its legal successor. |
| 2023 | GE Vernova energy company was founded following the company's split. |
| June 2023 |
OpenVMS
Released x86-64 Limited Production Release with AMD CPUs, OpenSSL 3.0, and native compilers
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| January 4 2023 | GE HealthCare was spun off as the first of the three companies, with GE retaining 10.24% of shares. |
| 2022 | GE maintains minimal net loss of $64 million, with slight workforce increase to 172,000 employees and stock price at $52.55. |
| 2022 | The company's ranking further declined to 48th, indicating significant challenges in maintaining its previous market position. |
| December 2022 | Total CO2e emissions stabilize at 1,060 kilotonnes, maintaining the substantial reduction achieved in previous years. |
| July 18 2022 | GE unveiled the brand names and focus areas of the three companies: aerospace, healthcare, and energy. |
| March 3 2022 | GE published an international memo pledging $4.5 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russian invasion. The donation included $4 million for medical equipment, $400,000 in emergency cash for refugees, and $100,000 to Airlink, an NGO supporting communities in crisis. |
| 2021 | The company returns to a net loss of $6,757 million, with continued workforce reduction to 168,000 employees and stock price increasing to $58.91. |
| 2021 | General Electric continued to experience a downward trend, falling to 38th in the annual ranking. |
| December 2021 | GE's Total CO2e emissions dramatically drop to 1,080 kilotonnes, showing continued significant progress in reducing carbon footprint. |
| November 2021 | CEO Larry Culp announced plans to break up General Electric into three separate public companies by 2024. |
| November 9 2021 | The company announced its plan to divide itself into three public companies: GE Aerospace, GE HealthCare, and GE Vernova. |
| August 2 2021 | GE begins trading on a split-adjusted basis with a new ISIN number (US3696043013). |
| July 30 2021 | General Electric announces a reverse stock split of its common stock at a 1-for-8 ratio. |
| June 2021 |
OpenVMS
VSI released the V9.1 Field Test, making the OpenVMS operating system available to customers and partners as an ISO image installable on various hypervisors and HPE ProLiant DL380 servers.
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| May 2021 |
OpenVMS
VSI demonstrated OpenVMS x86-64 port running on an Intel Atom-based single-board computer.
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| 2020 | GE shows financial improvement with a net income of $5,230 million during the COVID-19 pandemic, with further workforce reduction to 174,000 employees. |
| 2020 | GE completed remediation and restoration of its 10 manufacturing plant areas within the city of Pittsfield. |
| 2020 | The company's ranking further dropped to 33rd, potentially reflecting challenges during the global COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on air travel caused a significant revenue decline for GE. The company ranked 33rd in the Fortune 500. |
| 2020 |
OpenVMS
VMware support for OpenVMS x86-64 port was officially announced.
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| December 31 2020 | Total CO2e emissions further reduced to 1,900 kilotonnes, representing a 13% year-on-year decrease and demonstrating a consistent declining trend in emissions since 2016. |
| November 2020 | General Electric warned it would be cutting jobs while waiting for economic recovery due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| October 6 2020 | General Electric received a Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating potential civil action for possible securities law violations. |
| July 2020 |
OpenVMS
The Community License Program (CLP) was launched, providing licenses for VSI OpenVMS releases on Alpha, Integrity, and x86-64 systems.
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| July 1 2020 | GE Lighting was acquired by Savant Systems, maintaining its headquarters at Nela Park in East Cleveland, Ohio. |
| June 2020 | GE made an agreement to sell its Lighting business to Savant Systems, Inc. |
| May 2020 |
OpenVMS
Released x86-64 Early Adopter's Kit
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| May 2020 |
OpenVMS
VSI released the V9.0 Early Adopter's Kit, providing the OpenVMS operating system running in a VirtualBox VM with limited functionality and cross-compilation capabilities.
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| April 2020 |
OpenVMS
VSI announced the Community License Program (CLP) as a replacement for the HPE Hobbyist Program.
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| March 2020 |
OpenVMS
HPE announced the end of the OpenVMS Hobbyist Program.
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| March 30 2020 | General Electric factory workers protested to convert jet engine factories to produce ventilators during the COVID-19 crisis. |
| 2019 | General Electric's ranking declined to 21st, suggesting a slight downturn in business performance. |
| 2019 | Continued financial struggles with a net loss of $5,439 million, but significant stock price recovery to $56.57, and workforce reduction to 205,000 employees. |
| 2019 |
OpenVMS
VSI released an officially supported Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for VMS based on Visual Studio Code, enabling remote development and debugging of VMS applications from Windows, macOS, or Linux workstations.
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| December 2019 | Further reduction in Total CO2e emissions to 2,390 kilotonnes, continuing the company's environmental improvement efforts. |
| August 15 2019 | Financial fraud investigator Harry Markopolos accused General Electric of being a 'bigger fraud than Enron', alleging $38 billion in accounting fraud. |
| May 14 2019 |
OpenVMS
VMS Software Inc. (VSI) announced the first successful boot of OpenVMS on x86-64 architecture, specifically booting on VirtualBox and successfully running the DIRECTORY command.
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| April 2019 | GE sold Current, powered by GE (dealing in commercial LED, solar, EV, and energy storage) to American Industrial Partners. |
| February 25 2019 | GE sold its diesel locomotive business to Wabtec. |
| 2018 | GE further reduced its quarterly dividend from 12 cents to just 1 cent per share, signaling significant financial challenges for the company. |
| 2018 | General Electric changed the pension plan discount rate from 3.64% to 4.34%, reducing reported pension liability by $7 billion. |
| 2018 | GE experiences a substantial net loss of $22,802 million, with employee count declining to 283,000 and share price dropping to $12.71. |
| 2018 | A GE model 7HA gas turbine in Texas was shut down for two months due to a turbine blade break, prompting GE to develop new protective coatings and heat treatment methods. |
| 2018 | General Electric ranked 18th in a notable annual ranking, indicating a relatively strong business performance. |
| 2018 | GE reduced its interest in Baker Hughes to 50.4%, resulting in a $2.1 billion loss. |
| 2018 | GE Pension Plan reported losses of US$3.3 billion on plan assets. |
| 2018 | Digital Force Technologies (DFT) was spun out from BBN. |
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