GE Consumer Products Nears Completion on $35 Million Appliance Distribution Center in Maryland

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated). GE Consumer Products (Louisville, Kentucky), a business segment of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) (New York, New York) nears completion on construction of a $35 Million appliance distribution center in Perryville, Maryland (PEC 26000779).

Located on Belvidere Road in Cecil County, the 1,300,000 square foot center is expected to consolidate the company's current Northeast U.S. distribution operations. Construction started in May 2003 and is expected to be complete November 1, 2003.

The Conlan Company, headquartered in Marietta, Georgia was awarded the General Construction contract for the project.

GE Consumer Products, an $8.5 billion business unit, provides products and services in the major appliance, lighting industries, and manufacturing industries and sells over 15 million appliances annually in over 150 world markets.

General Electric Company (GE), headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut over 125 years ago, had financial revenues in 2002 of $131.7 billion. GE, a diversified industrial corporation engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a variety of products for the generation, transmission, distribution control and utilization of electricity, is divided into business units with each consisting of its own number of divisions. The business units include Aircraft Engines, Commercial Finance, Consumer Finance, Consumer Products, Equipment Management, Industrial Systems, Insurance, Medical Systems, NBC, Plastics, Power Systems, Specialty Materials and Transportation Systems.

GE employs over 315,000 people and operates in more than 100 countries.