Editing General Electric (section)

===Former divisions===
'''GE Industrial''' was a division providing appliances, lighting, and industrial products; factory automation systems; plastics, silicones, and quartz products; security and sensors technology; and equipment financing, management, and operating services. As of 2007, it had 70,000 employees, generating $17.7&nbsp;billion in revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ge.com/company/businesses/factsheets/industrial.html |title=GE Industrial Fact Sheet |access-date=June 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919062306/http://www.ge.com/company/businesses/factsheets/industrial.html |archive-date=September 19, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After some major realignments in late 2007, GE Industrial was organized in two main sub businesses:
* GE Consumer & Industrial
** [[GE Appliances|Appliances]]
** Electrical Distribution
** [[GE Lighting|Lighting]]
* [[GE Enterprise Solutions]]
** Digital Energy
** [[GE Fanuc Automation|GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms]]
** [[GE Security|Security]]
** [[GE Sensing|Sensing &amp; Inspection Technologies]]

The former GE Plastics division was sold in August 2007 and is now [[SABIC (Saudia)|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&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=GE confirms it's exiting appliance business |work=NBC News |date=May 16, 2008 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24630072 |access-date=December 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225022215/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24630072 |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, this plan fell through as a result of the recession.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wason|first1=Eleanor|title=GE's planned spin-off signals failed auction|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dealtalk-ge-idUSN1035090520080710|website=Reuters|date=July 10, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507030338/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-dealtalk-ge-idUSN1035090520080710|archive-date=May 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

The former [[GE Home & Business Solutions|GE Appliances and Lighting]] segment was dissolved in 2014 when GE's [[GE Appliances|appliance division]] was attempted to be sold to [[Electrolux]] for $5.4&nbsp;billion, but eventually sold it to [[Haier]] in June 2016 due to antitrust filing against Electrolux. [[GE Lighting]] (consumer lighting) and the newly created [[Current Lighting Solutions|Current, powered by GE]], which deals in commercial LED, solar, EV, and energy storage, became stand-alone businesses within the company,<ref name="cnetHaier">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/its-official-ge-appliances-belongs-to-haier/ |title=It's official: GE Appliances belongs to Haier |last=THOMPSON |first=ASHLEE CLARK |work=cnet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808233713/https://www.cnet.com/news/its-official-ge-appliances-belongs-to-haier/ |archive-date=August 8, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> until the sale of the latter to American Industrial Partners in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.currentbyge.com/ideas/american-industrial-partners-completes-acquisition-of-current-powered-by-ge|title=American Industrial Partners Completes Acquisition of Current, powered by GE|website=currentbyge.com|date=December 8, 2016 |access-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426002952/https://www.currentbyge.com/ideas/american-industrial-partners-completes-acquisition-of-current-powered-by-ge|archive-date=April 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The former [[GE Transportation]] division merged with [[Wabtec]] on February 25, 2019, leaving GE with a 24.9% holding in Wabtec.<ref>{{cite web|title=Next Stop, Wabtec: GE Completes Spin-Off And Merger Of Its Transportation Unit|url=https://www.ge.com/reports/next-stop-wabtec-ge-completes-spin-off-merger-transportation-unit/|website=General Electric|access-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428060722/https://www.ge.com/reports/next-stop-wabtec-ge-completes-spin-off-merger-transportation-unit/|archive-date=April 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 1, 2020, [[GE Lighting]] was acquired by [[Savant Systems]] and remains headquartered at [[Nela Park]] in [[East Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.twice.com/product/product-spotlight/smart-home/savant-systems-inc-completes-acquisition-of-ge-lighting |title=Savant Systems, Inc. Completes Acquisition of GE Lighting |work=Twice.com |date=July 1, 2020 |access-date=August 11, 2021 |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802141811/https://www.twice.com/product/product-spotlight/smart-home/savant-systems-inc-completes-acquisition-of-ge-lighting |url-status=live }}</ref>