General electric is a multinational technology company based in America. It was founded in the year 1878 by Thomas Edison. It has its set up in Fairfield Connecticut.  General electric is the world’s tenth biggest technology company.

In 1896, General Electric was one of the original 12 companies listed on the newly-formed Dow Jones Industrial Average and still remains after 112 years (it is the only one of the original companies remaining on the Dow— though it has not continuous In 1911 the National Electric Lamp Association (NELA) was absorbed into General Electric’s existing lighting business. GE then established its lighting division headquarters at Nela Park in East Cleveland, Ohio. Nela Park was the world’s first industrial park, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and is still the headquarters for GE’s lighting business.

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