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DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 27, 1990                   TAG: 9006270212
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SUFFOLK                                LENGTH: Short

GE TO OPEN AIRCRAFT REPAIR PLANT IN SUFFOLK

General Electric Co. confirmed Tuesday it will open an aircraft engine repair plant that will employ nearly 500 on the site of a closed GE television factory.

The TV plant once was the largest private employer in South Hampton Roads with about 5,000 workers but it folded against competition from foreign manufacturers.

GE Aircraft Engines of Evendale, Ohio, the largest builder of commercial jet engines in the world, reported sales of $6.8 billion and a profit of $1.05 billion last year. - Associated Press

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