A merger in 1892
General Electric was incorporated on April 15, 1892, when the Edison General Electric Company merged with the Thomson-Houston Electric Company. That brought Thomas Edison’s lighting business under one roof with one of its biggest rivals.
Source: Thomas A. Edison Papers (Rutgers): General Electric Company
Panels and breakers
GE’s electrical distribution business, which included its home load centers and circuit breakers, was known as GE Industrial Solutions.
Sources: ABB news: ABB completes acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions (June 30, 2018) ABB Electrification US: Switching to ABB (GE-branded products moving to the ABB name)
On to ABB
On June 30, 2018, ABB completed its purchase of GE Industrial Solutions. ABB says GE residential products, from load centers to breakers, are now branded ABB ReliaHome, that many still carry the GE logo, and that its breakers are made to work in GE load centers.
Sources: ABB news: ABB completes acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions (June 30, 2018) ABB Electrification US: Switching to ABB (GE-branded products moving to the ABB name)
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