1.媒體來源:
Bloomberg 彭博
2.完整新聞標題:
GE Cuts the Lights on Edison Era With Plan to Sell Bulb Business
奇異(通用電氣)終結愛迪生時代，出售照明起家祖業
by Rick Clough June 8, 2017 2:23 PM EDT
3.完整新聞內文:
- Inventor's 1879 lamp was precursor to the company's founding
- 創辦人 湯馬士．愛迪生 1879 年發明的白熾燈為奇異公司的基石
- Manufacturer says it's beginning talks with potential buyers
- 奇異已開始與買者商談合約
Thomas Edison is said to have declared that he'd make electric light so cheap
that only the rich would burn candles.
More than a century later, General Electric Co., the company rooted in all
things Edison, is giving up on the light-bulb business.
The industrial behemoth revealed plans Thursday to sell GE Lighting, its last
remaining consumer division after a shift toward jet engines, gas turbines and
other big-ticket products. GE said it’s beginning talks with potential buyers
and may unload the lighting operation in pieces.
愛迪生棒棒發明電燈，創立奇異，不過奇異要把電燈產業賣囉!
The move will help the Boston-based company “streamline its portfolio and
focus on its core digital industrial assets,” according to an emailed
statement. GE Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt has tilted the
manufacturer toward heavy-duty equipment and developed a complementary software
business in recent years while selling most lending and consumer units.
Immelt is under pressure from activist investor Trian Fund Management to
improve operations after several quarters of weak earnings and a falling stock
price. GE slid 0.3 percent to $27.59 at the close in New York, extending this
year’s decline to 13 percent. The S&P 500 Index has gained 8.7 percent.
奇異股價一股只有 27.59 美金，投資人說醬跌不行，把錢賺比較少的產業賣一賣
Low Margins 低利潤
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GE Lighting, based in East Cleveland, Ohio, has struggled amid government
efforts to phase out incandescent bulbs in favor of more energy-efficient
options including light-emitting diode technology. GE cited energy regulation
in its 2010 decision to close a Winchester, Virginia, factory that was its last
U.S. plant making tungsten-filament incandescent bulbs.
GE in 2015 separated certain energy-related operations, including commercial
LEDs, into a new division called Current, while leaving GE Lighting focused on
consumer LED bulbs and connected-home products. The Energy Connections &
Lighting unit, which includes both GE Lighting and Current, generated a profit
margin last year of 2.1 percent, the lowest of GE’s manufacturing divisions.
The company plans to retain professional lighting products and assets in
Current, GE said in the statement.
美國政府不讓用白熾燈了，奇異照明哭哭關廠，開始作發光二極體，但利潤很低，
毛利和亞洲一樣只有 2 趴
Industry Shift 工業變動
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The planned exit comes amid a broader reshuffling in the industry. Competitor
Royal Philips NV last year spun off the Philips Lighting business through an
initial public offering and in December agreed to sell the Lumileds
lighting-components unit. Siemens AG spun off the Osram division in 2013.
The move will also push GE out of the consumer realm after the company last
year sold its home-appliances operations to China’s Qingdao Haier Co. The deal
allowed the buyer to continue using the GE Appliances name, so the brand
hasn’t disappeared from store shelves. GE tried to sell both the appliances
and lighting segments in 2008, an effort that was halted by the financial
crisis.
Light bulbs have been central to GE’s identity since the company’s founding.
The lighting division traces its roots to 1879, when Edison created the first
commercially practical incandescent lamp. The inventor’s business interests
around light bulbs and related technologies became the precursors to GE, which
was formed in 1892.
昔日照明三巨頭:西門子、菲利浦、奇異，全數賣出照明部門。好多人賣給中國呦。
奇異自己的家電部門也賣給中國海爾，掛奇異但卻是中國貨。緬懷一下 138 年前，
愛迪生靠電燈賺爽爽創立了125年的奇異帝國，以後不知道會怎樣。
4.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
https://goo.gl/f0qI1p
5.備註:
上周四 奇異照明內部信說公司要賣囉!讓僱員洗洗睡。
創立 125 年的奇異賣掉創辦人的起家祖業
當初照明三巨頭 西門子、菲利浦、和通用電氣，
全數都將照明部門分拆出售，
燈，就是不值錢的垃圾