GE First to Score Award for Four Consecutive Years

(NYSE:GE) —Among competitors, Sears’ employees rank GE in top 1 percent.

This July, GE became the first parts supplier to receive the Sears Partners in Progress award four years in a row and scored the highest marks in GE’s history of earning the honor. The program recognizes the best performers in Sears’ vendor/supplier community.

"We have taken this award where no other supplier has been before,” says Karen Lindquist, GE Parts national account manager for Sears, "since GE is the first Sears parts supplier to have four consecutive wins under its belt.”

The GE Appliance Parts win comes as a result of high parts availability, on-time shipments, and the responsiveness of the GE sales and IT teams. GE’s Appliance Parts Distribution team hit a high note with record fill rates and lead times. Sears Partners in Progress winners were selected from nominations submitted by Sears' employees who purchase goods and services for the company.

Sears Holdings Corporation announced the 2009 Partners in Progress program winners will recognize winners on Sept. 16, 2010 at an awards dinner held at Sears’ headquarters in Chicago.

GE Appliance Parts, Sears’ third-largest parts supplier, sells repair parts and accessories for all product lines.

About Sears Partners in Progress Award

Established 27 years ago, the Partners in Progress program recognizes sources for product or service quality, innovation, diversity, and overall market performance.

The Award is presented annually to a select group of supplier companies that provide Sears Holdings with quality products and services that make significant contributions to the growth of Sears' businesses and assist Sears in new ways to better serve its customers.

Less than one percent of Sears Holdings' suppliers earn the coveted award each year. The award recipients were selected from nominations submitted by Sears' associates.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter or check out our website for more information.

Friend GE Appliances on Facebook to view how-to videos, learn about new GE appliances and join in the discussion with other GE appliance owners. Join today and follow @GE_Appliances on Twitter or just locate detailed information about our products at www.geappliances.com.

About GE - Appliances & Lighting

GE - Appliances & Lighting spans the globe as an industry leader in major appliances, lighting, systems and services. Providing solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use, GE Appliances & Lighting uses innovative technologies and ecomaginationSM, a GE initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that help customers and consumers meet pressing environmental challenges, to deliver comfort and convenience. General Electric (NYSE: GE), imagination at work, sells products under the Monogram®, Profile™, GE®, Hotpoint®, Reveal® and Energy Smart® consumer brands, and Tetra®, Vio™ and Immersion® commercial brands. For more information, consumers may visit www.ge.com.

For high res, downloadable photography, visit http://www.gecipressroom.com