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<br /> <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> CTEC Contact: Dick Dalton <br /> (619) 691-2610 <br /> General Electric Contact: Rick Kennedy <br /> (513) 243-6136 <br /> SAN MARCOS, Tex. -- Rohr Industries and General Electric <br /> Aircraft Engines have formed a joint venture to develop, market <br /> and manufacture advanced composite technology engine components. <br /> (Composites are non-metallic, fiber materials used <br /> increasingly in aerospace and other industries to replace metals <br /> because composites reduce weight without sacrificing strength.) <br /> Named CTEC, the new company will be equally owned by Rohr and <br /> GE and directed by a four-member board with two members from each <br /> company. <br /> "Our objective is to supply high-quality, cost-competitive <br /> organic composite engine components to commercial and military <br /> aircraft engine manufacturers worldwide," said Dr. James W. <br /> Davidson, CTEC's president. "These will be components such as <br /> (more) <br />