General Electric and the Radio Corporation of America

General electric continued to expand its business, and it acquired other companies as well as experiencing growth on its own. In 19 18, for example, g e acquired the pacific electric heating company and the hughes electric heating company so that g e then formed a new division within the company itself called edison electric appliance pany. Around that same time, g e also acquired the trumble electric company, which created and supplied parts related to the electric utility industry such as switchboards. General electric became one of the founding companies to create the radio corporation of america, or r c a. G e built a super ager for an airplane. The world in general saw something pretty cool.