General Electric cuts $11B deal with Wilmerding-based Wabtec

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) - General Electric's train engine division will tie up with railroad equipment maker Wabtec in deal worth about $11 billion as GE CEO John Flannery continues to break off parts of the conglomerate.

DOWNLOAD THE WPXI NEWS APP

Wabtec CEO Raymond Betler will lead the combined company and its chairman, Albert Neupaver, will be executive chairman.

Under the deal announced Monday and approved by the boards of both companies, General Electric Co. will get $2.9 billion in cash and own a 50.1 percent stake. It values the deal, expected to close early next year, at $11.1 billion.

WPXI news anchor Damany Lewis is working to find out how the merger will affect Wilmerding-based Wabtec for Channel 11 News beginning at 5 p.m. 

TRENDING NOW:

• Deaf, pregnant woman with service animal says she was punched on flight
• Meghan Markle, Prince Harry donate royal wedding flowers to hospice patients
• Woman hospitalized after fall, rescue at state park
• VIDEO: Victims of Santa Fe High School shooting

The combined company will have more than 23,000 locomotives globally.

GE is honing its focus on its core businesses of aviation, health care and energy.

Wabtec is based in Wilmerding, outside of Pittsburgh. GE is based in Boston.

Associated Press