NEW YORK: The US conglomerate General Electric, co-founded more than 130 years ago by Thomas Edison, is opening a new chapter in its history on Tuesday: its breakup into three independent entities which will then concentrate on their disparate core businesses.

The group announced its "spin-off" project in November 2021, which was to be carried out in several stages.

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