Editing General Products

[[General Products|General]] is a major heavy industry company known for inexpensive products of fair to adequate quality. The company was formed by merger of a number of smaller manufacturing concerns shortly after the end of the Civil War, in the period 620 to 622.
* ''General Products'' is an {{Imperial}} [[megacorporation]].

== Description ([[Portfolio]]) ==
''General Products'' is one of the thirteen Imperial MegaCorporations in operation in 1116.

=== Commercial Competencies ===
* Heavy Industry 
* [[Starship]] Manufacturing
* Vehicle Manufacturing

'''General Products, {{LIC}}''': Largely concerned with heavy industry, General is a manufacturer of starships, non-starships, and heavy machinery of all sorts.
* [[GC-2 Machining System]]

=== Governance & Organization ===
No information yet available.

=== Stockholders ===
Stock ownership (1105):
* Imperial family— 5%
* [[Hortalez et Cie]]— 26%
* Noble families— 35%
* Private ownership— 12%
* [[Antares Holdings]], [[LIC]] — 12%
* Other— 10%
Stock ownership (1126):
* Imperial Family— 5%
* [[Hortalez et Cie]]— 4%
* Noble Families— 37%
* Private Ownership— 12%
* [[Antares Holdings]]— 24%
* [[Murdoch Holdings]]— 1%
* [[Ling Standard Products]]— 1%
* [[Other]]— 16%


=== Subsidiaries ===
* [[General Manufacturing]]
* [[General Mechanics]]
* [[General Shipyards]]
* [[Takakusi Ways]]

==History & Background (Dossier) ==
General is known for inexpensive products of adequate quality, but of late its starship division (particularly its military products) has been plagued with disaster. 
* The corporation was formed by the merger of a number of smaller manufacturing concerns shortly after the end of the [[Civil War]], in the period 620 to 622.

=== Trade Partners ===
No information yet available.

=== Trade Competitors ===
No information yet available.

===Great Asset Swap===
The [[Great Asset Swap]] of [[1126]] saw the shareholdings in [[General Products]] change considerably - one of the saving graces for the corporation was that [[Hortalez et Cie]] divested itself of [[General Products|GP]] stock to fund its other acquisitions, and thus it was able to maintain its independence.

=== History-Era: New Era ===
{{Hidden | Era: New Era |
Former {{Imperial}} megacorporation that survives in the [[Regency]] and the [[Spinward States]]. GP was primarily a manufacturer of starships, transportation machinery and manufacturing equipment. Slipshod management and shortsighted austerity measures resulted in a dramatic lowering of the company's product quality and reliability late in the [[Antebellum]] period, a matter that came to a head with the [[Kinunir fiasco]]. The company has managed to solve its difficulties since the [[Collapse]], but its reputation still suffers. The company is an active partner with [[Delgado Trading]] in the [[General Mechanics]] joint venture firm. 
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== Worlds & Sectors ([[Astrography]]) ==
No information yet available.

=== World Listing: 1116 ===
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== References ==
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{{Sources
| {{Ludography cite|name=Library Data (A-M)|page=}}
| {{Ludography cite|name=Referee's Companion|page=}}
| Periodical: [[MegaTraveller Journal 3]] in Article: 'Megacorporations in the Rebellion Era'
| {{Ludography cite|name=The Regency Sourcebook|page=38}}
| {{Ludography cite|name=Rim of Fire|version=GURPS Traveller|page=12}}
| {{Ludography cite|name=Solomani Front|page=83}}
| {{Ludography cite|name=The Third Imperium|page=58}}
 | {{Ludography cite|name=Whispers on the Abyss|page=123}}
}}

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