General Electric has been making lightbulbs for more than a century but is now selling its lighting business.

General Electric has been making lightbulbs for more than a century but is now selling its lighting business.

For the first time in its nearly 130-year history, General Electric will no longer be making and selling lightbulbs.

Throughout the 20th century, GE kept making lightbulbs — and carried on Edison's tradition of experimentation and innovation by perfecting the fluorescent bulb, halogen bulb and LED, among other lighting innovations