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New Facility Will Deploy Best-in-Class Technologies to Accelerate
Improvements in Every Aspect of the Manufacturing Process Including
Design, Engineering, Product Development, Production, Supply Chain,
Distribution and Service and Will Unlock New Productivity and Growth
across GE’s Power Portfolio
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GE Has Invested $73 Million to Date and Will Invest an Additional
$327 Million across the GE Power Greenville, S.C., Campus to Boost
Innovation and Accelerate the Commercialization of Development
of Best-in-Class Technologies for Customers across the Globe
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Eighty Engineering and Manufacturing Jobs Created with the
Facility’s Opening, Expected to Have a Multiplier Effect across the
Supply Chain
GE (NYSE:GE) today celebrated the grand opening of its new
state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Works (AMW) in Greenville as the
GE Power business continues to introduce tomorrow’s technologies, today.
The announcement comes on the heels of GE’s grand
opening of its first additive manufacturing center in Pittsburgh in
early April and represents the next step forward in GE’s journey as the
world’s premiere digital industrial company.
GE has invested $73 million in the facility to date and will invest
another $327 million across the GE Power Greenville campus over the next
several years to drive innovation and the faster development of
best-in-class technologies that deliver more value for customers across
the globe. At least 80 engineering and manufacturing jobs are being
created with the facility’s opening.
GE Power President and CEO Steve Bolze was joined by South Carolina
elected leaders for the grand opening of the 125,000-square-foot
facility at GE’s Greenville manufacturing campus. The
facility broke ground in mid-2014.
“GE is leading the transformation of manufacturing in the power
industry, and this facility will ignite the digital industrial
revolution for our company and the industry,” said Bolze. “The opening
of the AMW is a pivotal moment for us. We’re building a skilled
workforce and culture that’s devoted to delivering breakthrough
innovations that deliver better, faster outcomes for our customers and
unlock new productivity and growth.”
The AMW is GE Power’s first advanced manufacturing facility. The
facility will revolutionize the way GE Power designs, creates and
improves products by serving as an incubator for the development of
advanced manufacturing processes and rapid prototyping of new parts for
GE’s energy businesses—Power, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas and Energy
Connections. New techniques and production processes developed at the
facility will bring new best-in-class products to global customers
quicker than ever.
Advanced manufacturing brings a convergence of the latest technologies
together to transform every aspect of the production process to make
new, better things, faster. Industrial innovations, from new materials
science, 3-D printing (additive manufacturing) and automation to
advanced software platforms and robotics are redefining manufacturing
for the future.
Advanced manufacturing has a huge and growing significance worldwide.
Recent research1 found that nearly 24 million people are
already employed in advanced manufacturing industries in the U.S.,
creating about 19 percent of GDP, and that each job in an advanced
manufacturing industry supports another 3.5 jobs through the supply
chain.
GE started in Greenville more than 40 years ago with a
340,000-square-foot site. With the latest addition of the AMW, the site
has grown close to 1.7 million square feet of factories, offices and
laboratories focused on manufacturing advanced products for customers
worldwide. GE has more than 3,200 employees in Greenville and has
invested more than $500 million in the last five years to bolster
critical manufacturing activities housed on the campus. The company has
established valuable relationships with local community schools,
universities and technical programs to develop new technologies and
create a system to support those who are passionate about growing with
the industry.
About GE Power
GE Power is a world leader in power generation with deep domain
expertise to help customers deliver electricity from a wide spectrum of
fuel sources. We are transforming the electricity industry with the
digital power plant, the world’s largest and most efficient gas turbine,
full balance of plant, upgrade and service solutions as well as our
data-leveraging software. Our innovative technologies and digital
offerings help make power more affordable, reliable, accessible and
sustainable.
For more information, visit the company's website at www.gepower.com.
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at GE Power.
1 The workforce of the future: Advanced manufacturing’s
impact on the global economy, April 2016, GE. Authors: John Paul
Soltesz, Marni Rutkofsky, Karen Kerr, Marco Annunziata
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