GE Power Opens First Advanced Manufacturing Facility, a $400 Million Digital Industrial Investment for South Carolina
April 22 2016 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
- 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
- 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
- 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. Follow GE Power on Twitter @GE_Power and on
LinkedIn 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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