At the India Economic Summit in New Delhi, John Rice, vice chairman of Fairfield, CT-based GE, said, “It is good to have manufacturing capabilities, but the true benchmark is to compete on a global scale. We export 50 percent of what we make in India and we believe that number...
GE Launches Digital Wind Farm Technology in India
GE launched its Digital Wind Farm technology in India; this wind energy ecosystem leverages big data and analytics, pairing a turbine with a digital infrastructure. GE says the solution enhances production, reduces costs, and boosts availability and productivity over the life of the wind farm, reports Power Engineering. GE installed...
GE’s 3-D Printing Facility in India to Develop Critical End-Use Components
Last year, GE set up its multi-modal advanced manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune in western India. The facility was established to produce jet engine parts, locomotive components, wind turbines, and a host of other additively and traditionally manufactured components for a number of GE companies. The facility now employs 1,500...
GE Wins $2.6 Billion Contract to Modernize India’s Railway System
General Electric has won a contract worth $2.6 billion to supply 1,000 diesel locomotives to Indian Railways over the next 11 years. This is GE’s largest contract in its 100 year association with India. GE plans to build a $200 million manufacturing facility in the state of Bihar. France’s Alstom...
GE Opens Manufacturing Plant in Pune
Inaugurating US-based General Electric’s first multi-modal manufacturing plant in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched his Make in India campaign and invited GE to manufacture ships in India. Modi said, "The opportunities for manufacturing in India are immense. We are blessed with demographic dividend.” The $200 million new plant is...
Not every foreign company is new to India, not Nestlé anyway!
In American today there is a bit of a rush toward India. "The 1.4 trillion dollar economy, growing at 7 percent. They like India. The last three US presidents have visited India, much more so than before." All this is true. But some foreign companies have been doing business in...