“We are growing in India like crazy. The future journey is to grow,” former vice-president, global strategic sourcing, GE Power, said. “Over the last ten years there has been a significant ramp-up of our activities in India in the manufacturing footprint,” he noted.
India plays an important role for GE in sourcing for all businesses — oil and gas, power, transportation, aviation and healthcare. According to the executive, there are plans to take the overall GE sourcing to over $4 billion from the current $2.5 billion by 2020.
About two-thirds of the sourcing spend in India is for India and one-third goes out of the country. “Local suppliers can become more competitive if we could bring more work that would be both for Indian consumption and export,” he said. “About forty to fifty of the 600 suppliers in India have grown with us and then extended their relationship across the GE business. A lot of new suppliers are coming and they have a high growth rate, especially in aerospace. Today, GE Aviation is doing great work not only in our internal factories but also with our suppliers. There is an appetite to grow right now,” he stated.
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Last updated: December 26th, 2025
