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generaL eLectric puts mexico in the WorLds skies


the engines that power some of the worlds most prestigioUs aircraft families are developed at general electrics advanced engineering center in qUertaro

mexicOS ParTner geiq

this research campUs is the only one of its kind in latin america similar facilities are to Be foUnd only in tUrkey, rUssia, poland and india. it employs 1,300 engineers, most of whom are gradUates of mexican Universities.

eneral Electrics confidence in Mexico, more specifically in the talent of its engineers, has sent the country soaring sky high. Literally. The turbine engines that several families of international commercial carriers are fitted with are designed at the General Electric Advanced Engineering Center (GEIQ) in the state of Quertaro, in addition to software that can illuminate entire buildings and devices to generate electricity and fossil fuel energy. The Advanced Turbomachinery Engineering Center (CIAT, for its acronym in Spanish) that preceded geiq was opened in 1999, also in the state of Quertaro. General Electric invested 24 million usd into the expansion of CIAT, which began operating under its new name in mid-February 2011. The research campus is one of a kind in Latin America similar facilities are to be found only in Turkey, Russia, Poland and India. It employs 1,300 engineers, mostly graduates of Mexican universities with specializations in aerospace science and technology and who, together, devote over one million hours a year to aeronautical research. General Electric plans to pour an additional 20 million usd into the center in 2015 to take on more engineers and step up its research activities. It is no coincidence that General Electric chose the central Mexican state of Quertaro as the location for GEIQ. Mexico has been a key

territory in the companys development, just as General Electric has played a key role in the economic development of certain regions of the country. Their shared history began in 1896, just 15 years after General Electric was founded in the US and only five years after Thomas Edison built the worlds first incandescent light bulb factory in New Jersey. General Electric opened its first factory in Mexico in 1929 and the business opportunities have continued ever since, according to GE General Manager for Mexico Gabriela Hernndez Cardoso. General Electric has 21 manufacturing plants in Mexico more than it has in any other country bar its native US. It also has a presence in the country through the assembly plants of partners such as Mabe, IUSA, Prolec GE and AMI GE. Some 11,000 people are employed directly in Mexico by General Electric, which was listed as one of the best companies to work for by Expansin magazine. Due to its skilled labor, strategic geographic location and ties with other markets in Latin America and the world, Mexico holds enormous potential for the companys development, as General Electrics global executives have duly acknowledged. GE Capital, Energy Infrastructure, Technology Infrastructure and Home & Business Solutions are some of the business units currently operating in Mexico. These days, however, opportunities arent to be had solely on the manufacturing end but

also in research and development. And this is the task of GEIQ, an 8,000-square-meter facility where mechanical parts and software are developed; where designs are validated, where diagnostic tests are conducted, where components are certified and where several international airlines come for support and assistance. Every time you get on a plane, you have something to thank GEIQ for, not least the GEnx, a next generation turbofan jet engine that translates into fuel savings of 20% for commercial craft like the Boeing 787, 747-8 and 777. The center is currently working on mechanical parts for the worlds largest aircraft, the Airbus A380; solving problems related to the powerful G90 engine and developing some of the 110 clean energy products featured in General Electrics ecomagination portfolio. The list of services and products manufactured in Mexico is vast, ranging from engine cabs, maritime engines, steam, wind, water and gas turbines to electricity generators, nuclear reactors, water-treatment equipment, valves, drilling systems for oil wells, electricity plants for oil refineries, systems for the operation and maintenance of electric power plants, medical equipment, electrical appliances and lighting and light bulbs, to name just a few. All designed and made by the heads and hands of Mexico, a country General Electric would change for no other. n
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