GE Breaks Ground On Canadian Facility

(Compressor Tech News, Waukesha, WI, 26 August 2016) GE has started constructing its multimodal manufacturing facility in Welland, Ontario, Canada. The facility, a US$165 million investment in its first phase, will manufacture GE Power’s reciprocating gas engines, as well as components for compression, mechanical drive and power generation applications. It will also craft components for GE transportation diesel engines. The facility, expected to open in early 2018, will employ 220 people and has the ability to expand for other GE global businesses, such as Power, Oil & Gas and Transportation. Since 2010, GE’s Waukesha brand formerly held its manufacturing operations in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In September 2015, however, GE Power decided to move its manufacturing jobs to Canada, citing a lapse of charter for the US export credit agency – the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) as a reason. With the facility in Canada, GE will be able to access support from the country’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC). GE has a long-standing relationship with EDC, the company said.