GE Celebrates Grand Opening of First Additive Manufacturing Center in Pittsburgh
April 05 2016 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
- Facility represents $39M commitment to
Pennsylvania and creates 50 jobs
- Advanced manufacturing’s impact on the
economy is $3.1T or 19% of US GDP
- GE is ushering in a new era in
manufacturing by merging hardware and software and reimagining how
products are designed, made and serviced
GE today celebrated the grand opening of a new manufacturing
facility that will drive innovation and implementation of additive
manufacturing across the company. The Center for Additive
Technology Advancement (CATA) – located near Pittsburgh in Findlay
Township, Penn. – will be the flagship center for additive
manufacturing, focused on developing and implementing industrial
applications from which all GE businesses – and in turn GE
customers – can benefit.
The new facility represents a $39 million investment over three
years and will result in the creation of 50 high-tech engineering
jobs initially, in disciplines ranging from mechanical and
electrical to systems and software engineering. This is GE’s first
multi-modal site in the U.S., designed as an innovation hub
offering training and development in both design and
applications.
In conjunction with the CATA opening, GE launched “The Future
Workforce: Advanced Manufacturing’s Impact on the Economy,” a white
paper detailing advanced manufacturing’s positive impact on jobs
and in shaping the future of work. CATA’s job creation serves as a
proof point for many of the paper’s findings, as advanced
manufacturing accounts for 13 percent of all jobs in the U.S. and
contributes $3.1 trillion to the economy. In addition, for every
advanced manufacturing job created, 3.5 jobs are supported through
the supply chain, and the average salary for a technologist in the
industry is $95,000.
GE marked the occasion with a program attended by GE Chairman
and CEO Jeff Immelt, GE Chief Productivity Officer Philippe Cochet,
representatives from America Makes, government officials and
customers.
“Today’s opening is strong evidence that GE is leading the
digital transformation of industry, starting with a hub for the
advancement of additive manufacturing techniques,” said GE Chief
Productivity Officer Philippe Cochet. “The application of insights
from digital connectivity in collaboration with intelligent devices
will elevate the skills of our workforce, streamline productivity
and enhance product development overall. This represents a new era
of manufacturing.”
The new facility reflects GE’s belief that the intersection of
technology and manufacturing – marrying hardware with software –
will change the way we create, iterate and service products. In
line with GE’s Brilliant Factory concept, CATA will combine lean
manufacturing and optimal productivity with advanced software
analytics to improve capabilities and usage of additive
manufacturing across GE while advancing materials sciences and
inspection technologies.
“With Pittsburgh’s developing tech sector, Pennsylvania is the
perfect home for GE’s Additive Manufacturing Center,” said Governor
Tom Wolf. “We welcome GE's investment in the state with opening
this new manufacturing facility and the promise of new jobs to the
greater Pittsburgh region."
“This additive manufacturing facility will create 50 important
jobs for Pennsylvania, tapping into our highly trained workforce
and existing pool of high-tech savvy talent,” said Congressman Tim
Murphy (R-PA). “With this commitment from GE, we are advancing
Pittsburgh’s capability to compete in the international marketplace
and to make this state the epicenter of tomorrow’s
manufacturing.”
“The Pittsburgh community represents the future of industry with
its strong pool of talent and academia. GE is proud to partner with
the community, and to call Pittsburgh home to one of our innovation
hubs,” Cochet added.
CATA will contribute to the global exchange of knowledge,
technology and tools across the company, and as a multimodal
facility, will contribute advances to a number of our industrial
businesses including Aviation, Transportation, Power and Oil &
Gas. The Center for Additive Technology Advancement is located at
Chapman Westport (Westport Road at North Campus Drive) in Findlay
Township, Penn. Additional GE Advanced Manufacturing locations
driving the next generation of industry productivity include GE
Power & Water in Greenville, SC; GE Aviation in Asheville, NC;
and GE Oil & Gas in Jacksonville, FL; while expanding work in
GE Aviation in Auburn, AL and improving manufacturing at GE
Aviation in Rutland, Vermont.
About GE:GE (NYSE:GE) is the world’s Digital Industrial
Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and
solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is
organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store,"
through which each business shares and accesses the same
technology, markets, structure and intellect. Each invention
further fuels innovation and application across our industrial
sectors. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers
better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of industry.
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