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Research and Development (R&D)

Research and Development (R&D)

At GE, research and development has been the cornerstone of innovation for over a century. Today, GE has approximately 36,000 technicians working across our business and global research centers at the intersection of technology and industry to solve some of the world’s toughest problems.

Global R&D Facilities

         

 

  • Global Research Headquarters, New York

    On the banks of the Mohawk River in Niskayuna, NY, the Global Research Center has been the world headquarters for GE technology development for more than 100 years.

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  • Brazil Global Research Center, Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil is home to GE’s newest multidisciplinary Research and Development Center, employing researchers and engineers who are solving the toughest challenges for GE’s customers in Brazil and South America. When fully operational, the Center will employ 400 GE technologists.

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  • Global Research – Europe, Munich

    Located in Germany on the campus of the Technical University of Munich, Global Research – Europe hosts cutting-edge industrial labs that focus on creating the newest breakthroughs and long-range technologies for all of GE’s markets.

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  • John F. Welch Technology Centre, Bangalore

    GE's first and largest global lab outside the United States is located in Bangalore, India. The John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) houses close to 3,000 GE technologists from Global Research and other GE businesses.

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  • China Technology Center, Shanghai

    Located in Shanghai, China, the GE China Technology Center conducts leading-edge research, engineering development, and sourcing for GE’s diverse businesses across the world.

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From the GE Global R&D Blog

May 22, 2013

GE Global Research Wins Manufacturing Leadership 100 Award

NISKAYUNA, NY, May 22, 2013 – GE Global Research today announced that it has won a prestigious Manufacturing Leadership 100 award in recognition of its work to build a new, cloud-based, software platform that enables a global community of experts to share ideas, design, and build complex cyber-physical systems securely on the Internet. GE researchers Joseph Salvo, Thomas Citriniti, and Benjamin Beckmann accepted the award on behalf of the company during last week’s Manufacturing Leadership... Read more.

May 20, 2013

Technology “Relay Race” Against Cancer — VIDEO

May is National Cancer Research Month, declared by the United States Congress in recognition of high quality, innovative cancer research. Our friends, parents, children and families are touched by cancer daily, it's in the news and in our lives. According to World Cancer Research Fund, there will be an estimated 21 million cancer cases by 2013. I am so proud to work for a research organization with programs looking at so many aspects of medical technologies that are impacting every stage of c... Read more.

May 16, 2013

Flex Ability: It’s balancing work with life

 It’s balancing work with life

Hi.  I’m Kelly Piacsek, General Manager, Global Technologies at GE Healthcare in Waukesha, WI.  I have a wonderful husband (Tom) and three amazing and energetic children, Jackson (7), Lucas (5) and Reagan (2).  We rely on each other and our amazing extended family to navigate school activities, sports schedules, birthdays, off-hour teleconferences, business travel and lots of surprises. Families work together to make each other better, and my “work family” is no exception.  Just as ... Read more.