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[[Michigan Minds: GE announces new research and development center in Motor City]]
[[V. Kemp] Throughout its history, GE has become synonymous ]
[with a single word: innovation.]
[The ideas and products the company has developed]
[range from wind turbines and incubators to holographic storage discs]
[The bulk of these cutting edge ideas got their start]
[at the corporation's research and development facilities,]
[which span the globe from Bangalore, India, to upstate New York.]
[Commonly referred to as Global Research Centers,]
[they house teams of engineers, scientists, and technologists]
[looking for the latest breakthroughs and scientific advancements.]
[The newest member of this innovation club]
[will be GE's Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Software Center in Michigan,]
[[Mark Little - Senior Vice President and Director, GE Global Research]]
[Mark Little is the Senior Vice President and Director of GE Global Research]
[and has helped play an integral role in the pursuit of what's next]
[We have hopes to take some ideas we have today for new manufacturing processes,]
[demonstrate them large scale in Michigan,]
[and then take them out to the world.]
[A good example of this would be in composite manufacturing,]
[where we hope to use composite technologies ]
[such as we've used in aircraft engine blades today]
[to make very, very large-scale wind turbine blades.]
[We've shown today at the research center that we can do this in small scale.]
[We hope in Michigan to do this at very much larger scales,]
[so when you drive down the road five or ten years from now,]
[you will see much larger, much more effective wind turbines than we have today]
[generating electricity at much lower cost than can be achieved today.]
[[Kemp] Despite the fact the center has yet to open]
[and the manufacturing breakthroughs are still on the horizon,]
[the site has already had an important impact on the psyche of the people in Michigan.]
[This is a tough economic time for the world.]
[It's great to see that we're still investing heavily in technology,]
[and going to Michigan. We're going to create some great new jobs]
[for some really talented people.]
[[Gary Reiner - Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, GE]]
[[Kemp] Gary Reiner is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at GE.]
[Michigan is also a center of manufacturing know-how,]
[and so we expect to be able to get great manufacturing technologists]
[Greg Main, a Michigan native, is the President and CEO ]
[of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation]
[which functions like a commerce department]
[and helped GE take up residence in the state.]
[[Greg Main - President and CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation]]
[Having GE will be a tremendous benefit for us because it will be a message]
[to the rest of the world, to the rest of the nation, that here's a Fortune 100 company]
[who thinks that Michigan is a great place to place a very significant asset.]
[...also need to get a write-up here.]
[[Main] We need the kind of boost in morale that we've received]
[and the boost in public perception ]
[because here's GE, which is one of the world's great companies,]
[deciding that they're going to make a bet on Michigan.]
[[GE - imagination at work] For GE Reports, this is Vivek Kemp.]
