GE Audio & Video: Podcasts, Stream GE, On Demand
skip to main contentskip to secondary navigationClick on any phrase to jump to that point in the video.
[>>My name is Ruben Villavicencio. ]
[I work on these coaters here and maintenance and coating lamps. ]
[Before I worked at GE Bucyrus, I worked on farm equipment, ]
[worked on cars, auto repair. ]
[And I was actually laid off for two years prior, ]
[and then I got the call to come to GE and got in here within a few months. ]
[[Travis Clark] We're the center of excellence for fluorescent light bulbs. ]
[So whenever you see a GE fluorescent tube, it came from Bucyrus, Ohio. ]
[[David Bradley] Before coming to the GE plant, I had actually ]
[been working in software quality engineering. ]
[Unfortunately, I was part of a workforce reduction in the company that is located]
[in the Columbus, Ohio, area. ]
[[Travis Clark] We live in a part of the country that's been hurt a lot ]
[by the job loss and by the economy, and the manufacturing area, specifically, ]
[has been hit pretty hard. And this is one of the plants that survived, ]
[and it's taken a lot of people that were otherwise out of work and given them]
[an opportunity to get back into the manufacturing field. ]
[[Matt Dornbirer] I really like this job. You know--I'm back being an electrician.]
[It's what I normally do, and I love it, you know. It's great working here. ]
[The community around here does not have a lot of industry anymore;]
[a lot of it's moved away, and GE Bucyrus has really come through for a lot of people. ]
[[Ruben Villavicencio] They do a lot of benefit things. ]
[They do a lot for the United Way. Everybody gives, and it's a really good thing]
[here for the community. And I think the community is proud to have a plant]
[this big and employing this many people in not just Bucyrus but in the tri-county area. ]
[[David Bradley] There has been some remarkable manufacturing that's occurred]
[in Ohio's history, and I think to be able to carry on that legacy in this current time--]
[current economic time--is an important mission for everyone. ]
[And GE's put the resources in place for us to be able to achieve that. ]
