GE Worldwide Activities: Climate Change, Olympics, USCAP
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Every year, physicians from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute travel to Canada's remote Arctic with GE's Vivid i cardiovascular ultrasound system to help heal the hearts of the local Inuit population.
At GE, we are bringing our people, expertise and technologies together to help improve access to healthcare in rural Africa and around the world.
With its accelerated growth rate and migration of population to urban areas, China is a market of tremendous opportunity for GE - particularly for our infrastructure businesses. GE's "Company to Country" strategy for China means localizing our business to China, building on local capabilities and developing local resources.
GE has long been a vital part of the Southeast Asian economies. Today GE is supplying cutting-edge technology to hospitals in Malaysia; helping to build the infrastructure of Indonesia; providing clean energy and water solutions to the Philippines; building aircraft engines in Vietnam; and much more.
The story of GE in Australia began in 1902 when GE installed an electric motor for raising Sydney's Pyrmont Bridge over the harbor.
GE's presence in New Zealand began more recently in 1982. Today, GE is making new and sizable investments in New Zealand, with the recent purchases of AGZ (NZ) Ltd. and the commercial property portfolio of AMP.
Together, the two countries are home to more than 6,000 employees who serve across four businesses.
Eastern Europe is growing at three times the global rate. GE has been a part of that growth, providing new technologies to build the region's infrastructure, and investing $52 million to build a Global Research Center in Munich, Germany.
Russia has been one European country in which GE has made significant investments. GE is one of the largest foreign companies in Russia, operating multiple businesses including an equipment fleet with more than 1,500 large units.
GE established its first foreign office in Africa in 1898. More than a century later, our African roots are deep. Today we are working in partnership with the government of South Africa to boost industry and commerce in the country's economy.
The Middle East is diversifying beyond its oil-based economy with explosive development. GE is enabling growth with crucial investments of infrastructure resources such as oil and gas as well as aviation.
North America is where GE is headquartered today. As developing markets surpass developed countries in growth over the next ten years, GE's North American presence will exercise its leadership and innovation on an ever-broader scale as we seek to create jobs and opportunity everywhere we serve.
Latin America is heating up due to rapid growth in key industries and a more open trade market. Our "Company to Country" strategy is helping to build Latin America's transportation, healthcare and infrastructure needs. And our citizenship efforts are resulting in cleaner water and education for underprivileged areas.
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