BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - June 10, 2015 - GE (NYSE: GE) today officially opened its new 10,000 square metre Springfield office at a ceremony held on-site with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. The facility brings together multiple business units, teams and roles under one roof in an agile workplace designed to encourage greater collaboration and innovation across GE’s businesses.
“This is a significant investment in GE’s Queensland operations, and provides a dynamic state-of-the-art environment for our people to work in,” said Geoff Culbert, President & CEO, GE Australia, New Zealand and PNG. “The open plan space allows teams to mix and more easily interact, facilitating the cross-pollination of ideas across the business - which is when the best innovations occur. We’re excited to bring our businesses together in Springfield, and are proud of the facilities we have created here.”
City founder and Chairman of Springfield Land Corporation Maha Sinnathamby said he was delighted that GE had chosen Greater Springfield for its first ever consolidated Queensland state headquarters. “This is another welcome affirmation for Greater Springfield and a great endorsement for Queensland as a place to conduct business.”
“The $72 million building is cutting edge in its design which reflects the world class innovation and expertise that GE demonstrates daily across its entire business.
“We can only anticipate with excitement about what the future holds for GE in Greater Springfield, given the potential synergies that exist between what GE does and our world-first health and education precincts which are nation building projects.”
The new GE Queensland Headquarters will house 500 GE staff over three floors and will bring together GE businesses including Power & Water, Mining, Healthcare and Transportation.
GE’s history in Queensland dates back to 1896 with the supply and installation of the electric motors that powered Brisbane’s first tramways. Today, GE is involved in every LNG project in the state.
About GE
GE (NYSE: GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power, build and cure the world. www.ge.com.
About Greater Springfield
Greater Springfield is Australia’s fastest emerging new city. Master planned around interconnecting pillars of health, education and information technology the 2868ha project has already attracted more than $11 billion in both private and public investment. With a population now exceeding 30,000 and with more than 44 per cent of the community involved in some form of learning, Greater Springfield is a national leader in sustainability and planning design. In 2010, Greater Springfield was declared FIABCI’s World’s Best Master Planned Development. www.greaterspringfield.com.au