AVIATION WORKERS WANTED
The Oshkosh air show attracts 600,000 flying enthusiasts, including thousands of pilots — making it the perfect place to look for aviation talent. GE training coordinator Ashley Williams was at the show to recruit technicians to build jet engines at their factory in Lafayette, Indiana.
Why Lafayette? The Lafayette factory is building next-generation LEAP engines, the fastest-selling engines in aviation history. CFM has received orders and commitments for more than 15,500 LEAP engines, at a value of more than $220 billion. Workers must crank out a combined 2,000 LEAP engines per year by 2020 to meet demand as they plow through a seven-year backlog.
Read more about attracting top aviation talent here.
GE DIGITAL TRANSFORMING THE FUTURE
Software has transformed multiple industries, including aviation, energy, transportation and healthcare. For instance, GE's Asset Performance Management software uses data from plants' equipment to predict potential problems and recommend maintenance when it's least disruptive.
Digital future: The Industrial Internet of Things is using software, sensors, artificial intelligence and other digital technologies to improve manufacturing and other industrial processes. Industries are so keen to go digital that GE's digital unit brought in $5.2 billion in orders last year alone. Other applications developed by GE and its partners include FlightPulse, which provides pilots with flight data, and Trip Optimizer, which removes the guesswork out of loading and scheduling freight trains.
Read more about GE Digital applications here.
CORPORATE GIANTS SURPASS CLEAN ENERGY RECORD
With five months left of 2018, businesses excluding utilities have bought 7.2 gigawatts of clean energy worldwide, shattering the record 5.4 gigawatts bought in all of 2017.
Going forward: These companies include tech giants operating large and power-hungry server farms. Microsoft and Amazon, for example, have worked with GE to provide clean energy to power their data centers. “The surge comes as communities, nations and companies set clean-power targets, part of a growing global effort to curb climate change,” according to Bloomberg. The overall trend is expected to continue.
Read more about why companies and nations are moving towards renewables here.
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— QUOTE OF THE DAY —
“It’s a very competitive market right now. Schools can’t push out enough people for the jobs in aviation.”
— Ashley Williams, training coordinator at GE Aviation
Quote: GE Reports. Images: GE.
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