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Not Even 40 Inches of Snow Can Stop this GE Locomotive

A series of epic winter storms buried the New Brunswick town of Salisbury under 40 inches of snow in January, including the railroad. But all that snow wasn’t enough to stop a Canadian National…

India

GE’s Brilliant Advanced Manufacturing Plant in Pune, India

When people talk about advanced manufacturing, they usually have Germany, Japan and the United States in mind, not India. That’s about to change. GE has invested over $200 million in a flexible new “…

Harriet

This Gas Turbine Could Pump Up the Goodyear Blimp in About 10 Seconds. But How Do You Test It?

Eric King has made many an extreme machine cry uncle over his long career as a testing engineer. But nothing comes close to his current charge, Harriet, the world’s largest and most powerful gas…

Liberty Electronics

The Long Haul: How the Ex-Im Bank Helps Keep a Heartland Town Open for Business

The light filters inside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Franklin, Pa., through a set of precious Tiffany windows framing its spacious nave. This life-size kaleidoscope of colors harkens back to a…

This Flightless Jet Engine Will Keep a 900-Year-Old Eastern European City Warm

The picturesque Romanian city of Oradea dates back at least 900 years. Some locals joke their heating system is just as old.Large portions of the city, which sits near Romania’s western border with…

Japan

The Human Touch: These Japanese Metalworkers Use Their Hands to Take 3D Printing to the Next Level

Japan is as technology rich as it is hydrocarbon poor. The country’s proven oil reserves stand at a measly 44 million barrels. (The U.S. holds nearly a thousand times more, or 36 billion.) The…

Vision

Seeing the Invisible, Evolving Robots and Finding Love with Big Data

Two things lurk deep at the heart of the digital love story. It’s not “me” and “you.” It’s “0” and “1.”The analytics that are helping people find a better match are just one place where science…

GE Aviation

The Jet Engine that Opened Up the Globe Holds an Unusual Secret

Two years ago, when Boeing decided to build the world’s largest twin-engine jet capable of routinely crossing more than 9,000 miles on a tank of fuel, it needed a powerful engine to go with it. GE…

GE

How GE is Building the Next Industrial Era

Business cycles have always been opportunities for GE, and today’s environment of lower oil prices is no different. To take advantage of a volatile world, GE has been investing in its core…

Aerospace

GE Develops Jet Engines Made From Ceramic Matrix Composite

Engineers at jet engine proving grounds in Ohio are using a jet engine GE developed for Boeing’s Dreamliner to test engine parts made from a new ceramic super-material called ceramic matrix…