×

GE.com has been updated to serve our three go-forward companies.

Please visit these standalone sites for more information

GE Aerospace | GE Vernova | GE HealthCare 

header-image

Keeping It Cool: New ‘Eco’ Technologies Are Helping Countries Reach Their Carbon-Cutting Goals

Kristin Kloberdanz
November 06, 2017
The company decided to take advantage of the nearby Joint Strike Fighter assembly plant and set up its additive manufacturing shop nearby. “The location was part of our strategy,” Abrate says. “The Lockheed plant made the town become very visible among aerospace companies. We wanted to promote 3D printing to potential customers and they were all coming here.”
header-image

How the Golden Spike Gave us National Train Day

May 08, 2014
The United States became truly united on May 10, 1869, when two locomotives, one belonging to Union Pacific and the other to Central Pacific, drew nose-to-nose at Promontory Summit in Utah. Central Pacific boss (and Stanford University founder) Leland Stanford stepped into the space between them and drove one last golden spike into the ground, thus joining the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
header-image

Let the Train Blow the Vuvuzela: South Africa’s Transnet Buys Advanced GE Locomotives

March 17, 2014

South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail moves every pound of coal and iron ore exported by the country, and close to a fifth of the nation’s freight. That makes the railroad a key player in South Africa’s economic revival. It plans to spend Rand 200 billion ($18.6 billion) on expanding capacity and increasing cargo volume.

Subscribe to Evolution Series