With last week’s groundbreaking, GE and Concept Laser are laying the foundation for a new facility in Lichtenfels, Germany. In the future, the 3D Campus will unite research and development along with production, service, and logistics. The new offices should be ready for move-in early 2019, and around 40,000-m2 will provide room for about 500 employees. The future machine Read More
GKN and GE Additive sign MoU for Additive Manufacturing Collaboration
GKN plc has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GE Additive, Concept Laser and Arcam AB to collaborate on additive manufacturing (AM). Under the agreement, GKN becomes a GE Additive development and production center as well as a preferred powder supplier, while GE and its affiliated companies will supply additive machines and services to GKN. Jos Sclater, Read More
Robotics Can Create Jobs, Says ARM Chief
Will automation and robotics create jobs or only cut them? Less than a week after the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) institute was announced as the fourteenth hub in the network of Manufacturing USA institutes, Reuters News Agency published an article headlined “U.S. investors see more automation, not jobs, under Trump administration.” Dean L. Bartles, executive Read More
Digital Tools for the Future Factory
Transforming manufacturing with advanced digital tools is well underway, but manufacturers who haven’t adopted Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) or Industrial 4.0 strategies are best advised to take a long look at the digital future of manufacturing. At SME's Smart Manufacturing Series’ Digital Transformation seminar held Wednesday at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Read More
GE Reaches Agreement to Acquire a 75% Stake in Concept Laser
BOSTON & LICHTENFELS, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE (NYSE: GE), the world’s leading digital industrial company, has reached an agreement to acquire a 75% stake in Concept Laser GmbH for $599 million (€549 million). The agreement allows for GE to take full ownership in a number of years. “We are committed to enhancing Concept Laser’s technologies and product offerings Read More
Spirit AeroSystems Selects GE to Accelerate its Digital Transformation
SAN RAMON, CA — October 13, 2016 —GE Digital today announced that long-time GE (NYSE: GE) customer, Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR), embarked on a factory modernization initiative using a GE Brilliant Manufacturing solution. Looking to increase production of critical aviation industry products, Spirit AeroSystems will implement Efficiency Analyzer on Predix, GE’s operating Read More