GE Sensing & Inspection opens new plant in New York

On January 22, GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies opened its new facility at 721 Visions Drive, Skaneateles, N.Y. An estimated 165 GE employees will be employed in the plant, which designs and manufactures remote visual inspection equipment for non-destructive testing in the aerospace, oil & gas and power generation industries.

“We are excited to move into the new facility and remain in Skaneateles,” said Dick Mitchell, Plant manager for the Skaneateles facility. “We are committed to this community and are happy to be staying in the area.”

The facility on Visions Drive is 73,700 square feet and allows for a potential future expansion to 85,700 square feet. The $6 million project is estimated to create at least 50 new high-tech jobs in the region during the next five years.

GE was previously located in Welch Allyn’s Jordan Road facility. The GE team broke ground for its Visions Drive facility on April 23, 2007.

Empire State Development, the New York State agency that provides assistance and service to businesses to encourage economic investment in the state, provided GE with a $500,000 grant.

About GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies is part of GE Enterprise Solutions, a $5 billion business helping customers compete and win in a changing global environment by combining the power of GE’s unique expertise and intelligent technology to drive customers’ productivity and profitability. GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies is a leading innovator in advanced measurement, sensor-based and inspection solutions that deliver accuracy, productivity and safety to its customers. The company designs and manufactures sensing instruments that measure temperature, pressure, moisture, gas and flow rate for demanding customer applications. It also designs, manufactures and services inspection equipment, including radiographic, ultrasonic, remote visual and eddy current, that monitors and tests materials without disassembly, deforming or damaging them. GE Sensing & Inspection’s products are used in a wide range of industries, including oil & gas, power generation, aerospace, transportation and healthcare. The company has 4,700 employees at more than 40 facilities in 25 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.ge.com/sensing or www.ge.com/inspectiontechnologies.