GE's global Corporate R&D Organization

The John F. Welch Technology Centre inaugurated on September 17th, is an integral part of GE's global Corporate R&D organization to conduct research, development and engineering for all of GE's diverse businesses worldwide. The Centre was inaugurated by Mr. S.M. Krishna, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka in the presence of Mr. John F. Welch Jr., GE Chairman & CEO.

"A truly global company will be the one that uses the intellect and resources of every corner of the world," said Mr. Welch.

"As GE continues the push into new technology frontiers and provides world-class products and services to our customers, we need to look at research and devlopment through a global prism. The opening of this Technology Centre marks a new level of commitment by GE in India."

Mr. S.M. Krishna called the establishment of the Centre in Bangalore a testament to India's capability and expertise in delivering world-class research, development and technology solutions for global businesses."We pledge our support to the efforts of this Centre that will help enhance the multi-disciplinary engineering and R&D capabilities in our state of Karnataka and the entire country," he said.

"We are truly excited by the high quality Indian talent that have come together from all over the world in such a short time to join our Centre" said Mr. Jean M. Heuschen, Vice President and Managing Director of the John F. Welch Technology Centre. "As we move into our Centre we are well positioned to leverage India's unique multi-disciplinary skills, from engineering and science to information technology to innovate for the benefit of our customers worldwide."

Hon'ble Chief Minister, Mr. S.M. Krishna, recalled that 100 years back Diwan's of Mysore went in search of power turbine and selected GE. Thanks to GE service and technology, even today they are working satisfactorily! Intellectual talent at the new centre would be key to GE's technology leadership in the future.

Wipro GE, GE BEL and GE X-Ray today have 400 scientists and engineers engaged in design, development and research on medical products. JFW Centre will greatly help the team to scale new heights with core technology to bring good things to life.