Earlier this week, GE Energy expanded its services capabilities in Russia with the construction of a GE Power Technology Center. In 2009 GE expects services to account for about 75 percent of the company’s industrial businesses earnings.


Energy Groundbreaking Ceremony: Ron Pollett, GE’s President and CEO for Russia, John Krenicki, GE Energy Infrastructure Vice Chairman & CEO, Elena Danilova, Director of America Department of Ministry of Economical Development for the Russian Federation and Anatoly Artamonov, Governor of the Kaluga Region in Russia break ground at the facility. Earlier this week, GE Energy expanded its services capabilities in Russia with the construction of a GE Power Technology Center.

The GE Power Technology Center is located just outside the city of Kaluga, Russia, 180 kilometers southwest of Moscow. This project expands GE Energy’s support and development of Russia’s power infrastructure and will initially focus on the repair and servicing of GE heavy-duty gas turbine components.

The Kaluga center is the latest step in our localization strategy in Russia, bringing GE’s technology and services closer to our customers in the country.

GE plans to initially employ more than 50 Russian engineers and sales staff at the Kaluga facility, and will give them access to GE Energy’s training and development programs. The company is also exploring the sourcing of products and components for the Center from the region’s suppliers.

GE’s installed base of equipment in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes more than 560 gas turbines, 660 compressors, 65 steam turbines, 800 units of additional equipment, and more than 230 Jenbacher gas engines.

Services provide value to our customers by providing them with system performance and energy savings.

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