Brazil

In another sign of just how rapidly Brazil’s technology and manufacturing sector is heating up, the city of Rio de Janeiro has been chosen as the site of GE’s newest Global Research Center. The $100 million research hub will joins the ranks of Niskayuna, NY, Shanghai, Bangalore and Munich as [...]

When Brazilian rail operator MRS ordered 115 of GE’s locomotives in September — with an option to buy an additional 100 — it was more than just the largest locomotive purchase in Brazil’s history. It was a symbol of the fundamental changes happening in the country’s rail industry as a [...]

It’s always nice to get noticed when tech experts rank alternative energy companies — and it’s even better when your customers and partners make the same list. This week The Huffington Post ran “The 25 Most Important Alternative Energy Companies,” which was written by the finance team at 24/7 Wall [...]

When it comes generating power, it’s all about megawatts — which can often be mega-confusing. So, the usual tactic is to make a comparison, as we recently did with Idaho’s giant new wind farm that will crank out 346 MW — enough to power 39,700 average homes. But our team [...]

Amidst a flurry of good economic news coming out of Brazil in recent days, GE Healthcare added its own boost — inaugurating its first factory in South America in Contagem, Brazil. News of the plant, which will serve both the local market of Brazil and eventually become an export hub [...]

At an event this evening, Brazil’s Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles and GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt will share the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce’s Person of the Year Award, which each year honors one Brazilian and one American leader for helping to forge closer ties between the two nations. [...]

At yesterday’s opening session of the World Economic Forum’s Latin America summit, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez was joined by Ferdinando “Nani” Beccalli-Falco, President & CEO of GE International – who offered ideas on development as the region builds on its current economic successes. “These few things – they are [...]