GE Bringing Hundreds Of Clean Energy Jobs To Region
A big announcement is expected Friday when General Electric chairman and CEO Jeffery Immelt speaks at the Detroit Economic Club meeting at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham.
In a speech entitled "Winning in a Reset World," Mr. Immelt is expected to explain that we can't just "ride this one out" and assume better times are waiting. Instead, leaders need to reset the American economy to win.
Also, Immelt will likely unveil his company's plans to build a research and development center in Metro Detroit, meaning at least 1,200 jobs for the area's job-starved economy. The center will concentrate on research into clean technology.
Michigan is an attractive location for GE because of the large pool of unemployed engineers. General Electric is one of the largest and most successful companies in the world, that makes a variety products.
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