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GE Aviation Expands to Houghton/Hancock |
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January 28, 2008 |
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GE Aviation held a Grand Opening and ribbon cutting ceremony, for their 15,000 square foot facility in the Power House Building, on January 28, 2008. |
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| A view of the newly expanded and updated Power House. | |
Welcoming all the dignitaries, was MTU Enterprise Corporation Smart Zone C.E.O. Carlton Crothers. The new facility will add 50 new jobs to the Copper Country. | |
Acting as Master of Ceremonies was GE Aviation's Director of Engineering Systems, Don Eenigenburg. A $1 million grant by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, along with a nearly equal amount infused by GE Aviation, helped to renovate (for the second time in the past 5 years) and expand the building. | |
State Representative Mike Lahti spoke of the benefits and the support from the State of Michigan. |
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| Also welcoming GE Aviation to the Communities was Hancock Mayor Barry Givens. | |
Speaking on behalf of MTU was President Glenn D. Mroz, who addressed the benefits for MTU and it's students, a number of whom will work as interns and/or part time employees, working on software development, verification and validation, mechanical design, and hardware design, for the aerospace industry. | |
One view of the new third floor workstation area. | |
Another view of the workstation area. |
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| | | | | | | | | | And last, but not least, a ribbon was cut, symbolically opening the new facility. GE Aviation originally started operations in the Smart Zone facilities in the Portage Campus building in Hancock. | |
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For more info on GE Aviation CLICK HERE
For more info on MTEC SmartZone CLICK HERE
[ Photos: Roland Burgan ] |
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