6 March 2009 Power Eng Int // — GE Energy has opened a Sales, Services and Technology Centre in Moscow, Russia.
The office will allow GE to quickly respond to the needs of regional municipal, utility and industrial customers as Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) seek to modernize their energy and petrochemical infrastructure systems.
The new facility is part of GE’s strategy to expand its local operations in Russia. Through the center, GE will be able to more effectively expand and integrate the activities of its Power & Water, Energy Services and Oil & Gas divisions with those of its customers and partners in the region.
Currently, 140 people work for GE Energy in Russia. However, GE expects its Russian workforce to expand as the company continues its localization efforts in the country and as customers modernize their energy assets.
An important feature of the new Moscow site is its product demonstration and training area, where educational programs, conferences, product training and hands-on operational experience will be offered to employees of both GE and its customers.
The demonstration area is part of an expanded Optimization & Control Customer Application Centre (CAC), where customers can learn how GE’s latest plant optimization & control technology can help improve plant efficiency and reliability.
Customers can also obtain hands-on experience with the advanced technology equipment and receive training for their employees.
For example, GE’s Moscow CAC team works with operators of power generation gas turbines to demonstrate how they can incorporate the latest in remote condition monitoring technology and control systems to boost the performance of their plants.
GE is offering this capability in Moscow in addition to previously opened CACs in Florence, Italy; Singapore; Shanghai, China; and Houston, USA, with additional ones planned to open later in 2009.
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