GE Energy Localizes Operations for its Canadian Customers; Celebrates Assembly Centre’s Fifth Year of Service Excellence
13 June 2012 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
GE Energy’s (NYSE: GE) Industrial Solutions business celebrates
the five-year anniversary this month of its Canadian Assembly
Centre, exemplifying the company’s commitment to providing
timelier, cost-effective service to its customers operating in
Canada. The centre, which offers a wide range of electrical
distribution product solutions—including power panelboards,
switchboards and lighting panelboards—is centrally located in
Mississauga, Ontario, and is designed to meet the unique needs of
Canada’s customers, particularly those in the commercial
construction industry.
For example, GE’s team at its Canadian Assembly Centre was
integral to the overall success of the $200 million redesign of the
EPCOR Tower in Edmonton, Alberta. EPCOR is a supplier of water and
wastewater services in Edmonton and other communities and also an
electrical-transmission and distribution utility. EPCOR’s 28-story
tower is the first high-rise office tower built in the Alberta
capital in more than two decades. With its strong commitment to
sustainability, EPCOR insisted that its new Edmonton headquarters
should meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
Silver accreditation standards. GE’s Canadian Assembly Centre team
partnered with MCL Power to design a customized medium-voltage and
low-voltage solution that provided complete selectivity and reduced
arc flash incident energy at the same time. This solution enhanced
the distribution system's performance and safety.
“The Canadian Assembly Centre acts as the perfect conduit to
quickly transform customer product requirements and feedback into
real-world product solutions for the construction, commercial,
institutional and industrial markets in Canada,” said Rick Attwood,
facility manager of the Canadian Assembly Centre. “We’re committed
to serving Canadian customers with localized expertise and greater
flexibility and will continue to bring job creation and high-tech
training opportunities to the next generation of Canadians.”
Designed exclusively for the Canadian electrical customer, the
Assembly Centre offers key product and service benefits,
including:
- Faster product and service lead
times.
- Dedicated customer service.
- Customized product and service
solutions.
- Solutions for all Canadian provinces
and electrical markets.
Electric Odyssey Tour Reaches
Canada
As part of the five-year anniversary celebration, Industrial
Solutions’ Electric Odyssey Tour will be on site, showcasing
advanced technologies that touch all parts of the electrical
infrastructure—including low- and medium-voltage switchgear,
circuit breakers, transformers, arc flash mitigation products and
lifecycle services. The tour also will visit customer sites in
Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.
GE has operated in Canada for more than 100 years, beginning
with a manufacturing facility in Peterborough, Ontario, founded by
Thomas Edison in 1892. Today, GE Canada has numerous manufacturing,
sales and service locations across the country, dedicated to
serving customers in energy-intensive industries, including the
mining, metals, oil and gas and commercial construction
industries.
Industrial Solutions is leading the future of electrification
with advanced technologies that distribute, protect and control a
facility’s electrical infrastructure. The business provides
customers, across various industries, with end-to-end product and
service solutions that ensure the reliability and protection of
their electrical infrastructure; from the substation, throughout
the facility and including sustainable power technologies.
Industrial Solutions’ product and service offering adds to GE
Energy Management’s broader portfolio of leading technology
solutions for the delivery, management conversion and optimization
of electrical power for customers across multiple energy-intensive
industries. For more information on GE Energy Canada, please visit
its website, check it out on Facebook or follow on Twitter
@GEindustrial.
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