GE Businesses in Australia
GE engines power more than 70% of domestic jet-powered flights within Australia, and are leaner, cleaner and quieter than ever before.
Australia has more aircraft per head than any other country, and GE supplies commercial aircraft engines to all local carriers, including Qantas, Jetstar, Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia and Regional Express.
A Historic FlightAs a world leading provider of commercial and military jet engines, services and flight management systems, GE continues to lead the way in pioneering aircraft and engine technology.
Having developed the first US turbojet engine in the 1950s, we’re now making breakthrough advances in engine fuel-efficiency and reliability.
As demand for energy grows, GE provides smart equipment and technology to make electrical generation, transmission and consumption safer and more reliable.
GE’s Power Conversion equipment saves energy for the Victorian Desalination Plant in Wonthaggi, and ensures seamless pump control and water flow.
Energy ConnectionsGE’s innovative technologies improve the efficiency, reliability and flexibility of energy generation, transmission and consumption. Our four Energy Connections businesses, Digital Energy, Power Conversion, Intelligent Platforms and Industrial Solutions, support customers in the utility, industrial, renewables, oil & gas, marine and mining industries.
We’re one of Australia’s leading providers of medical technologies and services to clinics and hospitals.
By pioneering the world’s first high definition PET/CT Scanner, we help clinicians spot cancer tumours in very early stages.
The Reinvention of RadiationWe take health seriously. Across Australia, our medical technologies are helping doctors and clinicians prescribe the best treatment to save lives, and in 2008 we launched heathymagination, a $6 billion global program aiming to transform healthcare by taking on the issues of access, affordability and quality.
From MRI machines and ultrasounds to patient monitors and anaesthetic delivery, you’ll find GE at the frontline of Australia’s healthcare system.
Imagining a better lightbulb has been a part of our business since Thomas Edison’s first incandescent lamp.
By replacing 6,500 street and park lights with GE LED bulbs, the City of Sydney will slash electricity and maintenance costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions.
LightingWe’re at work on the next generation of longer-lasting energy-saving lighting for offices and industry, helping businesses make significant energy savings.
Our revolutionary light-emitting diode (LED) technology has been proven to use less energy, backed by rigorous testing and quality certification. This creates a more natural ambient light with a significantly longer life that also cuts maintenance and replacement costs.
GE provides smarter, safer equipment for mining customers in Australia.
In mines across Australia, we’re helping our customers with environmental and logistical challenges so they can get more from their power, water and transportation.
MiningEvery day, we help our customers solve their biggest challenges by helping them become safer, more productive, more energy efficient and deliver better returns on their investment.
GE is powering the future of the oil and gas industry: it is at work on every major LNG project being developed in Australia.
We’re at work on one of the world’s largest and most ambitious subsea development projects, Gorgon.
Oil & GasGE Oil & Gas provides smart and efficient technology for subsea production, unconventional resource development and petrochemical production. This includes advanced services and equipment to extract, liquefy and prepare LNG, one of Australia’s fastest growing exports.
Our $100 million technology and learning centre at Jandakot in Perth also provides a regional hub from which complete lifecycle support and training services are delivered to our customers.
We’re at work on solutions to access clean and sustainable sources of power.
80 Olympic swimming pools of wastewater pass through our Zeeweed ultrafiltration system in North Queensland every day, removing pollutants before it reaches the Great Barrier Reef.
PowerGE is anticipating future energy needs through our diverse solutions for coal, oil, natural gas, wind and other renewable resource power generation, and our gas turbines power the parts of Australia electricity networks cannot reach.
We’re also finding new ways to reduce water consumption with technology to make wastewater cleaner for reuse. These solutions not only meet our needs for a sustainable future – they help our customers reduce operating costs, improve efficiencies and provide safe, high quality water.
GE keeps people and cargo on the move around Australia, and provides smarter, safer equipment for mining customers.
In mines across Australia, we’re helping our customers with environmental and logistical challenges so they can get more from their power, water and transportation.
Meeting Standards and Making ThemOur advanced locomotives and productivity equipment move Australia’s booming industries. The GE Evolution Series locomotive is the most advanced commercial heavy haul locomotive ever built with 5% better fuel efficiency and 40% fewer emissions than its predecessor.
GE Advantage
Across GE, we pride ourselves on driving rigor, operational excellence, and enhanced customer value. That’s why we’re placing some big bets on nearly 40 high impact projects that will help increase our speed to market, improve the quality of our products and services, significantly reduce costs, and drive competitive advantage for our customer and our company. It’s called GE Advantage, and it is changing the way we do business.
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