GE to bring 1,200 tech jobs to metro Detroit
BY JOHN GALLAGHER • FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER • JUNE 24, 2009
General Electric Corp. plans to announce Friday that it will open a research and development center in metro Detroit with at least 1,200 new jobs to explore clean technology.
GE Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey R. Immelt will address the Detroit Economic Club on Friday, and a spokesman for Immelt said the speech would contain “some news” and that there would also be an announcement that same day.
Liz Boyd, spokeswoman for Gov. Jennifer Granholm, said she had no comment today.
One person familiar with some of GE’s discussions said the new center would be based in Wayne County and would involve research into clean technology.
Immelt will address the Economic Club at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham. The title of his speech is “Winning in a Reset World.”
