News Bulletins GE Opens Advanced Inspection Technologies Customer Solutions Center GE recently held a grand opening ceremony for its stateof the-art Customer Solutions Center (CSC) at GE Measurement & Control’s Inspection Technologies facility in Lewistown, Pa. The company has invested $10 million in this 52,000-sq-ft expansion project, which increases the site’s floor space by more than 63%. GE Measurement & Control is part of GE’s Oil & Gas division. GE officials, customers, and local officials attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and official opening May 22. Beside the opportunity to see product demonstrations, attendees could participate in technical sessions related to inspection in the oil and gas, power generation, and aerospace industries. “Customers come to us with specific problems,” explained Jeff Anderson, general manager, Inspection Technologies for GE Measurement & Control, discussing the reasoning behind the expansion. “They are manufacturing a part and need a way to inspect it, or they have an asset in the field and need to determine its condition.” Therefore, he said, “We wanted to put all modalities in 8 Inspection Trends / July 2013 The exterior of GE’s new Customer Solutions Center in Lewistown, Pa. one place. I like to use the health care analogy in that this is a place where we can offer triage for problems.” With all of the company’s remote visual, ultrasonic, electromagnetic, advanced radiography, and computed tomography inspection equipment and data management software in one place, company experts can help customers determine the right inspection processes for their needs. Currently, the company hosts more than 200 customer Www.FlawTech.com Manufacturer of Flawed Specimens OFFERING THE: AWS / CWI VISUAL SPECIMEN KIT DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS BASED ON AWS D1.1 10 SPECIMENS - 2 FLAWS EACH CARBON STEEL SPECIMENS USE FOR TRAINING & TESTING CWI’s CONTACT FLAWTECH FOR MORE DETAILS www.FlawTech.com FlawTech EST. 1982 Concord North Carolina USA T 704-795-4401 F 704-795-4403 For info go to www.aws.org/ad-index For info go to www.aws.org/ad-index
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