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Post# 455666   8/9/2010 at 13:20 (4,980 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        

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heads up ,trash heaps will start accumulating, pickings will be availbable!

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Post# 455716 , Reply# 1   8/9/2010 at 17:27 (4,979 days old) by vintagesearch ()        

oh my my my Ge has become crap! thats a scary thought and why exactly arent they being investigated as to why in the world so many are defective class action lawsuit anyone? eventually i guess

Post# 455721 , Reply# 2   8/9/2010 at 17:39 (4,979 days old) by estesguy ()        
From USA Today recently~~~

For GE, the increase in foreign costs tipped scales already shifting to the U.S. for certain products. The industrial giant announced last year that it will move assembly of its energy-efficient water heater from Chinese contractors to its own factory in Louisville in 2011. The company took advantage of a 2005 labor contract under which employees at the new plant in Louisville will be paid an average of $13 an hour, down from $22 prior to the agreement.

GE also got state and local tax credits of $25 million over 10 years, and federal incentives that encourage the manufacture of energy-saving products.

At the same time, the year-old water heater is a high-tech, high-growth model — it can delay heating if electric rates are high — and "something we would like to control," Campbell says. "We don't want to just park that with another company to build. When you have it in your plant, the cycle time (is) faster, and you can do launches quicker."

For example, he says, making the device in Louisville already has allowed engineers to work closely with production managers and assembly-line workers to perfect the product's design via prototypes. The approach has helped the company eliminate redundant parts and trim per-unit costs by $20.

By contrast, he says, with the heater made in China, "You ship it abroad, guys make it, and if there's a problem, it's not going to be fixed initially." The company, he says, also worries that China's recent decision to let its currency rise against the dollar will "drive our costs up."

GE plans to make other advanced products in the U.S., noting a 30% Chinese cost advantage likely has tilted to roughly a 6% U.S. edge when figuring lower inventory expenses and fewer delivery snafus.

Within five years, he says, GE plans to move a "significant piece" of overseas appliance production to the U.S., creating hundreds more jobs.



The last sentence can't happen soon enough. It's a shame our worthless government has allowed all of these jobs to go overseas to begin with.


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Post# 455812 , Reply# 3   8/9/2010 at 23:52 (4,979 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Estesguy, your post is good new's. Maybe Whirlpool will also learn to manufacture more of their F/L machines. alr2903

Post# 455913 , Reply# 4   8/10/2010 at 10:02 (4,979 days old) by treestar ()        
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Interesting.
just yesterday I was looking at GE's HydroWave washers. a sign next to it said, "GE. The American tradition." Well why is it made in Mexico or something???


Post# 455917 , Reply# 5   8/10/2010 at 10:07 (4,979 days old) by treestar ()        
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Interesting.
just yesterday I was looking at GE's HydroWave washers. a sign next to it said, "GE. The American tradition." Well why is it made in Mexico or something???


Post# 456052 , Reply# 6   8/10/2010 at 20:37 (4,978 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
very good

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news esteguy, I also heard that a lot of US manufacturers are headed back to the motherland because they got a great shock at just how 1 volcano in Iceland could shut down golbal shipping for months on end. Something a lot if manufacturers cant' afford!

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Post# 456088 , Reply# 7   8/10/2010 at 23:55 (4,978 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Well, that certainly is good news! The more manufacturing jobs move back to the US, the better!

Post# 456234 , Reply# 8   8/11/2010 at 15:05 (4,978 days old) by nunyabidness ()        
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For Whirlpool's first front loaders built in the US.


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