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GE plant in Burlington to expand, add 128 new jobs

November 4, 2015 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Governor Terry Branstad at the GE expansion announcement.

Governor Terry Branstad.

The General Electric Plant in West Burlington is expanding, with a new product line. It means 128 more jobs at the plant. GE officials and Governor Terry Branstad made the announcement in front of hundreds of current plant employees.

“It’s because of you all and because of your work ethic and what you’ve done that we have been able to convince GE — they made the decision but we’ve been their partner,” Branstad said, “and we’ve been proud to support and encourage their growth here.”

The State of Iowa, along with Des Moines County and the cities of West Burlington and Burlington are pitching in around $1 million worth of incentives to GE for the $7.4 billion expansion. The money is contingent on GE creating at least 120 jobs. The new product coming to the facility is a state of the art, medium-voltage switchgear box.

“The product can be integrated for the industrial internet,” said Stewart Thompson, a spokesman for GE, “and can also be integrated for the smart-grid solutions that utilities are looking for around the world.”

Thompson said GE plans to partner with Southeastern Community College in an attempt to get local workers trained to create the new products. Burlington’s GE plant was competing against three other GE plants for the project.

(Reporting and photo by Rob Sussman, KBUR, Burlington)

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