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GE to build windmills in India

Last updated on: May 05, 2008 18:36 IST

General Electric Company plans to manufacture windmills and gas turbines in India.

"The company plans big in three areas infrastructure, energy and aviation, but our main focus is to manufacture windmills and turbines," GE India President and CEO Tejpreet S Chopra told PTI.

GE which installed first hydro power plant in 1902 presently has a headcount of 14,500 in India.

"GE plans

to manufacture windmills and gas turbines in India," he said but declined to give details.

General Electric exports over $1 billion in products and services, GE India revenues stand at $2.8 billion.

General Electric Aviation, a unit of General Electric Co, received a $321.7 million contract to supply engines and device kits and related equipment for the American Navy's fighter jets recently.

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