Confidential Fortune 500 company's manufacturing plant would bring 500 jobs

Started by thelakelander, August 06, 2014, 02:31:07 PM

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acme54321

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September 05, 2014, 10:47:55 AM
Quote from: Dog Walker on September 05, 2014, 10:06:38 AM
If it is GE, they are going to have to import a lot of the new employees from other places.  There aren't 50 skilled CNC programmers/operators in the entire city and if they are going to be building valves to special order they are going to need way more than that.

FCCJ had an apprenticeship/training programs a number of years ago staffed mostly by volunteers but Wallace decided to cancel it because...?  I think it was only costing about $500K per year and that was mostly rent for the CNC mills and lathes.

We have at least 50 just where I work.....  ???

ProjectMaximus

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September 05, 2014, 04:11:37 PM
This article speculates on the GE company, but also makes mention of what I said. So I guess my memory is still decent.  ;)

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/morning-edition/2014/09/has-jacksonvilles-project-speed-already-begun.html

QuoteAlso, when the project was announced, city leaders were firm that it would be a company wholly new to the area. Another GE job listing indicates that Unison Industries, a subsidiary of GE already employs more than 500 in the Jacksonville area.

ProjectMaximus

#18
September 26, 2014, 01:35:42 PM
I guess one subsidiary of GE isn't technically the same as another subsidiary. I'd say the claim of an "entirely new" company is a little weak but if there's any corporation that gets an exception it's GE.

edjax

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September 26, 2014, 03:31:57 PM
Perhaps it was simply done to try and keep it confidential.

Steve

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September 26, 2014, 04:17:05 PM
Yea, GE is like an Asian company, in that some of them do everything from build Cell Phones to Forklifts and Farm Equipment. Two different GE divisions is pretty darn diverse.
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