John F. Welch Technology Centre

John F. Welch Technology Centre
Front entrance
Abbreviation	JFWTC
Formation	September 17, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-09-17)
Founder	John F. Welch
Headquarters	Whitefield, Bangalore, India
Managing Director	Alok Nanda
Parent organization	General Electric
Staff	>4,000

The John F. Welch Technology Centre (JFWTC) is the formal name of the GE Global Research and technology development site located in Whitefield, Bangalore.^[1] The JFWTC is General Electric's (GE) first and largest integrated, multidisciplinary research and development center outside the US. The center is also known as Bangalore Engineering Center or BEC. The team has more than 5,000 engineers and scientists working at the JFWTC Bangalore. It was founded by former CEO of GE John F. Welch on 17 September 2000.

Alok Nanda is the current Managing Director of JFWTC.

References

^ "GE : India : Our Company : Our Locations". Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

External links

Web Site of John F. Welch Technology Centre

General Electric

Subsidiaries
and divisions

Current	GE Aerospace GE Additive GE Aerospace Cheltenham GE Capital GE Digital GE Power GE Renewable Energy LM Wind Power GE Research GE Ventures
Former and defunct	Australian Guarantee Corporation¹ Canadian General Electric¹ Compagnia Generale di Elettricità² Current, powered by GE² Electric Bond and Share Company² GE Aerospace² GE Americom² GE Appliances² GE Automation & Controls² GE Betz² GE Capital Aviation Services² GE Capital IT Solutions² GE Capital Rail Services² GE Commercial Finance¹ GE Energy¹ GE Equipment Services² GE HealthCare² GE Home & Business Solutions² GE Industrial² GE Infrastructure¹ GE Jenbacher² GE Lighting² GE Measurement & Control¹ GE Oil & Gas¹ Genpact² GE Security² GE Transportation² GE Waukesha² GE Wind Energy¹ GE Venture Capital² GECIS² GEIS² Genesis Lease² Genworth Financial² Montgomery Ward² Synchrony Financial² Tungsram¹ United Nuclear Corporation¹ Utah Construction Company² Whatman¹

Current

GE Aerospace
- GE Additive
- GE Aerospace Cheltenham
GE Capital
GE Digital
GE Power
GE Renewable Energy
- LM Wind Power
GE Research
GE Ventures

Former and
defunct

Joint ventures/
shareholdings

Current	Baker Hughes (30%) CFM International (50%) Engine Alliance (50%) GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (60%) GE Honda Aero Engines (50%) ProlecGE (49.99%) TBS GB
Former	Alco-GE (1940–53) NBC (1926–30, 1986–2004) NBCUniversal (2004–13) Penske Truck Leasing (15.5%) Wabtec

Products
and brands

People

Founders	Charles A. Coffin Thomas Edison Edwin J. Houston J. P. Morgan Elihu Thomson
Executives	Jeff Immelt Jack Welch Bob Wright
Outside directors	James Cash Jr. John L. Flannery Ann M. Fudge Susan Hockfield Andrea Jung Rochelle Lazarus Sam Nunn Roger Penske Vera Silva Douglas A. Warner III