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GE Appliances to make ‘historic’ $3 billion investment into its US manufacturing operations

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GE Appliances, now a Haier company, has unveiled a “bold plan” to invest more than $3 billion over the next five years in its US operations, workforce and communities.

This “historic” investment deepens GE Appliances’ commitment to technology development, product innovation and advanced manufacturing.

The company will expand its air conditioning and water heating portfolio, increase production output across all product lines, and further modernize its 11 US manufacturing plants with new automation and capital equipment. [Read more…] about GE Appliances to make ‘historic’ $3 billion investment into its US manufacturing operations

Haier partners with SoftBank Robotics to develop service robots

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Haier and Soft Bank Robotics Group Corp. (SBRG) have launched a strategic partnership for the service robot market in China’s smart store and smart home fields, starting with SBRG’s humanoid robot ‘Pepper’.

The two companies will jointly develop a special version of Pepper, which is based on U+OS, an open system developed by Haier.

‘Pepper’, SBRG’s humanoid robot, is the first robot to be integrated into Haier smart home platform. Possessing a human-like appearance, it can be linked with a variety of smart appliances and equipment.

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