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With the beginning of a new year and it’s a great time to peer into the future. At GE, this does not require tea leaves. Some of the technologies that will help shape the world already exist in the company’s research labs. Take a look at manufacturing. Sometimes, the disruptive innovation is not what is being made but how. For more than a century, people made complex goods such as engine parts, turbine blades, and precise sprocket wheels by machining and taking away material to obtain the finished product. However, a new approach called additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, eliminates most of that laborious process.

The rising global and domestic demand for GE’s high technology products has been powering the company’s U.S. manufacturing expansion and job creation. GE has announced plans to create 13,000 new jobs in the United States since 2009. Yesterday that number grew by another 150 openings as the company’s GE Transportation unit said that it would hire up to 150 new workers and invest over $70 million to open a new plant and upgrade existing facilities in Grove City, Pennsylvania.

Southwest Airlines announced a multi-billion-dollar order for aircraft engines that is expected to keep the GE Aviation plant in Greenville County busy for years to come. The massive deal provides additional job security for about 200 workers at the jet engine components plant and underscores the promise that advanced manufacturing holds for South Carolinians who possess the necessary skills.