For a company that believes in innovation, GE Appliances’ new Stamford, Connecticut, CoCREATE facility is taking that a step further, if that is possible.
The facility, officially opened Oct. 12 in a ceremony feature local and state dignitaries, customers, GE Appliance technicians, and students from local colleges and high schools, is bringing together the global appliance company’s FirstBuildinitiative, a makerspace that is open to the public, and a microfactory that is part of the GEA’s push to reshore manufacturing. The facility also includes a showroom, featuring kitchens dedicated to GEA’s major brands – Monogram, Profile, Café, GE, Hotpoint, and parent company Haier – to give customers a view of the appliances as they would appear inside homes.
The 67,000-square-foot facility nestled downtown in Stamford, which ranks in the top 4% of the most expensive cities in…