GE has opened a new collaborative work and makerspace in Stamford, the company announced this week.
CoCREATE, an appliance factory, community makerspace and design center located at 47 John St., opened to the public this week. GE first broke ground on the 67,000-square-foot facility in fall 2021. Last year, the company began manufacturing small appliances at the site.
The facility, which company officials called “first-of-its-kind,” merges elements of modern manufacturing and community collaboration and engagement.
Among its features:
- CoCREATE houses the second FirstBuild makerspace in the country. FirstBuild was first established in Louisville, Ky., to accelerate GE Appliances’ pace of innovation through social product development with a global community of makers online and in its publicly available makerspace.
- It provides access to hand tools,…