Product Once Made at GE’s Appliance Park Comes Home
October 07 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- GE Zoneline® packaged terminal room air
conditioners will start full production at Appliance Park in the
first quarter of 2016
- The new product brings 75 new jobs and
$40 million investment
As part of a $250 million investment GE Appliances is making in
the three-year period ending in 2016 at its Appliance Park
manufacturing location in Louisville, Kentucky, the company is
adding a new product category to the current lineup of
refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, clothes dryers and
hybrid water heaters manufactured there. GE Zoneline®, a
through-the-wall heating and air conditioning unit, mainly used in
the hotel/motel industry, will start full production in the first
quarter of 2016.
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The new GE Zoneline production line on
target for full production the first quarter of 2016. (Photo:
GE)
GE Zoneline PTAC models were made at Appliance Park from 1961
until 1987 when manufacture of the product was outsourced overseas.
The new Zoneline units will be manufactured at Appliance Park in
the same building as the GeoSpring™ hybrid water heaters, becoming
the second new product platform brought to Appliance Park in nearly
50 years. The first was GeoSpring, introduced in 2012 as part of a
$1 billion investment GE made in its U.S. appliance manufacturing
facilities.
Of the $250 million being invested in Appliance Park, $40
million has been used to build the new Zoneline production line.
One hundred operators will man the line, 75 of whom will occupy new
jobs.
“The existing Zoneline products have served our customers well,
but as the hotel/motel industry becomes increasingly more
competitive, customers are looking for every advantage to ensure
their guests have the best experience possible,” said Liz
VerSchure, product general manager for consumer comfort. “We have
taken the most important aspects of heating and cooling the
traveler’s room into account with our new design, so both the
guests and our customers can rest easy at night. Plus, with new
design and appearance improvements, it looks great.”
The new Zoneline is engineered to be more reliable, quiet,
energy efficient, and easier to install and maintain, all features
that are critical to hotel/motel customers. Hospitality industry
data shows that when guests are not pleased with the noise or
temperature of their room, two-thirds are not very likely to return
to the hotel and one-third are not very likely to recommend a
hotel.¹
About the new GE Zoneline:
- The number one priority for hotel
owners when it comes to PTACs is having a reliable, dependable
unit. If the unit isn’t working, the room cannot be sold, which
means a loss of revenue for hotel owners. GE has millions of
installed Zoneline units with an excellent service record. The new
design will build and improve on that legacy.
- GE Zoneline is the quietest PTAC
compared to leading competitors, has the best noise insulation and
lowest dBA, as verified by an independent, nationally accredited
certified acoustics lab.²
- GE’s Zoneline units are on average
eight percent more energy efficient than leading competitor units.
For a 100-room property, this can save a hotel owner thousands of
dollars annually on their utility bill.
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products, dishwashers, washers, dryers, air conditioners, water
filtration systems and water heaters. General Electric (NYSE: GE)
works on things that matter to build a world that works better. For
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visit www.ge.com/appliances.
1 Clarabridge Ratings and Reviews for hospitality data collected
July 2013-June 2014.2 Independent Third Party Testing at nationally
accredited certified acoustical lab, conducted March 2015 in
accordance with ASTM and AHRI standards.
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