{"id":104340,"date":"2021-01-11T16:21:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/lukasiewicz-instytut-lotnictwa-i-general-electric-przedluzaja-wspolprace-strategiczna-na-kolejne-15-lat\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:46:45","slug":"lukasiewicz-instytut-lotnictwa-i-general-electric-przedluzaja-wspolprace-strategiczna-na-kolejne-15-lat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl\/en\/lukasiewicz-instytut-lotnictwa-i-general-electric-przedluzaja-wspolprace-strategiczna-na-kolejne-15-lat\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 Institute of Aviation and GE extend the strategic cooperation for the next 15 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 11th<\/sup>, 2021, an agreement was officially signed by representatives of the \u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 Institute of Aviation and GE. The signed agreement extends the companies\u2019 strategic cooperation for the next 15 years, further developing the Engineering Design Center, one of the largest technological centers in Europe.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Engineering Design Center (EDC) is one of the most well know GE design centers located in Warsaw\u2019s Ok\u0119cie, at the campus of the \u0141ukasiewicz Research Network \u2013 Institute of Aviation. The center houses over 1,300 engineers, with over 40 percent being the employees of the \u0141ukasiewicz Research Network \u2013 Institute of Aviation, focused on global projects for three different industries: Aviation, Gas Power and Renewable Energy. For more than 20 years, EDC engineers have been creating innovative industry solutions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur relationship with GE dates back two decades. It is a unique example of a public-private partnership that works well in the demanding market reality. EDC combines the organizational culture of one of the largest companies in the engineering industry with the best laboratory and scientific facilities. This combination allows the acquisition and use of practical engineering knowledge on the large, international projects. I am glad that, together with our partner GE, we will continue this cooperation for the next years<\/em>\u201d says Pawe\u0142 St\u0119\u017cycki, PhD Eng, Director of the \u0141ukasiewicz Research Network \u2013 Institute of Aviation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe signing of the contract between GE and the \u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 Institute of Aviation is a proof of how much GE appreciates the skills of Polish engineers and cooperation with the Polish scientific circles<\/em>\u201d adds Marian Lubieniecki, President of the Management Board of General Electric Company Polska Sp. z o.o. and EDC Site Leader.<\/p>\n

To celebrate this event, deputy prime minister of Poland Jaros\u0142aw Gowin sent an official letter to the signatories and EDC employees. In this letter he emphasizes that Engineering Design Center engineers are world-class specialists who use their knowledge and experience with the support of the Polish institute that is part of the \u0141ukasiewicz Research Network. \u201eTheir engineering competences are highly appreciated by business customers due to the quality and innovation of the proposed solutions. I am convinced that the future of the engineering industry will be created in Poland<\/em>\u201d \u2013 points out the deputy prime minister Jaros\u0142aw Gowin.<\/p>\n

\u201eNew technologies created in international partnership, thanks to the potential of Polish scientists and engineers focused in \u0141ukasiewicz, may become not only a remedy for this troubled times, but also a flywheel for changes that will make the Polish economy a pioneer of solutions that have a chance to change the world for the better. The development of the Polish economy and increasing the level of investments are crucial for strengthening Poland\u2019s position in the world. I am sure that taking up such challenges as those on which Engineering Design Center specialists are working will be the realization of Polish ambitions to actively participate in the global technological race<\/em>\u201d \u2013 adds deputy prime minister Jaros\u0142aw Gowin in the letter.<\/p>\n

EDC\u2019s global competencies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

EDC combines 125+ years of GE innovations with the Polish technical thought and scientific background of the \u0141ukasiewicz \u2013 Institute of Aviation, founded in 1926.<\/p>\n

GE and \u0141ukasiewicz Research Network \u2013 Institute of Aviation continuously invest in the EDC research and development infrastructure and in the development of the employees\u2019 competencies, to make sure that their engineers have access to the latest and most advanced research opportunities, making EDC successful on both national and international levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt EDC, we have 10 state-of-the-art research laboratories that enable our engineers not only to design innovative solutions, but also to test them here in Warsaw. Many of the devices that EDC teams design and support after production are used in the industrial plants in Poland including world-class aircraft engines designed in Warsaw that are used by LOT Polish Airlines<\/em>\u201d emphasizes EDC Site Leader, Marian Lubieniecki.<\/p>\n

EDC engineers have also engineering successes on a global scale, such as co-creating the latest GE engine \u2013 Catalyst (the first GE engine designed entirely outside the United States) and designing a wing trailing edge part for the Airbus A350XWB-1000. The team also helped design and implement a turbine for production for the GEnx, one of the world\u2019s largest aircraft engines. The GEnx is used in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and is the sole propulsion of the four-engine Boeing 747-8 aircraft.<\/p>\n

EDC also developed components for the most modern class H gas turbine (GE 9HA.01), that was installed at Dolna Odra Power Plant in Poland. Finally, the EDC engineering team specializing in renewable energy participated in the design and testing of the world\u2019s most powerful working offshore wind turbine \u2013 Haliade X.<\/p>\n

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