Newsbot Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 More than 20 jobs are to be created at the GE engineering plant at Onchan. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7481434.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 The Minister for Trade and Industry Hon David Cretney MHK said he was "delighted" with the news after staff numbers fell to less than 50 in 2004. "I look forward to working with GE as it continues to flourish in the Isle of Man for many years to come," he said. Typical - wanting a second job. Can't be busy enough being a Minister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tameelf Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 i find it ironic that the light bulb invented by Thomas Edison the GE.founder is being fazed out by congress by the year 2014 in favor of a low energy fluorescent bulb made in china. these bulbs are toxic if broken. laws in America relating to clean up procedures are almost nuclear clean up. i suppose theres no Manx government laws procedures as to disposal. so i do hope Mr cretny will work closly with ge. but then again he cant if he bans them from the island. i think we may one day we will arrive at the situation were 14 council workers turn up to change one light bulb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 i think we may one day we will arrive at the situation were 14 council workers turn up to change one light bulb So that's less than how many are required now. What's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Good news when hi-value engineering jobs arrive here IMO. Fickle business though, aerospace for the past couple of decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmaid Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Is it the Former Dowty's factory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Is it true about Industrial Equipment? Engineering (& production in general) has been ignored for too long in the UK, in the past couple of year steel prices have doubled and the majority of manufacturing is being done in the Far East. Lets hope they don't do another Strix eh? Did they get a big fat machinery grant too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Is it true about Industrial Equipment? Engineering (& production in general) has been ignored for too long in the UK, in the past couple of year steel prices have doubled and the majority of manufacturing is being done in the Far East. Lets hope they don't do another Strix eh? Did they get a big fat machinery grant too? Manufacturing is a much ignored success story for the IOM and employs about 3000 people here. So what if they got a grant? Every other nation/region in the world offers grants to attract business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Is it true about Industrial Equipment? Engineering (& production in general) has been ignored for too long in the UK, in the past couple of year steel prices have doubled and the majority of manufacturing is being done in the Far East. Lets hope they don't do another Strix eh? Did they get a big fat machinery grant too? There's signs of some of that work coming back, due to the higher transportation costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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