OREANDA-NEWS. On February 21, 2008 programs that General Electric International was wishing to implement in Kazakhstan were discussed at the meeting, reported the Official website www.akorda.kz.

“We are going to modernize 200 electric locomotives and establish a plant producing 100 electric locomotives a year. We are pleased to be a partner of the multifunctional company General Electric,” the President noted.

At a press briefing, Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco said:

“We will contribute in the transfer of new technologies to build new locomotives. When we are talking about transportation, we are also talking about airplanes. Air Astana is already a customer of General Electric using its aircraft engines. Certainly, with the growth of traffic, we are looking for more opportunities to cooperate with Air Astana”.

The company’s president noted General Electric could offer equipment for oil industry, electricity, public health care and also water purification and demineralization.

“There is a long list of opportunities for cooperation between Kazakhstan and General Electric, which are summarized in a Memorandum on understanding that we have between the government and our company. The program that we discussed is sticking to the Memorandum on understanding and making sure that there are some results,” the General Electric International President noted.