General Electric (GE) - the main sponsor involved in the critical categories of power, lighting, water treatment, transport, security and health care for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - has installed and tested its infrastructure products and is now focusing on the expectations of partners' service requirements when the Games begin.
The company has made a US$200million investment as it contributes to more than 350 projects in and around the capital, including all 37 official Olympic venues, 168 commercial buildings, roads, fire detection and security systems in the underground railway and at Beijing Capital International Airport.
Working with the organising committee and commercial partners, GE is providing a wide range of solutions integral to the success of the Games.
Projects include: supplying hospitals with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging equipment to help doctors treat athletes; filtration systems for clean drinking water and rainwater recycling at the Beijing National Stadium; new luggage transport and security scan systems at the airport; solar-powered lighting at the Fengtai Softball Field; water processing technology to recycle water for Olympic Green landscaping; and high-efficiency energy units at the Jing Hui Garden media hotel and for the Olympic central area.
Operating at its first Olympics and taking direction from the International Olympic Committee, the company has also built a wind farm featuring 120 wind turbines which will create 200 megawatts of power for the Olympic venues.
GE's Olympic partnership was launched in January 2005 and continues through the London 2012 Olympic Games.
