General Electric delays plans for Scottish smart-meter plant

23.08.2010

US industrial giant General Electric has suspended plans to set up a smart-meter assembly plant in Scotland that could have created more than 100 jobs, prompting Scottish officials to lobby London counterparts for a quicker roll-out of the technology.

GE viewed at least two Scottish central belt sites earlier this year in a bid to build a European assembly hub. It would have produced millions of smart meters from components manufactured in Eastern Europe or Asia, but GE has now put the plans on ice.

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