Hope this will lead to more investment at the Erie GE plant.

http://www.goerie.com/new-joint-vent...ons-erie-plant

New joint venture to be housed at GE Transportation's Erie plant

Komatsu and GE Mining, a division of GE Transportation, have announced the formation of a new joint venture company that will be housed inside GE Transportation's Lawrence Park plant.

The company, Komatsu GE Mining Systems LLC, will work to develop next-generation mining equipment.

Komatsu, a heavy equipment maker with factories around the world, is a longtime customer of GE Transportation, which builds electric drive systems for use in Komatsu mining trucks.

This collaboration will focus on the development of underground mining equipment.