BOSTON—General Electric Co. has agreed to sell its industrial gas-engine business to Advent International for $3.25 billion, according to Bloomberg.com. CEO John Flannery said Monday that the private-equity firm will acquire GE’s Jenbacher and Waukesha engine brands and manufacturing sites in Austria, the U.S. and Canada.

EVENDALE, OH--GE’s Advanced Turboprop engine is on track to run for the first time this year by powering Cessna’s new Denali aircraft. The engine features just 12 3D-printed components, which replace 855 normally made parts. More

NEW YORK—Four of the nation’s largest manufacturers—General Electric Co., Alcoa Inc., Boeing Co. and Lockheed-Martin Corp.—have launched an initiative to teach manufacturing skills to 15,000 veterans, who would then be hired by the four companies or matched to other jobs.

LOUISVILLE, KY—University of Louisville will offer graduate classes next to the assembly line at GE Appliance Park.

FORT WORTH, TX—GE has begun hiring and training the 275 employees for its new mining equipment and locomotive assembly plant here.

SCHENECTADY, NY—GE will unveil a new battery assembly plant here on July 10. The batteries are for backup power and energy storage in the telecommunications industry and for utility grids.

LOUISVILLE, KY—GE Appliances will hire 380 people for a new second shift at its refrigerator assembly plant here.

LOUISVILLE, KY—Approximately 5,000 people attended the open house at GE’s Appliance Park to celebrate the creation of 1,000 jobs and the opening of two new assembly lines.

LOUISVILLE, KY—GE has opened a new refrigerator assembly plant at Appliance Park here. It’s the second manufacturing facility the company has opened here this year.