On July 16, 2014, Friends of the USA Pavilion Milano 2015 announced several key partnerships during a simultaneous live streaming reception hosted in Washington by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to mark the groundbreaking for the USA Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. GE joins a growing list of partners at the forefront of American innovation that are supporting the USA Pavilion. Current partners include Uvet, DuPont, illy, SageGlass, 3M, McKinsey & Company and FleishmanHillard.