GE To Invest $490 Million To Boost Appliance Capacity in Louisville
Vertically integrated plant will produce range of molded parts for washer and dryer lines.
GE Appliances plans to invest $490 million at its iconic Appliance Park global headquarters and manufacturing facility in Louisville, Kentucky. At the the facility, GE Appliances will make the GE Profile UltraFast Combo Washer/Dryer and the GE and GE Profile UltraFresh Front Load Washer. New manufacturing lines will be added in an investment that the company says will create 800 new, full-time jobs and cement Kentucky’s position as “a global hub for advanced appliance manufacturing.”
In a press release on its website, GE Appliances, a Haier company, adds the investment positions it to become the biggest American washer manufacturer, builds on GE Appliances’ 10-year, $3.5 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing and reinforces its position as America’s leading appliance company.
“We are bringing laundry production to our global headquarters in Louisville because manufacturing in the U.S. is fundamental to our ‘zero-distance’ 大象传媒 strategy to make appliances as close as possible to our customers and consumers,” says Kevin Nolan, president & CEO, GE Appliances. “This decision is our most recent product and aligns with the current economic and policy environment.”
This investment will move production of more than 15 models of front-load washers to Building 2 at Appliance Park. At Building 1, the company produces top-load washers and front-load dryers. GE Appliances says Building 2 will be redesigned as a model factory and be equipped with the latest in automation, robotics and material-handling technologies, automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots.
The plant is vertically integrated and will include in-house manufacturing of a wide range of parts, including injection molded components.
The new manufacturing lines will open in 2027.
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