Overview

• GE Appliances will invest more than $3 billion over five years to modernize 11 U.S. manufacturing plants and scale up production across key product lines.
• Production of gas ranges currently made in Mexico and six refrigerator models from China will shift to Georgia and Alabama facilities.
• Immediate ramp-up at the Decatur, Alabama top-freezer refrigerator plant will add six 22-cubic-foot models to its assembly lines by month’s end.
• The announcement incorporates the previously unveiled $490 million Louisville upgrade at Appliance Park that will produce combo washer-dryers and front-load washers and create 800 jobs.
• Leadership attributes the move to recent U.S. tariffs and pledges to strengthen the labor force through school partnerships and apprenticeship initiatives.