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GE Appliances Launches $3 Billion Plan to Reshore Production to U.S. Plants

The five-year investment will modernize southern factories by relocating gas ranges, refrigerators, water heaters from China, Mexico

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ARCHIVO – Una lavadora de General Electric en una tienda minorista, el 15 de septiembre de 2023, en Marietta, Georgia. (AP Foto/Mike Stewart, Archivo)

Overview

  • Production of gas ranges will move from Mexico to GE’s LaFayette, Georgia plant
  • Six refrigerator models currently made in China will shift to the Decatur, Alabama facility
  • Camden, South Carolina will add electric and hybrid water heater lines, doubling its output and workforce
  • GE Appliances expects to create over 1,000 jobs across Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina through automation upgrades and workforce training partnerships
  • This investment builds on roughly $6.5 billion poured into U.S. operations since 2016 and reflects a broader reshoring trend driven by tariff policy and supply-chain resilience efforts