GE Appliances is making a massive new commitment to Kentucky manufacturing, announcing a $1 billion transformation of its Louisville operations that will bring dryer production from Mexico to Kentucky and position Appliance Park as the largest home appliance manufacturing site in the United States.
GE Appliances, a Haier company, and the IUE-CWA announced the investment, saying the project will expand and modernize production across Buildings 1, 2 and 5 at the company’s sprawling Louisville headquarters. The centerpiece is an investment of more than $400 million to transform Building 5 into a high-output dryer manufacturing operation, bringing production from Mexico to Louisville.
The company also plans to invest approximately $112 million in Building 1 for new equipment and redesigned washer and dryer platforms. The investments will concentrate more of the company’s laundry and cleaning-product manufacturing at its Louisville headquarters, creating closer connections among manufacturing, engineering, design and product-development operations.
“We’re making major investments to continue modernizing Appliance Park and bring more production to our global headquarters in Louisville,” said Kevin Nolan, president and CEO of GE Appliances. “Bringing our laundry and dishwasher manufacturing together gives us a real competitive advantage, with new synergies across our cleaning products and closer connections between the people who design, engineer, and build them.”
The transformation will help secure the 4,700 production jobs at Appliance Park once the new facility is fully implemented. GE Appliances said employees will remain on the payroll throughout the transition, with no layoffs associated with the Building 5 retooling. Employees will also have opportunities to move into new and expanded manufacturing positions as production ramps up throughout Appliance Park in 2027.
“Investment in American manufacturing is critical to our economy and our communities,” said IUE-CWA President Carl Kennebrew. “Our union members are proud to manufacture American-made GE appliances in Louisville, and this new investment will ensure that our members keep delivering these high-quality products to American consumers for years to come.”
The latest announcement represents a broad restructuring and expansion of GE Appliances’ Louisville manufacturing footprint and builds on the company’s continued investment in Appliance Park, which has served as the company’s global headquarters since production began in 1953. The transformation reinforces Louisville’s role as the company’s global headquarters and the largest appliance manufacturing site in the United States.
Sources
- Office of the Governor
- The Lane Report coverage of GE Appliances $1 billion Louisville investment
- GE Appliance Park history and context
- RVBusiness reporting on GE Appliances investment announcement
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