# GE Aviation invests $4.3 billion in US for next-gen jet engines and new factories

GE Aviation invested $4.3 billion in the US, including $214 million to build five new high-tech plants in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, and Indiana, to support production of GE9X and LEAP jet engines.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-02-15
- Where: Ellisville, Mississippi; Auburn, Alabama; Asheville, North Carolina; Lafayette, Indiana; Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Value: $4.30B
- Status: announced
- Products: GE9X jet engine, LEAP jet engine
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [GE Aviation](https://endata.com/companies/1647.md)

## Sources

- [ge.com](https://www.ge.com/news/reports/ge-invests-4-3-billion-build-next-gen-jet-engines-open-new-factories-us), 2017-02-15: "The company just revealed it invested $4.3 billion in the U.S. and another $1.1 billion abroad to meet production goals."

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