# GE Aviation builds CMC plants in Huntsville, Alabama

GE Aviation is constructing two adjacent plants in Huntsville, Alabama, to produce ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components. The $200 million project will produce silicon-carbide fiber and CMC tape, with capacity of up to 20 metric tons per year and about 300 employees when fully operational.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-02-22
- Where: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Value: $200.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 20 metric tons per year
- Products: ceramic matrix composite components, silicon-carbide fiber, CMC tape
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [GE Aviation](https://endata.com/companies/1647.md)
- [CFM International](https://endata.com/companies/1615.md) (partner)
- [Safran Aircraft Engines](https://endata.com/companies/3665.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [americanmachinist.com](https://www.americanmachinist.com/news/article/21900728/ge-aviation-vows-to-blueprint-cmc-material-production), 2017-02-22: "GE Aviation is promising to develop a 'blueprint' for industrialized production of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components"
- [americanmachinist.com](https://www.americanmachinist.com/news/article/21901221/ge-aviation-ramping-up-production-for-leap-engines), 2017-03-29: "The 500 engines to be built this year will be more than four times as many as the joint-venture partners produced in 2016."

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