# GE Aviation invests $5B to upgrade or build new jet engine factories

General Electric's aviation business has spent over $5 billion to upgrade or build new factories for next-generation jet engines, including $4.3 billion in the U.S. and $1.1 billion overseas. New plants were built in Auburn and Huntsville, AL, Lafayette, IN, Ellisville, MS, and Asheville, NC, with upgrades in Hooksett, NH and West Jefferson, NC.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-03-06
- Where: Auburn, AL; Huntsville, AL; Lafayette, IN; Ellisville, MS; Asheville, NC; Hooksett, NH; West Jefferson, NC, United States
- Value: $5.00B
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2 million square feet
- Products: jet engines, 3D-printed components, ceramic-matrix composites
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [General Electric](https://endata.com/companies/1262.md)

## Sources

- [inddist.com](https://www.inddist.com/home/news/13773707/ge-aviation-invests-5b-to-build-new-jet-engines), 2017-03-06: "We are introducing several highly proprietary technologies that are upping our manufacturing capabilities in the United States."

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