# Pratt & Whitney invests $386M in Columbus, Georgia complex

Pratt & Whitney plans to invest approximately $386 million to expand and improve production of turbofan engines at its Columbus, Georgia complex, including a new isothermal forging press. The investment is expected to create 500 new jobs.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-05-01
- Where: Columbus, Georgia, United States
- Value: $386.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Status: announced
- Products: turbofan engines, turbine disks, compressor rotors, isothermal forgings
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Pratt & Whitney](https://endata.com/companies/234.md)

## Sources

- [newequipment.com](https://www.newequipment.com/metal-forming/article/21923899/isothermal-forging-heating-up-for-jet-engine-builder), 2017-05-01: "Jet engine builder Pratt & Whitney plans to install a new isothermal forging operation as one part of an extensive capital investment program at its manufacturing complex in Columbus, GA."

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