# Pratt & Whitney plans $31M plant expansion in Columbus, Ga.

Pratt & Whitney announced a $31 million expansion at its Columbus, Ga., plant, building a 270,000-sq.-ft. facility for an isothermal forge press to make turbine disks and compressors for jet engines. The expansion is expected to create over 500 new jobs and be completed in 12 months.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-09-01
- Where: Columbus, Ga., United States
- Value: $31.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: turbine disks and compressors for jet engines
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [wtvm.com](https://www.wtvm.com/story/36273796/pratt-and-whitney-31-million-plant-expansion-to-bring-500-new-jobs/), 2017-09-02: "A thirty-one-million-dollar facility is in the works for the Pratt and Whitney plant in Columbus."

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