# GE Aviation takes occupancy at $200M CMC factory complex in Huntsville, Alabama

GE Aviation began taking occupancy of its new $200 million factory complex in Huntsville, Alabama, for mass-producing silicon carbide materials and ceramic matrix composites for jet engines and gas turbines.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-07
- Where: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Value: $200.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: Jun 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: silicon carbide materials, ceramic matrix composites
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [geaerospace.com](https://www.geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/other-news-information/ge-aviation-takes-occupancy-one-kind-huntsville-factory), 2017-11-08: "The equipment coming into our Huntsville factories is unique."
- [compositesworld.com](https://www.compositesworld.com/news/ge-aviations-opens-cmc-facility-in-alabama), 2017-11-14: "The equipment coming into our Huntsville factories is unique."

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