# Electrolux to invest $250M in Springfield appliance plant upgrade

Electrolux announced plans to invest $250 million to modernize and expand its 400,000-sq.-ft. appliance manufacturing facility in Springfield, Massachusetts, creating 25 jobs and adding production of Frigidaire freestanding cooking products. Completion is expected in 2020.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-02-06
- Where: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
- Value: $250.0M
- Jobs: 25
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: Frigidaire freestanding cooking products
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Electrolux](https://endata.com/companies/16842.md)

## Sources

- [thefabricator.com](https://www.thefabricator.com/thefabricator/news/shopmanagement/electrolux-announces-plans-for-500-million-facility-upgrades), 2018-02-06: "Electrolux has announced plans to modernize and expand a 400,000-sq.-ft. appliance manufacturing facility in Springfield, Mass."
- [eu.tennessean.com](https://eu.tennessean.com/story/news/local/robertson/2018/03/08/trump-tariffs-electrolux-expansion-robertson-county-tennessee/397442002/), 2018-03-08: "Electrolux put the brakes on expansion late last week after President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports."

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