# GE Aviation opens advanced materials factory complex in Huntsville, Alabama

GE Aviation opened a factory complex in Huntsville, Alabama, to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials for ceramic matrix composites (CMC) used in jet engines. The facility will eventually employ 300 people.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-09
- Where: Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: 14 May 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 250,000 ft²
- Products: silicon carbide (SiC) materials, ceramic matrix composites (CMC)
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [alabamanewscenter.com](https://alabamanewscenter.com/2018/05/12/ge-aviation-opens-alabama-factory-complex-to-produce-unique-materials/), 2018-05-12: "After years of research and testing, GE Aviation and our partners have cracked the code on mass producing CMC material."
- [alreporter.com](https://www.alreporter.com/2018/05/14/ge-aviation-opens-new-plant-in-huntsville), 2018-05-14: "This factory is one-of-kind with it being America's 1st center for mass-producing SiC materials used to manufacture CMCs."

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