# Safran inaugurates LEAP engine parts plant in Poland

Safran Aircraft Engines Poland inaugurated a new plant in Sędziszów Małopolski, Poland, to manufacture low-pressure turbine blades for the LEAP engine. Safran invested €48 million in the 8,000-square-meter facility, which already employs over 200 people and aims to produce 180,000 blades in 2018, rising to 800,000 annually by 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-04
- Where: Sędziszów Małopolski, Poland
- Value: $56.0M (48.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: Jul 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 180,000 blades in 2018, 350,000 in 2019, 800,000 annually by 2022
- Products: low-pressure turbine blades
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Safran](https://endata.com/companies/1270.md)
- [Safran Aircraft Engines Poland](https://endata.com/companies/32924.md)

## Sources

- [safran-group.com](https://www.safran-group.com/pressroom/safran-inaugurates-new-leap-engine-parts-plant-poland-2018-07-04), 2018-07-04: "I’m delighted to inaugurate our new facility in Poland, which will further cement the industrial bonds we have formed with the country over more than fifteen years."

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