# GE Aviation expands additive manufacturing plant in Auburn, Alabama

GE Aviation is expanding its Auburn, Alabama plant for additive manufacturing of jet engine components, with employment growing to 210 and over $100 million invested. Production of 3D-printed fuel nozzles is increasing.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-07-19
- Where: Auburn, Alabama, United States
- Value: $100.0M
- Jobs: 131
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 40,000 nozzles per year
- Products: 3D-printed fuel nozzles, additively manufactured engine components
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [madeinalabama.com](https://www.madeinalabama.com/2018/07/ge-aviations-3-d-printing-hub-in-alabama-expands-next-gen-technology/), 2018-07-19: "We’ve doubled employment in the additive area in the last year, and we expect it to grow at up to 50 percent again this year as production continues to grow."
- [geaerospace.com](https://www.geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/other-news-information/ge-aviation-asheville-hits-major-production-milestone), 2018-08-08: "It’s easy to see why GE Aviation is thriving here in Asheville. We have a terrific workforce culture that can adapt quickly to solve daily complex challenges."
- [citizen-times.com](https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/08/08/asheville-ge-aviation-plant-delivers-milestone-engine-turbine-shroud/922866002/), 2018-08-08: "We are really just at the tip of the iceberg on what this material system can offer, not just in the aerospace industry but adjacencies, right?"

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