# GE Aviation to start production at $200M SiC plant in Limestone County, Alabama

GE Aviation's new $200 million facility in Limestone County, Alabama, will mass-produce silicon carbide materials. Production of CMC tape is scheduled to start in Q4 2018, and fiber production around April 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-31
- Where: Limestone County, Alabama, United States
- Value: $200.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Starts operating: Q4 2018
- Status: under construction
- Products: silicon carbide ceramic fiber, ceramic matrix composite tape
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md), [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [assemblymag.com](https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/94425-ge-aviation-plant-production-expected-to-start-in-fall), 2018-07-31: "Production is expected to start later this year at the new GE Aviation facility in Limestone County."

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