# GE Appliances completes $125M expansion of Decatur refrigeration plant

GE Appliances completed a $125 million investment at its refrigeration plant in Decatur, Alabama, boosting production capacity by 25% and creating 255 new jobs. The expansion ensures compliance with 2022 refrigerant changes.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-02-24
- Where: Decatur, Alabama, United States
- Value: $125.0M
- Jobs: 255
- Starts operating: 24 Feb 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 25% increase
- Products: top-freezer refrigerators

## Companies

- [GE Appliances](https://endata.com/companies/3529.md)
- [Haier](https://endata.com/companies/5126.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [pressroom.geappliances.com](https://pressroom.geappliances.com/news/reinventing-u-s-manfuacturing-ge-appliances-opens-doors-to-alabama-plant-expansion), 2020-02-24: "Today, GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, unveiled the completion of its $125 million investment at its refrigeration plant in Decatur, Alabama."
- [insights.globalspec.com](https://insights.globalspec.com/article/13585/smart-factory-expansion-is-completed-for-appliance-production), 2020-02-25: "GE Appliances, a Haier company, finished work on a $125 million expansion at its refrigeration plant in Decatur, Alabama."
- [reliableplant.com](https://www.reliableplant.com/Read/31816/ge-smart-plant), 2020-02-27: "Decatur is a great example of how we are infusing digitization and other new technologies to improve safety, quality and manufacturing efficiency in our nine U.S. factories."
- [yoursourcenews.com](https://yoursourcenews.com/2020/03/ge-appliances-unveils-refrigeration-plant-expansion/), 2020-03-02: "Decatur is a great example of how we are infusing digitization and other new technologies to improve safety, quality and manufacturing efficiency in our nine U.S. factories."

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