Pratt & Whitney will invest USD 25 million to expand its precision parts plant in Niepołomice, Poland, to boost output of complex tubular assemblies for engine programs. The site is expected to start operating in 2028 and create more than 120 jobs.
United Engine Corporation (ODK) opened a new gas turbine engine compressor production complex at its ODK-Kuznetsov plant in Samara, with an investment of 4.8 billion rubles. The complex doubles the plant's throughput and covers 16,500 square meters.
Eaton Aerospace is adding a new facility next to its North Charleston, South Carolina plant to make hydraulic pumps and motors for aerospace and defense, with $46 million investment and more than 50 jobs, expected complete in 2028.
RTX's Pratt & Whitney plans a $285 million investment to expand its Buncombe County jet engine parts operations, expected to create 325 jobs from 2026 over five years, supported by a $4.2 million state JDIG grant.
Liebherr-Aerospace is building a new 12,000 m² heat exchanger production building next to its Campsas site in Tarn-et-Garonne, with an investment of nearly €30 million. The building is due to be completed at the end of Q1 2025 and fully operational in mid-2026.
Honeywell announced an $84 million expansion of its Olathe, Kansas manufacturing facility, creating 156 permanent jobs plus 268 temporary construction jobs.
AeroStar is expanding its Brookley Aeroplex component facility in Mobile, Alabama, by purchasing Bauer Test Equipment's hydraulic system. A 55,000-square-foot building expansion is expected to be completed by early 2024.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to build a second facility next to its MHIAEL Nagasaki Plant, doubling its floor area from 5,400 to about 11,000 square meters. The expansion will bring outsourced combustor processes in-house and support production ramp-up for PW1100G-JM engine components.
Rostec's United Engine Corporation opened a new compressor production complex at ODK-Kuznetsov in Samara, investing 4.8 billion rubles. The new capacity doubles the plant's throughput, and about 500 jobs are expected across two new production lines.
Autonomous military and aerospace solutions provider Gen3 Defense & Aerospace will expand into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with an $8.69 million capital investment and 269 new jobs, supported by a $1 million state grant.
Woodward is expanding its aerospace manufacturing in Zeeland, Michigan by industrializing 15,000 square feet of a newly purchased building for metal additive manufacturing. The company bought the 26,000-square-foot space and applied for a tax abatement.
Williams International will expand its Ogden, Utah plant, adding 300 jobs and moving production from a shuttered Guaymas, Mexico facility. The $60 million project received a $6.8 million state tax credit approved in September 2020.
The Acutronic Group, a maker of aerospace components and motion simulators, is expanding into a 26,000-square-foot facility at 1100 E. Howard Ln. in Austin, Texas, as part of a multi-million dollar investment announced August 5, 2020.
Pratt & Whitney will invest $12.5 million in its North Berwick, Maine facility to add maintenance, repair and overhaul work on high pressure turbine and compressor modules for the PW1100G-JM engine.
Aerospace manufacturer Flexial Corporation broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot expansion of its Cookeville facility, adding production capacity and an engineering environmental test lab, and plans to hire 25-30 employees within two to three years.
Nikkiso plans to move industrial and aerospace production from its Higashimurayama plant to its Miyazaki plant, investing about 9.5 billion yen to expand capacity there, with about 100 new jobs. Completion is planned by 2021.
Pratt & Whitney's Columbus Forge Disks business unveiled a new isothermal vacuum forge press, the C5, to raise output of turbine disks and compressor rotors for its engines. The press is part of the company's engine production ramp, following a $386 million investment in Columbus announced in 2017.
ITP Aero inaugurated new facilities in Querétaro, Mexico, for producing aircraft engine pipes and end-fittings, adding 40 jobs in 2019 and targeting 327,000 pipes and 230,000 end-fittings in 2020.
Safran Transmission Systems Poland officially completed an expansion and modernization of its Sędziszów Małopolski plant, which began in 2016. The plant gained 1,750 m² of production space, 1,200 m² of social space and 640 m² of offices.
Schiebel broke ground on the doubling of its Wiener Neustadt site to nearly 8,000 m2 in 2019 and 2020, investing EUR 15 million and creating around 80 jobs. The site will employ 200 people.
Rubin Aviation Corporation plans to invest about 1.376 billion rubles to build new production workshops and expand existing output of aviation equipment in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast. The new production is planned to start by January 1, 2025 and reach full capacity by early 2029. The land agreement was signed at the Russian Investment Forum.
GP:50 is adding 12,000 square feet to its Grand Island, NY headquarters, mainly for its Aerospace Division, and has bought over $500,000 in test chamber, pressure test and turning equipment, with occupancy planned by late February 2019.
Pratt & Whitney announced an investment of up to $100 million in its existing West Palm Beach, Florida facility to support defense programs, creating up to 215 new jobs by 2022. The expansion covers the campus and new manufacturing equipment.
Aero Fluid Products will add 30,000 square feet to its facility at 313 Gillett Street in Painesville, Ohio, creating 40 full-time jobs and investing an estimated $3 million to $4 million; the lower figure is shown.
GE Aviation will create 15 full-time jobs over four years at its West Jefferson plant, which added a 90,000-square-foot expansion, as announced by Governor Roy Cooper's office.
Pratt & Whitney inaugurated GP7200 engine overhaul capability at its Pratt & Whitney Eagle Services Asia engine center in Singapore, a joint venture with SIAEC, on February 5, 2018. The facility is investing nearly US$85 million and expects GTF engine servicing to begin in 2019.
Unison Industries plans to invest nearly $30 million to upgrade its product manufacturing and R&D operations in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. The project is expected to create 76 new jobs over five years and retain 362 existing jobs.
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS added a 3,300 square metre building at its Campsas site near Toulouse to make precision aircraft parts such as turbine rotors and valve bodies. The extension is an investment of € 6.5 million, with recent equipment investments of € 3 million.
Pratt & Whitney commissioned a new 93,000 square-foot fan blade manufacturing facility at its AutoAir plant in Lansing, Michigan, for PurePower GTF engines. The $97 million investment adds to an existing GTF fan blade line.
Honeywell plans to invest more than $10 million and add up to 5,000 square feet of manufacturing space at its Greer, South Carolina aerospace facility, creating about 30 jobs by 2019. South Carolina committed additional tax incentives over 20 years.
Pratt & Whitney installed a new atomization tower at its HMI facility in Clayville, New York, as part of a $7 million expansion that doubles output of nickel superalloy powder used in engine components.
Pratt & Whitney will invest approximately $386 million in its Columbus, Georgia facility to increase production of parts and maintenance services, including a 200,000 sq ft GTF engine overhaul building and a new forge press facility. More than 500 new employees will be hired. The announcement was made on February 14, 2017.