GE Appliances will expand high-output laundry products manufacturing at Appliance Park in Louisville, Ky., through a $1 billion investment across three buildings.

The modernization will help secure the 4,700 existing production jobs at Appliance Park, GE Appliances said in a Sept. 2 press release.

The project includes: 

• More than $400 million invested to transform Building 5 into a high-output manufacturing operation for dryers, bringing dryer production from Mexico to Kentucky

• About $112 million in Building 1 to add new equipment and redesign existing washer and dryer platforms

• Continuation of its previously announced $490 million investment in Building 2 to produce frontload washers and Combo washer/dryers for 2027

The approximately nine- to 12-month transformation is expected to end refrigeration production in Louisville in early 2027 and begin new dryer production late in the same year.

Refrigerator production will continue at the GE Appliances plants in Decatur, Ala. and Selmer, Tenn.

The company said employees will remain on payroll throughout the Building 5 transition, with no layoffs associated with the retooling. 

Company and union officials discuss Appliance Park investment

“We’re making major investments to continue modernizing Appliance Park and bring more production to our global headquarters in Louisville,” said Kevin Nolan, president and CEO of GE Appliances, in the press release. “Bringing our laundry and dishwasher manufacturing together gives us a real competitive advantage, with new synergies across our cleaning products and closer connections between the people who design, engineer, and build them. That combination allows us to move faster, accelerate innovation and continue strengthening our industry-leading U.S. manufacturing business.”

"Investment in American manufacturing is critical to our economy and our communities," said IUE-CWA President Carl Kennebrew. "Our Union members are proud to manufacture American-made GE appliances in Louisville, and this new investment will ensure that our members keep delivering these high-quality products to American consumers for years to come."

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