GE Aviation’s Five-Year Investment in U.S. Operations Exceeds $4 Billion
February 15 2017 - 9:24AM
Business Wire
Record production intersects with new
technologies
Unique manufacturing & materials
introduced
Buoyed by record production on a new-generation of jet engines,
engine components and aircraft systems, GE Aviation investments
reached $4.3 billion in its expanding U.S. operations during
2011-2016 with another $1.1 billion invested in its international
sites.
The U.S. investments include $214 million to establish five new
plants in Ellisville, Mississippi; Auburn, Alabama; Asheville,
North Carolina; Lafayette, Indiana; and Huntsville, Alabama. About
two million square feet of new manufacturing floor space is being
created.
In addition, GE Aviation has upgraded current U.S. operations,
including expansions in West Jefferson, NC; and Hooksett, New
Hampshire; and created centers for emerging technologies such as
additive manufacturing, digital engine monitoring, ceramic matrix
composites (CMCs) and electrical distribution.
The first company to introduce heat-resistant, lightweight CMC
components into the hot section of commercial jet engines, GE
Aviation is creating America’s first fully-integrated supply chain
to mass produce components from this advanced material: From a CMC
raw materials plant in Huntsville to CMC manufacturing research
labs in Cincinnati, Ohio; and Newark, Delaware; to full-scale CMC
production in Asheville.
In advancing additive manufacturing, GE Aviation has created an
Additive Development Center in northern Cincinnati and a component
production operation in Auburn where more than 40 additive machines
are mass producing commercial and military engine components.
“GE Aviation is a global company with significant technology
capability around the world,” said Colleen Athans, Vice President
and GM of the GE Aviation Supply Chain. “At the same time, we are
introducing several highly proprietary technologies that are upping
our manufacturing capabilities in the United States."
GE Aviation has about 44,600 employees worldwide at 85 sites (47
in U.S.), including more than 25,000 U.S. employees (16,500 in the
U.S. supply chain). GE Aviation has an industrial backlog of more
than $150 billion. GE Aviation and CFM International, a 50/50 joint
company of GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, collectively have a
backlog of more than 15,000 jet engines.
About two-thirds of GE Aviation’s more than $25 billion in
annual revenues are generated from international sales – this
includes about 75% of GE Aviation’s commercial revenues derived
internationally. In general, about half of a GE commercial jet
engine is produced with U.S. content, thus resulting in a
significantly positive trade balance for the U.S.
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a
world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and
integrated systems for commercial, military, business and general
aviation aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to
support these offerings.
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