GE Appliances and IUE-CWA Announce $1 Billion Investment in Louisville Plant, Creating the Largest Home Appliance Manufacturing Site in the U.S.

GE Appliances is redesigning its manufacturing footprint bringing high-output dryer production to Louisville, Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Appliances, a Haier company, and the IUE-CWA are announcing a major transformation of Appliance Park with a $1 billion investment by the company to expand high-output production of laundry products and reinforce its long-term commitment to manufacturing in Kentucky and the U.S. With new and expanded production across Buildings 1, 2 and 5, the investment will establish Appliance Park as America’s largest home appliance manufacturing site, reflecting its scale across production output, employment and campus footprint.

As part of the plans, GE Appliances will:

• Invest more than $400 million to transform Building 5 into a high-output manufacturing operation for dryers, bringing production from Mexico to Kentucky.
• Invest approximately $112 million in Building 1 to add new equipment and redesign existing washer and dryer platforms.
• Continue its previously announced $490 million investment in Building 2 to produce frontload washers and Combo washer/dryers that begin production in 2027.

"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."

“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. “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.”

The plans are designed to position Appliance Park for long-term growth by concentrating investment in high-output dryer production that can be produced competitively in the United States. Together, the $1 billion investments in new products and modernized facilities will help secure the 4,700 production jobs at Appliance Park once the new facility is fully implemented.

To prepare Building 5 for its new manufacturing mission, refrigeration production would conclude in Louisville in early 2027 and new dryer production would begin in late 2027.

• GE Appliances will keep employees on payroll throughout the transition, with no layoffs associated with the retooling of Building 5.
• An approximately 9- to 12-month transformation is expected before dryer production begins.
• Employees will have opportunities to move into new and expanded manufacturing roles as production ramps up across Appliance Park in 2027.

The transformation builds on GE Appliances' continued investment in Appliance Park and reinforces Louisville's role as the company's global headquarters and the largest appliance manufacturing site in the United States. As America’s Most Invested Appliance Company, GE Appliances has committed an industry-leading $6.5 billion to U.S. manufacturing since 2016, which includes more than $3.5 billion already invested in its U.S. operations and another $3 billion announced in 2025 for the next five years.

GE Appliances will continue making millions of refrigerators in the United States each year at our Decatur, Alabama plant, the largest refrigeration manufacturing operation in the U.S., and in Selmer, Tennessee.

About GE Appliances, a Haier company

At GE Appliances, a Haier company, we come together to make good things, for life. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, we are a leading U.S. manufacturer of home appliances with 15,500 team members nationwide. Our products can be found in half of all U.S. homes, and we’re proud to be rated America’s #1 Appliance Company.¹ We manufacture and sell products under the Monogram™, Café™, GE Profile™, GE®, Haier™ and Hotpoint™ brands. Our operations support 98,000 additional American jobs, and as America’s Most Invested Appliance Company, we’ve committed an industry-leading $6.5 billion to U.S. manufacturing since 2016 alone. We are deeply committed to the communities where we live and work, passionate about getting closer to our product users to understand their needs and driven by the belief that there’s always a better way.

To learn more about our company, brands, career opportunities and impact, visit geappliancesco.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.

^1 OpenBrand Consumer Tracking Survey, Q1 – Q4 2024, Based on Volume of Total Majors/MO/RAC – Retail Unit

Digital Assets: An infographic outlining GE Appliances’ manufacturing footprint in Kentucky and across the U.S., photos and b-roll footage related to this announcement are available for download and use here.