GE Appliances shifts more production to US as part of a $3 billion
investment
[August 13, 2025] By
BRUCE SCHREINER
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — GE Appliances plans to shift production of
refrigerators, gas ranges and water heaters out of China and Mexico as
part of a more than $3 billion investment to expand its U.S. operations
in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina.
The investment — the second-largest in the Louisville-based company's
history — is expected to add more than 1,000 jobs while ramping up
domestic production and modernizing plants in the next five years.
“Our long-term strategy is about manufacturing close to our customers,”
said CEO Kevin Nolan. “With lean manufacturing, upskilling our workforce
and automation, the math works for manufacturing in the United States.”
The majority of GE's appliance production is already in the U.S. and the
shift means only that the company will transfer more work to its
domestic plants.
GE will relocate production of gas ranges from Mexico to a plant in
Georgia, while six refrigerator models now made in China will be
manufactured at its Alabama plant, the company said.
In June, the company said it would move production of clothes washers
from China to its sprawling manufacturing complex in Louisville. The
reshoring announcements come as President Donald Trump tries to lure
factories back to the United States by imposing import taxes — tariffs —
on foreign goods.

GE Appliances said Wednesday that the first phase of its new investment
will begin at plants in five Southern states — Kentucky, Alabama,
Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
“We are defining the future of manufacturing at GE Appliances by
investing in our plants, people and communities,” Nolan said. “No other
appliance company over the last decade has invested more in U.S.
manufacturing than we have, and our $3 billion, five-year plan shows
that our commitment to U.S. manufacturing will continue into the
future.”
The multiyear plan includes ramping up production of gas ranges that
have been made in Mexico but will shift to the company's plant in
LaFayette, Georgia, the company said. Production of six refrigerators
now made in China will move to its plant in Decatur, Alabama.
GE's plant in Camden, South Carolina, will add production of electric
and hybrid heat pump water heaters, doubling the factory's output and
employment once the project is complete, the company said. The plant now
produces gas water heaters. Production of the company's electric and
hybrid water heaters — now made in China — will shift to South Carolina.
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A General Electric washer sits inside a retailer, Sept. 15, 2023, in
Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
 In Selmer, Tennessee, its plant will
produce two new models of air conditioners.
The latest investment includes the June announcement that GE
Appliances will pump $490 million into its Kentucky complex to
produce a combo washer/dryer and a lineup of front load washers that
are now made in China. In all, production of more than 15 models of
front load washers will shift to the company’s Louisville complex —
known as Appliance Park, it said.
Once its new plan is fully implemented, GE Appliances will have
invested $6.5 billion across its 11 U.S. manufacturing plants and
nationwide distribution network since 2016, it said.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday that the investment shows
his state's ability to support world-class companies with a skilled
workforce and the resources needed to thrive.
“GE Appliances has established Kentucky as America’s destination for
advanced manufacturing and job creation, and today’s news shows this
iconic company’s unwavering belief in the commonwealth and the role
we play in their success,” Beshear said.
GE Appliances handles product design and engineering work at its
Louisville headquarters but doesn't make all of its products in the
U.S. It contracts with other manufacturers, including in China, for
some of its production where it doesn't have capacity or needs
access to a global supply chain. The company said its core business
strategy is to base production in the United States, and investments
announced in June and on Wednesday are another step toward achieving
that goal.
The company said it's partnering with universities, technical
schools and high schools to help ensure that its plants and other
facilities have a trained workforce.
“Infrastructure and tools matter, but they are not enough,” said
Bill Good, vice president of supply chain for GE Appliances.
“America’s manufacturing renaissance will be built by people."
GE Appliances is a subsidiary of the China-based Haier company.
Overall, GE Appliances says it contributes more than $30 billion
annually to the U.S. economy and supports more than 113,000 jobs –
both directly and indirectly – through its operations, suppliers and
distribution network.
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