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GE Appliances announces $1 billion Appliance Park overhaul, shifting dryer production from Mexico

Louisville, KentuckyPublished 7 Sep 2026

The Haier-owned company and IUE-CWA said a $1 billion Louisville plan will move dryer production from Mexico, convert Building 5, and help secure 4,700 production jobs.

GE Appliances and the IUE-CWA announced a $1 billion transformation of Appliance Park in Louisville, including more than $400 million to move high-output dryer production from Mexico into Building 5, about $112 million for Building 1, and a previously announced $490 million Building 2 laundry plant. Refrigerator production in Louisville is slated to end in early 2027, with dryers starting later that year after a 9- to 12-month retooling; the company said workers stay on payroll with no related layoffs. Officials said the campus will become the largest U.S. home-appliance manufacturing site and that the plan helps secure 4,700 production jobs.

Shared facts

GE Appliances announced a $1 billion investment at Appliance Park in Louisville.

The announcement was made with the IUE-CWA, the union representing GE Appliances workers.

GE Appliances is a Haier company.

The investment is meant to expand high-output production of laundry products.

The company said the project will make Appliance Park the largest home-appliance manufacturing site in the United States.

New and expanded production will span Buildings 1, 2, and 5.

More than $400 million will transform Building 5 into high-output dryer production.

Dryer production will move from Mexico to Kentucky.

About $112 million will go to Building 1 for new equipment and redesigned washer and dryer platforms.

A previously announced $490 million investment in Building 2 will produce front-load washers and combo washer-dryers.

Building 2 production is scheduled to begin in 2027.

Refrigerator production in Building 5 in Louisville is set to end in early 2027.

GE Appliances will keep making refrigerators in Decatur, Alabama, and Selmer, Tennessee.

New dryer production in Louisville is scheduled to begin later in 2027.

Retooling Building 5 is expected to take about nine to 12 months.

The company said employees will stay on payroll and there will be no layoffs tied to the retooling.

GE Appliances said employees will have opportunities in new and expanded manufacturing roles as production ramps up in 2027.

The company said the investment will help secure 4,700 production jobs at Appliance Park.

CEO Kevin Nolan said GE Appliances is making major investments to modernize Appliance Park and bring more production to Louisville.

Kennebrew said union members are proud to manufacture American-made GE appliances in Louisville.

Kennebrew said the investment will ensure members keep delivering those products to American consumers.

Gov. Andy Beshear said Kentucky has established itself as an economic leader.

Gov. Andy Beshear said that with GE Appliances and IUE-CWA, Appliance Park is officially the largest U.S. home-appliance manufacturing site.

Beshear thanked Kevin Nolan, the GE Appliances team, Carl Kennebrew, and union members.

The project builds on a 2025 $490 million investment that moved washing-machine production from China to Louisville.

In January, GE Appliances moved water-filter manufacturing to Appliance Park.

GE Appliances committed in 2025 to spend $3 billion on U.S. manufacturing over five years.

GE Appliances said its 2024 Economic Impact Report showed a $12.8 billion contribution to Kentucky GDP.

GE Appliances employs about 8,000 people in Kentucky.

GE Appliances has committed $6.5 billion to U.S. manufacturing since 2016.

The company said it has already invested more than $3.5 billion of that U.S. manufacturing commitment.

The company said the plans concentrate investment in high-output dryer production that can be made competitively in the United States.

Appliance Park is GE Appliances’ global headquarters.

Disputed facts

Sources differ on whether GE Appliances supports about 30,000 or nearly 31,000 additional Kentucky jobs.

Shared opinions

Nolan said bringing laundry and dishwasher manufacturing together gives a competitive advantage.

Nolan said that combination lets the company move faster, accelerate innovation, and strengthen U.S. manufacturing.

IUE-CWA President Carl Kennebrew said investment in American manufacturing is critical to the economy and communities.

Beshear called the announcement incredible.

Beshear said Kentucky is a state where being pro-business and pro-union is a win for everyone.

Louisville Courier Journal

GE Appliances announces $1B investment into Louisville plant

Olivia Evans

Published 2 Sep 2026 accessed 7 Sep 2026

Facts

The $1 billion plan was announced on Sept. 2.

Building 2 is under construction for a 2027 launch as part of a previously announced investment.

Some GE Appliances workers will not work during the retooling period.

That 2025 washer move created 800 jobs in Louisville and a revamp of Building 2.

Production of the GE Profile combo washer-dryer and UltraFresh front-load washer is slated to begin in Louisville in 2027.

The June 2025 investment was supported by $113.5 million in performance-based state tax incentives.

Louisville awarded GE Appliances $4 million in cash incentives for the 2025 washer move.

It was not immediately clear what incentives, if any, GE Appliances has sought for the new $1 billion investment.

That work brought 30 jobs and the company’s first in-house water-filter production at Appliance Park.

The automated water-filter system can produce one filter every five seconds.

GE Appliances had not said how much of that investment the water-filter line represents.

Opinion

The Courier Journal said GE Appliances continues to be an economic generator for Louisville and Kentucky.

WDRB

Major investment to return GE product line to Louisville

WDRB+WAVE Digital Staff

Published 2 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

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No unique facts.

Opinion

No opinion marked.

Lexington Herald-Leader

Kentucky to become home for America’s largest appliance manufacturing site

Piper Hansen

Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

Facts

The company is relocating some Mexico operations to its Louisville headquarters.

Appliance Park currently manufactures GE dishwashers and other appliances.

The Herald-Leader said the investment was announced Thursday.

Previous Appliance Park investments received state performance-based tax incentives and Metro Louisville cash incentives.

Opinion

No opinion marked.

Khaleej Times

Appliance Park in Louisville to become largest US home appliance site

Tom Latek

Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

Facts

Beshear said the ranking comes with the investment and support of GE Appliances and IUE-CWA.

Opinion

No opinion marked.

Manufacturing Dive

GE Appliances investing $1B to shift production from Mexico to Kentucky

Manufacturing Dive

Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

Facts

GE Appliances completed a $180 million expansion of Roper Corp. in LaFayette, Georgia, in June 2025.

Julie Wood said success of laundry production in Building 1 gave GE Appliances confidence to keep transforming Appliance Park.

Wood said locating other laundry operations at Appliance Park will give the company scale and expertise in one location.

That Georgia expansion created more than 600 jobs.

Energy Department washer-dryer efficiency standards are set to take effect March 1, 2028.

Wood said the Appliance Park investment is a long-term laundry strategy, not a response to a specific administration's trade policies.

Wood said GE Appliances remains interested in and supportive of trade agreements with Mexico and Canada.

Wood said GE Appliances adjusted its supply chain for events such as the closing of the Strait of Hormuz.

Those adjustments include becoming more vertically integrated and buying more parts from U.S. suppliers.

Since 2018, annual U.S. supply-chain spending grew from $2 billion to more than $4.6 billion, Wood said.

The U.S. supplier network grew from 1,700 to more than 6,500, Wood said.

Opinion

Wood said the trade-policy environment should not inadvertently diminish the economic benefits of the U.S. investments.

Lane Report

GE Appliances announces $1 Billion Louisville investment, will move dryer production from Mexico to Kentucky

Kevin O. Stinnett

Published 3 Sep 2026 accessed 6 Sep 2026

Facts

Lane Report said the announcement came Wednesday.

GE Appliances said it will continue producing millions of refrigerators a year in the United States.

The investments will concentrate more laundry and cleaning-product manufacturing at the Louisville headquarters.

The company describes the Decatur plant as the country’s largest refrigeration manufacturing operation.

The company employs about 15,500 people nationwide.

GE Appliances says its operations support another 98,000 American jobs.

GE Appliances manufactures and sells Monogram, Café, GE Profile, GE, Haier and Hotpoint brands.

The company says its products can be found in half of all U.S. homes.

Opinion

Lane Report called the outlay a massive new commitment to Kentucky manufacturing.

Lane Report called that move a significant reshoring of manufacturing to Kentucky.

Lane Report said shifting dryer manufacturing from Mexico to Louisville is one of the project's most significant components.

Lane Report said the announcement is a broad restructuring and expansion of the Louisville manufacturing footprint.

Lane Report said the $1 billion commitment further strengthens Appliance Park’s role in Kentucky manufacturing.

Lane Report said the investment is significant because it brings more manufacturing into Kentucky and reinforces a major Louisville plant.