LOUISVILLE — GE Appliances will invest $490 million at its Louisville global headquarters and manufacturing site to create its most advanced factory for the production of clothes washers, the company announced.
The investment, said the Haier Group Corp. subsidiary, positions GE Appliances to become the biggest American clothes washer manufacturer, and builds on the company’s 10-year, $3.5 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing. The new manufacturing lines will open in 2027, the company said.
“We’re bringing laundry production to our global headquarters in Louisville because manufacturing in the U.S. is fundamental to our ‘zero-distance’ business strategy to make appliances as close as possible to our customers and consumers,” said Kevin Nolan, president & CEO, GE Appliances. “This decision is our most recent product reshoring, and aligns with the current economic and policy environment.”