US EditionWhy GE Appliances will make more washing machines in Kentucky instead of China. It’s not what you think
- On Thursday, GE Appliances announced a $490 million investment to produce over 15 front-load washer models at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky.
- The investment follows six years of planning and recent reshoring efforts amid profound uncertainty about US trade policies and tariffs on Chinese imports.
- The Louisville campus, employing 8,000 people, will add 800 full-time jobs by 2027 with a new high-tech, highly automated clothes care plant focused on efficiency.
- CEO Kevin Nolan said, "making appliances in America makes sense," emphasizing the national shortage of skilled workers and the importance of upskilling employees.
- GE Appliances intends to continue expanding US manufacturing despite trade policy volatility, benefiting from localized supply chains that reduce tariff exposure.
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Why GE Appliances will make more washing machines in Kentucky instead of China. It’s not ...
Some of President Donald Trump’s steepest tariffs are on products like washing machines, and on Thursday, GE Appliances said it would spend a half a billion dollars to make even more of them in the United States. Tariffs, however, weren’t the driving factor behind the decision, the company’s CEO says, but they did serve as an accelerant. GE Appliances announced it would spend $490 million to move some washing machine production from China and bui
Why GE Appliances will make more washing machines in Kentucky instead of China. It’s not what you think
Some of President Donald Trump’s steepest tariffs are on products like washing machines, and on Thursday, GE Appliances said it would spend a half a billion dollars to make even more of them in the United States.
GE Appliances will make more washing machines in Kentucky
Some of President Donald Trump's steepest tariffs are on products like washing machines, and on Thursday, GE Appliances said it would spend a half a billion dollars to make even more of them in the United States.
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