GE Appliances, a Haier company, is investing $1bn to transform its Appliance Park campus in Louisville, Kentucky, expanding high-output laundry production and bringing dryer manufacturing from Mexico back to the US.
The investment will cover new and expanded production across Buildings 1, 2 and 5, strengthening Appliance Park’s position as the largest home appliance manufacturing site in the US by production output, employment and campus footprint.
More than $400m will be invested to transform Building 5 into a high-output dryer manufacturing operation. The project will relocate dryer production from Mexico to Louisville, with manufacturing expected to begin in late 2027 following an estimated nine- to 12-month retooling programme.
GE Appliances said the transition will not result in layoffs, with employees remaining on payroll throughout the transformation and opportunities available to move into new and expanded manufacturing roles as production ramps up. The company will also invest approximately $112m in Building 1 to install new equipment and redesign existing washer and dryer production platforms.
Meanwhile, GE Appliances is continuing its previously announced $490m investment in Building 2, which will manufacture front-load washing machines and washer/dryer combo units from 2027.
Together, the projects are intended to secure the future of approximately 4,700 production jobs at Appliance Park once the new manufacturing footprint is fully implemented.
“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.”
The Building 5 transformation will see refrigeration production in Louisville conclude in early 2027, making way for the new dryer operation.
GE Appliances said concentrating investment in high-output dryer production will allow the products to be manufactured competitively in the US, while bringing laundry and dishwasher manufacturing together is expected to create efficiencies across its cleaning-products operations.
“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.”
The latest announcement adds to GE Appliances’ wider investment in US manufacturing. The company says it has committed $6.5bn to US manufacturing since 2016, including more than $3.5bn already invested in its domestic operations and a further $3bn announced in 2025 for investment over the following five years.
The company will continue producing millions of refrigerators annually at its facilities in Decatur, Alabama – described by GE Appliances as the largest refrigeration manufacturing operation in the US – and Selmer, Tennessee.
The investment comes as manufacturers continue to reassess the location and competitiveness of domestic production, with GE Appliances positioning its Louisville campus as a long-term hub for high-volume appliance manufacturing.
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