Thu, Nov 03, 2011
Facility Expected To Employ 300 to 400 Within Decade
GE Aviation Monday hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site
of its new jet engine components factory in Auburn, Alabama.
Governor Robert Bentley, US Representative Mike Rogers, Auburn
Mayor Bill Ham, Jr. and Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard were
among those who joined company executives at the event.
The 300,000 square-foot advanced manufacturing plant will
produce precision, super-alloy machined parts for GE jet engines
that will power future commercial and military aircraft, and also
to support the fleet of GE jet engines already in service.
Following the start of construction, the facility is on schedule
to open in late 2012. GE says limited hiring will begin next year.
Additional hiring is slated for 2013 as production begins to ramp
up. GE Aviation's goal is to employ 300 to 400 people when the
plant is in full operation later this decade.
GE Aviation says it selected Auburn in large part because of its
access to a skilled workforce and its proximity to Alabama's
university system. The facility is expected to develop
collaborative relationships with Auburn University and Tuskegee
University. This week, GE Aviation will begin recruiting at both
campuses.
The Auburn groundbreaking ceremony comes on the heels of the
Supplier Symposium that GE Aviation hosted in Tuscaloosa last
month, attended by more than 100 Alabama companies. The symposium
was held to expand GE's aerospace supplier network throughout
Alabama.
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