DECATUR, AL—Production is expected to start later this year at the new GE Aviation facility in Limestone County, according to a company spokesman. The factory will be the only U.S. location to mass produce silicon carbide  materials.

ASHEVILLE, NC--GE Aviation is set to invest around $105 million in its ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components manufacturing plant here to meet growing product demand.

LAFAYETTE, IN--Production of LEAP engines at the GE Aviation factory here will approximately double, to more than 1,000 this year, and the rate is slated to grow to 2,000 engines a year by 2020. Employment is on track to reach 230 by 2019, from the current 130.

ASHEVILLE, NC—GE Aviation celebrated the opening of its new advanced composites factory here. The new 170,000-square-foot facility will be the first in the world to mass-produce engine components made of advanced ceramic matrix composite materials.