GE Aviation Plant Production Expected to Start in Fall
DECATUR, AL—Production is expected to start later this year at the new GE Aviation facility in Limestone County. The factory will be the only U.S. location to mass produce silicon carbide materials, reports DecaturDaily.com.
The $200 million complex, located on a 100-acre site on the south side of Interstate 565, has one factory that will make SiC ceramic fiber, the raw material used to produce ceramic matrix composite (CMC) tape at the adjacent factory. The tape will be shipped to a GE facility in Asheville, NC, to create lightweight, heat-resistant parts for jet engines.