GE Aerospace just announced plans to invest more than $52.9 million in North Carolina to expand its advanced manufacturing and testing facility, strengthening one of North Carolina’s most valuable high-tech operations. The expansion will support new production capacity, testing capabilities, and additional workforce needs at a site that already builds some of the most critical components used in modern aviation.

The West Jefferson facility—located about 90 minutes north of Charlotte — produces essential rotating parts for CFM LEAP engines, including blisks, high-pressure turbines, and spools. These engines power a large portion of the global commercial fleet. GE Aerospace technology is now used on three of every four commercial aircraft and two of three U.S. military combat aircraft and h

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