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GE To Build CMC Raw Materials Plants in Alabama
Plans call for operations to start by mid-2018
A worker places CMC material into an oven to melt silicone into a matrix at GE's CMC plant in Newark, Delaware. (Photo: GE Aviation)
A worker places CMC material into an oven to melt silicone into a matrix at GE's CMC plant in Newark, Delaware. (Photo: GE Aviation)

GE Aviation plans to build two adjacent factories in Huntsville, Alabama, to mass-produce silicon carbide (SiC) materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components (CMCs) for jet engines and land-based gas turbines, the company announced Tuesday. The company said construction will cost it more than $200 million. Expected to enter operation in mid-2018, the factories will employ as many as 300 people, according to GE.


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