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The GE Appliances’ Roper plant in LaFayette, Georgia, will employ more than 2,000 people after an expansion.
GE Appliances is expanding in Northwest Georgia, adding 200 jobs and investing $75 million in its Roper Corp. plant in Walker County and in a new logistics center in Murray County.
The company also plans to spend $55 million for a warehouse in Jackson County, northeast of Atlanta, where it will create another 100 jobs.
GE Appliances, an affiliate of Chinese-owned Haier Group, expects to spend $43 million at the Roper plant to create new manufacturing capacity and launch added cooking products later this summer.
The 100 new jobs will push the Roper plant to more than 2,000 employees, according to the company. Roper produces cooktops, free-standing ranges, and wall ovens under the Monogram, Café, GE Profile, and GE brands at the LaFayette, Georgia, factory.