# GE Appliances, a Haier company

> GE Appliances is one of the largest home appliance makers in the United States, headquartered at the 750-acre Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Owned by China's Haier Smart Home since a $5.6 billion sale by General Electric in 2016, it designs and builds refrigerators, ranges, dishwashers, washers, dryers, water heaters and air conditioners across a house of brands - Monogram, Cafe, GE Profile, GE, Haier and Hotpoint - and connects them through its SmartHQ app. The company sells to consumers, builders, distributors and designers, runs a large parts-and-service operation, and has committed billions to move production back onto American soil.

- **Founded:** 1907
- **Headquarters:** Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- **Founders:** General Electric (originating parent) (Original parent company / brand origin)
- **Team size:** Approximately 12,000-15,500 employees
- **Products:** Refrigeration, Cooking, Laundry, Dishwashers, Water heaters & air conditioning
- **Notable:** Acquired by Haier from General Electric for $5.6 billion in 2016, then reversed years of decline into growth., Committed a historic $3 billion, multi-year plan (announced August 2025) to expand U.S. manufacturing and reshore washer, dryer, range, refrigerator, water-heater and AC production., Announced a $490 million laundry investment at its Louisville global headquarters (June 2025), adding roughly 800 jobs.

## Products & services

- **Refrigeration** — Full line of refrigerators and freezers across the Monogram, Cafe, GE Profile, GE, Haier and Hotpoint brands, including connected models.
- **Cooking** — Ranges, wall ovens, cooktops and microwaves, including gas, electric and induction cooking built at plants like Roper in LaFayette, Georgia.
- **Laundry** — Washers and dryers, with a $490M investment announced in 2025 to expand laundry production in Louisville.
- **Dishwashers** — Dishwashers manufactured at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky.
- **Water heaters & air conditioning** — Water heaters (Camden, SC) and room/whole-home air conditioning, with production being reshored to the U.S.
- **SmartHQ** — Unified app to control and monitor connected GE Appliances products, with voice control via Alexa and Google, remote diagnostics, and AI-assisted features.
- **Opal Nugget Ice Maker** — FirstBuild's crowdfunded countertop nugget ice maker that became GEA's best-selling small appliance and drove its re-entry into small appliances.
- **GE Appliances Parts & Bodewell Service** — Large replacement-parts distribution network and factory service (Bodewell) for repairs and maintenance.

## Achievements

- Acquired by Haier from General Electric for $5.6 billion in 2016, then reversed years of decline into growth.
- Committed a historic $3 billion, multi-year plan (announced August 2025) to expand U.S. manufacturing and reshore washer, dryer, range, refrigerator, water-heater and AC production.
- Announced a $490 million laundry investment at its Louisville global headquarters (June 2025), adding roughly 800 jobs.
- Received the 2025 National Metalworking Reshoring Award for U.S. manufacturing leadership.
- Built FirstBuild into a decade-long co-creation engine that produced the viral Opal Nugget Ice Maker (raised $2.7M on Indiegogo against a $150K goal).
- Reports contributing more than $30 billion annually to U.S. GDP.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Expanded its Google Cloud partnership, deploying Gemini Enterprise across manufacturing operations at scale.
- **2026-01** — Announced first-ever water filter manufacturing at its Louisville Appliance Park.
- **2025-08** — Unveiled a historic $3 billion plan to expand U.S. manufacturing and reshore multiple product lines.
- **2025-06** — Announced a $490 million investment to expand laundry manufacturing in Louisville, adding about 800 jobs.

## Links

- Website: https://geappliancesco.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/geappliancesco
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ge_appliances
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/geappliances
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geappliances/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geappliances/

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Last updated: 2026-08-14