GE Appliances
| GE Appliances | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Predecessor | General Electric |
| Founded | 1905, in Schenectady, New York, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Area served | North America |
Key people | |
| Products | Home appliances |
Number of employees | 12,000, including 6,000 at Appliance Park |
| Parent | Haier Smart Home Company, a publicly-traded affiliate of Haier |
| Website | geappliancesco |
| Footnotes / references | |
GE Appliances is an American home appliance manufacturer in Louisville, Kentucky owned by the Chinese company Haier. As part of the acquisition deal from General Electric in 2016, Haier has the right to use the GE brand name on appliances until 2056.
GE Appliances is a major appliance manufacturer in the United States and manufactures appliances under several brands, including GE, GE Profile, Café, Monogram, Haier and Hotpoint (Americas only, European rights held by Whirlpool Corporation). The company also owns FirstBuild, a co-creation community and micro-factory on the University of Louisville's campus in Louisville, Kentucky. Another FirstBuild location is in South Korea, and a FirstBuild location in India opened its doors in 2019.