A familiar home appliance maker on Wednesday pledged to invest $3 billion over five years in its U.S. operations and workforce, a plan that will include an expansion of production in Georgia.

Louisville, Kentucky-based GE Appliances says the expansion will create 1,000 jobs across five states, many in the Sun Belt. The more-than-a-century-old company is known for household staples such as washing machines, stoves and water heaters.

At its LaFayette facility in northwest Georgia, GE Appliances says its subsidiary, Roper Corp., will ramp up production of gas ranges previously made in Mexico. GE Appliances, formerly part of General Electric, was acquired by Haier, a Chinese multinational corporation, in 2016.

The announcement comes as President Donald Trump has imposed new tariffs across t

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