The investment comes atop $100 million P&W plans to spend to expand another Polish facility.
Engine maker Pratt & Whitney (P&W) is further investing in manufacturing operations in Poland, revealing growth plans intended to support increased production of components for PW1000G geared turbofans (GTFs) and for military powerplants.
The company plans to spend $25 million to expand a facility in the city of Niepolomice near Krakow that produces “tubular assemblies” for commercial and military engines, the Connecticut engine maker said on 4 September.
It expects the expanded site will be operational in 2028 and create more than 120 jobs. The facility produces components for GTFs, PW800s, which power business jets, and F135s, the engine powering Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter.
News of the Niepolomice expansion comes after P&W in April disclosed plans to spend $100 million to expand capacity and add capabilities at its Rzeszow site in southeastern Poland.
There, the company is building a new facility to “house specialised capabilities for processing isothermally forged parts, including heat treatment, sonic machining and inspection operations”, P&W said in April.
The Rzeszow operation produces components for GTFs, F135s and F100s, another fighter-jet engine.
RTX, parent of P&W and of Collins Aerospace and defence supplier Raytheon, says it employs some 9,400 people in Poland – more than in any country except the US.
Also this year, in February, P&W revealed a planned $200 million investment to add another forging press at a US site in Columbus, Georgia.
P&W and other engine makers have been eager in recent years to add more forging and casting capacity in response to supply chain troubles that left supplies of cast and forged components tight, hindering engine production.
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