Pratt & Whitney expanding into Muscogee Technology Park to service fighter jet engines | Business | Columbus Ledger Enquirer

Move expected to add 45 jobs in Columbus initially, with more possible as work ramps up

By TONY ADAMS —

Aerospace company Pratt & Whitney, which is relocating work to Columbus from a plant being closed in San Antonio, Texas, will fill a speculative building in Muscogee Technology Park.

When it opens in early 2014, the 105,620-square-foot facility is expected to create 45 jobs initially, according to city development officials. The company took out a building permit for $3,546,354 on Aug. 15 to begin work on the industrial structure.

“This facility will accommodate F100 (jet engine) overhauls as we move forward with relocating the majority of work performed at the Pratt & Whitney San Antonio Operations to other business units including, but not limited to, the Columbus Engine Center in Georgia,” Pratt spokesman Ray Hernandez said Monday via email.

“It is anticipated that the transition will occur using a phased approach completing sometime in the first half of 2014,” he said.

The Columbus Engine Center already has space at Pratt & Whitney’s mammoth complex at 8801 Macon Road, about two miles from 5898 Osceola Court, the official address of the speculative building inside the technology park.

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