Pratt & Whitney Invests $25 Million to Expand Precision Parts Manufacturing Facility in Niepołomice, Poland

Pratt & Whitney, a business unit of RTX (NYSE: RTX), is investing $25 million (PLN 95 million) to expand its manufacturing facility in Niepolomice, Poland, which produces complex tubular assemblies for commercial and military engines. The expanded site is expected to become operational in 2028 and will create more than 120 new jobs.

The Niepolomice facility currently produces precision components for multiple engine programmes, including the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine for commercial passenger aircraft, the PW800 for business jets, and the F135 powering all variants of the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Dariusz Stopa, general manager of Pratt & Whitney in Niepolomice, said, "Poland plays a vital role as a key hub in Pratt & Whitney's global engine production, a commitment further strengthened by our $125 million investment in facilities this year."

The investment is supported by the Polish government through the Polish Investment Zone Programme. The Niepolomice expansion complements a separately announced $100 million investment in Pratt & Whitney's facilities in Rzeszow, Poland, which is increasing production capacity and adding advanced capabilities for processing isothermally forged parts for the GTF, F135 and F100 engines. Poland represents RTX's largest investment and employee base outside the United States, with more than 9,500 employees across its Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon businesses in the country.

This expansion is part of a wider push by engine manufacturers to build out specialized component capacity in countries where they already have workforce depth and government backing, rather than starting new sites from scratch. Pratt & Whitney's two announced Polish investments this year, $25 million in Niepolomice and $100 million in Rzeszow, both build on existing programme work across the GTF, PW800, F135 and F100 engines instead of adding new product lines.

Tubular assembly and isothermal forging capacity of this kind sits deep in the supply chain, so expansions here typically signal confidence in sustained production rates for the engine programmes they feed rather than a near-term change in aircraft or engine demand itself. The commercial GTF and military F135 both draw on the same Niepolomice site, which ties Pratt & Whitney's civil and defense output to a shared manufacturing footprint in one country.

Whether the Niepolomice site meets its 2028 operational target, and how the more than 120 new roles are filled against Poland's existing 9,500-person RTX workforce, will be the next markers of how this investment translates into actual output.