Hitachi Energy builds $528 million Mississippi transformer factory
Hitachi Energy will build a $528 million transformer factory in Gallman, Mississippi, scheduled to begin construction late this year and start production in 2029. The facility will be over twice the size of the Crystal Springs plant, more than double production capacity, and create over 700 jobs while production shifts from Crystal Springs to the new site. The Gallman project is the largest single U.S. investment in Hitachi Energy's roughly $1.5 billion U.S. expansion, alongside investments in Virginia, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania, aimed at increasing domestic transformer supply to meet growing electricity demand.
Hitachi Energy will open a $528 million transformer factory in Mississippi.
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Hitachi Energy has already invested in U.S. transformer factories in Virginia, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania. The company is expanding U.S. capacity to meet rising electricity demand and will move production from Crystal Springs to Gallman…
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