Hyosung expands Memphis transformer plant
Company to boost US production by over 50%, creating the nation’s largest power transformer facility by 2028.
Company to boost US production by over 50%, creating the nation’s largest power transformer facility by 2028.
The $157 M investment will boost 765 kV transformer manufacturing capacity in the US as electricity demand rises from AI and data centres.
The second major upgrade in six months will add 240 jobs and boost US transformer manufacturing capacity by 50 %.
The $51 million investment will add 123 new jobs to Hyosung HICO’s US transformer manufacturing hub in South Memphis, boosting local energy sector capacity.
Hyosung Heavy Industries’ US transformer unit aims for a 10 % market share within two years.
US, Memphis: Joe Durante, general manager of the Mitsubishi plant is pursuing to increase volume of the business in multiple ways — including, possibly, a sale of the Memphis plant.
USA, Tennessee: Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI) has shipped its 50th high-voltage transformer manufactured exclusively in its North American transformer manufacturing facility in Memphis, Tennessee.