Hitachi Energy will invest $155 million to expand manufacturing capacity across three plants in North America.
The plans include $25 million to expand Hitachi’s Virginia transformer factory, $60 million to expand its Pennsylvania high-voltage switchgear and breakers factory, and $70 million to construct a distribution transformer factory in Reynosa, Mexico.
Hitachi is pushing to keep up with rising demand driven in large part by the U.S., with the company’s order backlog more than tripling since 2020.
Hitachi Energy added more than 8,000 employees between 2020 and 2023, including more than 1,200 in the U.S., to keep up with demand.
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