USA, North Carolina, Charlotte: HSP US, a Trench Group company, has opened its first American manufacturing facility, investing more than $60 M in domestic production of high-voltage transformer bushings from 25 kV to 765 kV.
The 15,800-m2 (170,000-sq-ft) plant is expected to create up to 140 manufacturing and engineering jobs by 2030. Its initial annual capacity of 3,500 bushings could later increase to 10,000 units.
Built and made operational in only 18 months, the facility brings HSP’s dry-type bushing technology closer to North American customers facing ageing infrastructure, rising electricity demand, data-centre growth, industrial expansion and transport electrification…