Hitachi Energy to open new facility in Alamo

Hitachi Energy officials announced the company is expanding manufacturing operations in Alamo, investing an initial $97 million and creating 100 new jobs. The additional investment in Alamo will allow the company to expand its manufacturing presence, increasing its total capacity for transformer components such as high-voltage direct current (HVDC) bushings across the globe. Upon completion, the expansion will solidify Hitachi Energy’s position as the second-largest employer in the area.  Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, delivering innovative power grid and digital technologies to power the daily lives of three billion people. With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation and power electronics, the company is addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – meeting soaring electricity demand. Headquartered in Switzerland, the company is the energy arm of the Hitachi Group, one of Japan’s leading technology companies.