Siemens Electric's nearly $150M expansion project in Mecklenburg County, NC will also add jobs in Wake County.
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Long-standing North Carolina employer Siemens Energy, Inc. will expand its Mecklenburg County operations, creating a total of 559 jobs. The $149.8 million project will establish the energy technology company’s first manufacturing site in the U.S., where it will build Large Power Transformers (LPTs), a critical component of the nation’s power grid. The expansion will also add jobs to the company’s engineering operations in Wake County.
“Manufacturing large power transformers in the United States will strengthen and expand our electrical grid to incorporate more renewable energy and meet growing energy demand,” said Tim Holt, Member of the Executive Board of Siemens Energy. “We are excited to do that in Charlotte, North Carolina where our existing factory and incredible team is answering the call of our customers and policymakers to help protect our nation’s energy and national security.”
Siemens Energy has been operating in the U.S. for more than 100 years and currently has 21 manufacturing and service facilities and upwards of 10,000 employees in the country. More than 1,250 employees are currently based in Charlotte.