Pittsburgh-based Eaton, an intelligent power management company, recently broke ground on the 200,000-square-foot, $100 million expansion of its Nacogdoches, Texas, manufacturing facility.
The expansion will more than double the facility’s size and will double production capacity. It also will create more than 200 jobs and have a projected regional economic impact of $500 million.
The facility produces single-phase, pole-mount and pad-mount transformers and voltage regulators. There is a supply shortage for these products.
Expansion will free up capacity at Eaton’s Waukesha, Wis., facility that produces three-phase transformers for utility, data center, large commercial and industrial applications, and regulators for utility customers in Wisconsin. Eaton also is investing $22 million in equipment to increase manufacturing capacity in Wisconsin.
“Utilities across the U.S. are modernizing critical infrastructure to accelerate a smarter grid and clean energy future,” Guillaume Laur, Eaton senior vice president of power delivery and regulation, said. “Our solutions are vital to make these projects a reality, and we’re making steady investments to support our utility customers.”
Eaton was founded in 1911 and has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange for 100 year. In 2022, the company reported $20.8 billion in revenue and served customers in more than 170 countries.