Tokyo/Zurich/Crystal Springs, MS, September 15, 2026 – Hitachi Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”), today announced plans for a new $528 million transformer manufacturing facility in Gallman, Mississippi, creating over 700 jobs. The Mississippi facility will be the cornerstone of Hitachi Energy’s around $1.5 billion U.S. manufacturing expansion program, the largest in the industry, increasing domestic production of transformers and other critical grid infrastructure to meet rapidly growing energy demand across the country.
The new facility in Mississippi, Hitachi Energy’s largest single investment in the United States to date, deepens a long-term commitment to American manufacturing rooted in more than a century of building and strengthening the U.S. power grid, a heritage spanning Westinghouse Electric, ABB Power Grids, and Hitachi. The investments will help meet growing American energy needs through the expansion of U.S. manufacturing, contributing to the advancement of Hitachi's efforts in support of the strategic investment initiatives promoted by the governments of Japan and the United States. It also aligns with the Trump administration's and Governor Reeves' goals to promote domestic access to these critical grid technologies.
The new factory in Gallman will be approximately 6.5 miles (ten kilometers) from Hitachi Energy’s existing Crystal Springs facility. At over twice the size of the current plant, it will more than double capacity. Construction is expected to begin late this year, with transformer production at the facility scheduled to start in 2029. Once the new factory is completed, transformer production will transition from Hitachi Energy’s existing Crystal Springs facility to Gallman.
