Hitachi Energy inaugurates transformer component factory in Gujarat

Hitachi Energy India Ltd on Wednesday said it has inaugurated a transformer component manufacturing factory in Vadodara, Gujarat. Located at the company’s largest plant in the country, this factory will produce dry bushings using the most reliable technology called ‘resin-impregnated paper’, Hitachi Energy India said in a statement.

This will be the country’s first facility which will produce resin-impregnated paper bushings up to 400 kV voltage level, it said, adding that the dry technology improves the thermal, electrical and mechanical performance of transformer bushings, making them more resilient and reliable — critical for transformers deployed in the power grid NSE -0.90 %.