10/16/2026
📢 Investment alert: Hitachi Energy is investing $479 million to build Canada's first transformer insulation pressboard manufacturing facility in London, Ontario, strengthening Canada's domestic electricity supply chain at a time of growing demand for grid infrastructure.
⚡ Establishing Canada's first facility to produce transformer insulation pressboard, a critical material used in power and distribution transformers
🏠Building a 21,000-square-metre Transformer Insulation Factory that is expected to become the largest facility of its kind globally
đź’Ľ Creating 103 full-time jobs and expanding Ontario's advanced manufacturing footprint
🌎 Reducing reliance on imports while strengthening Canada's ability to produce a critical transformer component domestically
🌲 Leveraging Ontario's manufacturing strengths, skilled workforce and access to Canadian pulp resources
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