HD Hyundai Electric CEO Kim Young-ki, left, poses with Georgia Transmission Corp. CEO Barbara Hampton during a ceremony, marking the Korean company's production of its 1,000th ultrahigh-voltage transformer in the United States in Alabama, Friday (local time). The transformer will be delivered to Georgia Transmission Corp. for use in supplying electricity to Walton County, Fla. Courtesy of HD Hyundai Electric
HD Hyundai Electric has become the first Korean power equipment maker to cumulatively produce 1,000 transformers at its U.S. production facility, the company said Sunday.
The company held a ceremony Friday (local time) at its North American production subsidiary in Alabama to mark the production of its 1,000th transformer.
The milestone came 15 years after HD Hyundai Electric established the facility in 2011, making it the first Korean power equipment maker to establish a production base in North America.
The 1,000 transformers have a combined capacity of about 200 gigavolt-amperes (GVA), enough to meet the electricity demand of approximately 130 million U.S. households.
