HD Hyundai Electric transformers
South Korean power transformer maker with a US plant in Alabama since 2011, now building a second Alabama plant for units up to 765 kV.
Facts
- Headquarters
- South Korea
- US manufacturing
- US plant verified
- Transformer types
- power transformers
- Product classes
- Large power, GSU, Substation
- Parent company
- HD Hyundai
- Announced capacity
- Second Alabama plant (groundbreaking March 2026), due for completion in April 2027, adding about 50% extra-high-voltage transformer capacity with production up to 765 kV (Korea Times, Oct 2026); aiming to raise US production 30% by 2026 (POWER, Jan 2026).
- Checked
Sources
- HD Hyundai Electric accessed 2026-11-09
- Wikipedia: HD Hyundai Electric accessed 2026-11-09
- Wood Mackenzie executive summary, Sept 2025 accessed 2026-11-09
- Power equipment makers race to expand US capacity amid AI boom (Korea Times, 28 Oct 2026) accessed 2026-11-09
- Transformers in 2026: Shortage, Scramble, or Self-Inflicted Crisis? (POWER, 2 Jan 2026) accessed 2026-11-09
Makers of the same classes
All manufacturers- Delta Star
- Eaton
- Elsewedy Electric
- Hitachi Energy
- Hyosung Heavy Industries (Hyosung HICO)
- JST Power Equipment
- Končar
- Mitsubishi Electric
Lead times for these classes, sourced and dated, are on the transformer lead times tracker.