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Developments in Business Internationalization
The internationalization process of Efacec’s businesses encompasses a complex organization and investment and is based on medium and longterm
development concepts. The projects concerning the main Business Internationalization projects carried out this year – already mentioned
in the most importante events of 2010 – are described in detail below.
USA
On the 19th of April 2010, Efacec inaugurated Efacec Power
Transformers, Inc..
In approximately two years, the challenging goal of establishing
a company in the USA became a reality. The achievement of this
objective was possible due to the quality, great effort and dedication
of those involved. The fact that the State of Georgia regarded this
investment to be a Project Supreme, confi rms the excellence and
innovation of this project.
After several months of negotiation between Efacec and several U.S.
states, it was agreed, in 2007, by both of Efacec’s Shareholders and
by the State of Georgia, to carry out the large construction project
for the new Transformers Factory, whose overall cost amounted to
USD 180 million.
To develop and implement this project, a steering committee was
created to monitor its various phases.
Located in Rincon, Effi ngham County, 250 miles from Atlanta, the
capital of the State of Georgia (close to the Port of Savannah),
the factory can be found next to Highway 21, Savannah Technical
College’s Effi ngham campus and the future Effi ngham Career
Academy.
The new factory was designed to fulfi l the needs of Efacec’s
customers at the northern part of the country, including most of
the major companies in the USA. The project used advanced ecofriendly
technologies to protect this environmentally diverse and
delicate region of the country.
Production in these facilities began on the second half-year of 2009
and, up to 2015, Efacec Power Transformers will create a total of
600 new jobs.
Eight core-type power transformers (20, 25, 40, 47, 60, 115 and 153
MVA) were completed: two 20 MVA transformers were delivered to
Colorado River and Nevada Energy; the 25 and 40 MVA transformers
were for Efacec Power Transformers, Inc. itself; the 47 MVA
transformer for Oncor; the 60 MVA one for Georgia Power; and the
115 MVA one for NextEra Energy.
With a maximum power of 115 MVA, this 115 kV high voltage
transformer was the fi rst one to be dispatched from this new factory
and was delivered to the wind farm of New Mexico – Red Mesa Wind,
LLC Project.
It should be noted that for the assembly of this transformer new
types of windings were used: a helitran layer with netting tape in
low voltage (conductor without insulation paper) and a winding with
shields for high voltage. This way, it was possible to reduce the cost
of the product and also production time.
To celebrate the dispatch of the fi rst transformer, a product of work
developed since September 2009, Efacec Power Transformers invited
all 150 employees from the different areas (who contributed either
directly or indirectly for this occasion), to witness the opening of the
shipping gate and the exit of the fi rst transformer.
A CORE GSU transformer with 153 MVA was also manufactured for
Fagen to be put in operation soon at the new 100 MW Biomass
First Transformer made by Efacec Power Transformers
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