# ABB to build smart transformer manufacturing base in Chongqing

ABB signed an agreement with Chongqing government to relocate and build a world-class smart transformer manufacturing base in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, with construction starting in late 2019 and operations in 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-07-26
- Where: Yufu Industrial Park, Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, China
- Value: $210.0M (1.50B CNY)
- Starts operating: Jun 2022
- Status: announced
- Products: power transformers, shunt reactors, HVDC converter transformers
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md)

## Sources

- [new.abb.com](https://new.abb.com/news/detail/28650/abb-to-build-a-world-class-smart-manufacturing-base-of-transformers-in-chongqing), 2019-07-26: "ABB and the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government signed an investment and cooperation agreement on building a smart manufacturing base of transformers in Chongqing’s Liangjiang New Area."
- [ymgk.com](https://www.ymgk.com/article/26665.html), 2019-08-01: "项目一期计划投资15亿元，将建设大型电力变压器制造基地、绝缘件加工中心和全球变压器设计中心。"

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