# Hitachi Energy lays foundation for $180M transformer factory in Finland

Hitachi Energy laid the foundation stone for a new $180 million production and technology center in Vikby, Mustasaari, Finland. The 40,000 sq m facility will double transformer production and testing capacity, creating approximately 200 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2025-03-06
- Where: Vikby, Mustasaari, Finland, Finland
- Value: $180.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: doubling transformer production and testing capacity in Finland
- Products: transformers
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi Energy](https://endata.com/companies/15140.md)

## Sources

- [hitachienergy.com](https://www.hitachienergy.com/us/en/news-and-events/features/2025/03/a-historic-milestone-foundation-stone-laid-for-the-new-hitachi-energy-park-in-finland), 2025-03-06: "The foundation stone ceremony is a major milestone as part of a historic investment in Finland."

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