The company plans to manufacture medium- and low-voltage instrument transformers at the new facility, expected to be about 30,000 square feet in size. The facility will also serve as North American corporate and sales headquarters.
The manufacturing processes will include transformer winding, assembly, molding and electrical testing, creating job opportunities for employees of various skill sets. RITZ hopes to develop a pool of domestic suppliers for its component needs.
“We are excited about the prospect of having a manufacturing facility in Hartwell,” said Ingmar Grambow, the leader of the management board of RITZ. “The decision to build a manufacturing facility in the U.S. was a logical extension of the market development work that has taken place over the last several years.”
Grambow said Hartwell was chosen as the plant site because of the company’s confidence in the quality of the work force that it will be able to attract, and the level of support offered by the state and local economic development officials.
“We believe that this is sufficient grounds to feel confident in the success of this undertaking,” he pointed out. “There are many years of sales and employment growth ahead of us.”
With the addition of the Hartwell facility, Germany-based RITZ Group will consist of seven factories located in five countries. The company is the world’s largest manufacturer of instrument transformers in the 600-V through 72-kV range. Its clients include Siemens, ABB, AREVA and most large electrical utilities.
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