CLEVELAND, OH – Intelligent power management company Eaton has announced
significant investments in its North American manufacturing and operations to support rapidly
growing demand for its electrical solutions. The company is expanding manufacturing and
bolstering resilience to increase the supply of its solutions for customers in utility, commercial,
healthcare, industrial and residential markets across North America. The majority of these
investments will be complete in 2024 and 2025.
“Electrical infrastructure has to work harder and smarter to accelerate decarbonization
and electrification. At Eaton, we’re all in on the energy transition, and our solutions are essential
to reinvent the way power is distributed, stored and consumed,” said Mike Yelton, president,
Americas Region, Electrical Sector at Eaton. “We’re making steady investments for our
customers, distributors and employees to meet growing demand in the Americas, and there will
be more to come.”
Investments in Texas and Wisconsin increase U.S. manufacturing of essential utility solutions
advancing electrification, grid modernization and energy resilience – Eaton is adding 200,000-
square-feet to its Nacogdoches, Texas manufacturing facility, more than doubling its size. The
project will double production capacity of Eaton’s voltage regulators to help utility customers
across North America accelerate grid modernization and resilience projects. Eaton will continue
to produce single-phase, pole-mount and pad-mount transformers in Texas to address the acute
supply shortage for these products. The expansion will create more than 200 skilled
manufacturing jobs.
The Texas expansion frees up capacity at the company’s largest Wisconsin manufacturing
facility in Waukesha, where Eaton is investing in equipment to increase manufacturing of three-
phase transformers for utility, data center, large commercial and industrial applications. Eaton
will continue to produce regulators, including complex pole and substation voltage regulators,
for utility customers in Wisconsin.
South Carolina facility expands manufacturing for busway products and industry-first EV
charging technology – Eaton is increasing production of busway to meet rapidly growing demand
for this power distribution technology used in commercial, industrial and fleet charging
applications. This expansion includes Eaton’s EV charging busway, an industry-first innovation
that dramatically simplifies and expedites infrastructure for fleet charging, while avoiding major
infrastructure modifications. For more than 60 years, Eaton has manufactured hundreds of
thousands of miles of busway in South Carolina and continues to expand manufacturing capacity
regionally.
Increased production across the Americas region supports circuit protection and metering
for homes, businesses – Eaton is increasing the manufacturing of its circuit breakers and metering
for homes and commercial buildings. These investments include expanding capacity and
diversifying production across various locations in the Americas region to increase the supply of
its solutions for customers, enhance supply chain efficiency and boost manufacturing resilience.
Manufacturing growth strengthens power backbone for commercial, industrial and utility
infrastructure projects – Eaton is adding capacity to increase supplies of essential power
distribution equipment to support infrastructure projects across industries. The company’s most
recent investments enhance its manufacturing facilities for switchgear and switchboards, which
provide the power backbone for customers across the Americas.
Expanded distribution centers support data center, healthcare and industrial customers –
Eaton is investing in the distribution capacity for its power quality products and connectivity
solutions. The company recently opened its largest regional distribution center in Chicago and is
expanding its distribution facility in Dallas to serve commercial, data center, industrial,
healthcare and communications customers.
Founded in 1911, Eaton is marking its 100th anniversary of being listed on the New York
Stock Exchange. For more information, visit Eaton.com.
