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CES Transformers has officially opened an expanded manufacturing facility in Markham, Ontario, significantly increasing its production capacity to support rising electricity demand across Canada and North America.

The new 160,000-square-foot facility is expected to create more than 150 advanced manufacturing jobs in the region by 2030 and will more than triple the company’s existing transformer production capacity. The expansion is aimed at addressing growing demand for distribution and small power transformers, which are critical components of electricity infrastructure.

Demand for transformers has increased as utilities respond to electrification, population growth, and the expansion of data centres and industrial loads. Industry-wide transformer shortages in recent years have been identified as a key constraint on energy infrastructure development.

At the opening event, Adam Byrk, President of CES Transformers, said the expansion strengthens Canada’s domestic energy supply chain and positions the company to meet long-term electricity demand projections.

Government representatives also attended the opening, including Tim Hodgson, federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources; Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation; and Sam Oosterhoff, Ontario’s Associate Minister of Energy-Intensive Industries.

The Government of Canada provided $5.15 million in support for the project, including $3.75 million through FedDev Ontario to expand manufacturing capacity and $1.4 million from NRC IRAP to support research and development. CES has invested close to $100 million in recent years to address transformer supply constraints.

Founded nearly 40 years ago, CES Transformers is a family-owned Canadian manufacturer supplying electrical utilities with made-in-Canada transformer solutions.

Source: newswire.ca