Delta Star to purchase Alstom transformer factory in Montreal

2015-6-9

 USA, Virginia: Lynchburg-based transformer and mobile substation manufacturer Delta Star, Inc. has announced an agreement to purchase the Alstom transformer factory in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu near Montreal in Quebec, Canada.

The Alstom plant is Canada’s most modern transformer factory and is capable of manufacturing medium power transformers up to 315 kVA and up to 166 MVA, Delta Star states in the press release.

“The Alstom factory will provide our United States customers a third plant with medium power transformer capacity. Over the past five years Delta Star has doubled production at our existing locations and this is a unique opportunity to acquire additional engineering and manufacturing talent,” Delta Star President and CEO Ivan Tepper said.