Virginia Transformer

US manufacturer of liquid-filled power and dry-type transformers. Its current overview lists shell-type units to 500 MVA, while its company history states family capability to 1,400 MVA.

HQ US Founded 1971 GSUPad-mountDry-typePowerDistributionUS plantData centerUS expansion

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1,400MVALargest rating
525kVHighest voltage
300kVASmallest rating
$40MLargest US/EU expansion

Facts

Source per value
Segment Power when the maker publishes power, GSU, HVDC, autotransformer or reactor products or a rating above 20 MVA; Distribution when it publishes distribution, pad-mount, pole-mount, network or dry-type products; both when it publishes each. Derived from Transformer types and Largest rating.
Power and distribution 1
Transformer types Product types the maker lists, separated by semicolons: power, GSU, autotransformer, HVDC, shunt reactor, substation, distribution, pad-mount, pole-mount, network, dry-type (cast resin, VPI), mobile, rectifier/industrial, renewable and data center lines.
power; GSU; substation; shell-type; distribution; pad-mount; dry-type; VPI; rectifier/industrial; data center 1
Largest rating MVA Largest verified published rating in the cited product or regional scope, in MVA. Product range identifies base, forced-cooling, phase-shifter throughput or group-history claims; these rating bases are not interchangeable. Planned future ranges are described separately.
1,400 1
Smallest rating kVA Smallest published rating, in kVA. Shows how far down the distribution range a maker goes.
300 1
Product range The kVA/MVA range as the maker states it, by product line.
Current overview: core-type 300 kVA-400 MVA at 525 kV; shell-type 60-500 MVA at 500 kV; dry-type 300 kVA-20 MVA at 35 kV. Company history separately claims family capability up to 1,400 MVA, 500 kV; product-specific availability requires confirmation. 1
Highest voltage kV Highest voltage class the maker publishes or has delivered, in kV (AC system voltage; HVDC noted under Voltage classes).
525 1
Voltage classes Voltage classes and BIL as the source states them, by product or plant.
core-type to 525 kV class; shell-type to 500 kV; dry-type to 35 kV 1
Plants Transformer manufacturing locations, city and country. Planned plants carry their target date. Location lists identify verified sites and may not cover every factory in a global group.
Roanoke, Virginia, United States; Troutville, Virginia, United States; Pocatello, Idaho, United States; Rincon, Georgia, United States; Chihuahua, Mexico (two plants); Colbert County, Alabama, United States (planned 2028) 1
Plant countries Countries with verified operating transformer manufacturing in the cited scope; not necessarily the complete global footprint. Component and service-only sites do not establish new-unit manufacturing.
United States; Mexico 1
US plant Yes when an operating US transformer plant is verified; No when the source shows the maker's plants and none is in the US. Empty means not verified.
Yes 1
EU plant Yes when an operating transformer plant in an EU-27 country is verified (the UK, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey do not count). Empty means not verified.
No 1
Capacity expansion Announced transformer capacity expansions: amount in the original currency, place, announcement date, target date and output change. US and EU projects first.
$40M Rincon, Georgia plant expansion, announced 2025-11-20, +50% capacity, completion March 2027, 400 jobs; new 600,000 sq ft power transformer plant (2-500 MVA), Colbert County, Alabama, announced 2026-05-19, first production January 2028, about 1,100 jobs 2
Largest US/EU expansion $M Largest single announced US or EU transformer capacity investment, in US$ millions, where the source states a dollar amount. Euro amounts stay in Capacity expansion unconverted.
40 3
Expansion region Where the announced capacity expansions are: US, EU, both, or only elsewhere (Other).
US 2
Certifications and standards Quality certifications, listings and design standards the source names (ISO 9001, IEEE C57, IEC 60076, EU Ecodesign Tier 2, utility approvals).
Not published
Data center offer Yes when the maker markets transformers for data centers or has disclosed a data center transformer order. Empty means not found.
Yes 4
Data center product or order The named data center line, or the disclosed order with value and date.
E2D data center transformer; multiple data center contracts (Arizona, Ohio, Texas, South Carolina) for 2026-2027 delivery, announced 2025-01-15 4
Parent or owner Parent company or owner where the source states one.
Not published
HQ country Country of the maker's headquarters.
United States 1
HQ region Region of the maker's headquarters.
North America 1
Legacy brands and names Sourced former names and acquired transformer businesses, retained on the current maker row to avoid duplicate supplier counts.
Not published

Sources

  1. Virginia Transformer: About us and history accessed 2026-11-11
  2. Virginia Transformer: new greenfield plant in Colbert County, Alabama accessed 2026-11-11
  3. Area Development: Virginia Transformer expands Rincon, Georgia, production accessed 2026-11-11
  4. Virginia Transformer: Data center accessed 2026-11-11
  5. Business Wire: Virginia Transformer awarded multiple data center contracts accessed 2026-11-11

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