

Right now, the unit has 450 Raleigh employees, including most of the 150 new positions the company created for the new venture. Affiliations: Power Grids Research, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, Raleigh, USA. Tony hails from our PGGI group based in Raleigh, NC in the US. The 3,000-square-foot center, expected to be complete this fall, will host demos “and be able to show customers some of the solutions we sell,” she said. Global Product Manager Cyber Services and Technology, ABB Power Grids. The unit is building a “new customer experience center,” expanding into the second floor of its current building in Centennial Campus. In an interview, Yoann Barbosa, interim site lead and country finance director for Power Grids, said the new Hitachi ABB Power Grids business is already investing in Raleigh, where it also houses its power grids research and development center. The resulting company, dubbed a joint venture, will keep its headquarters at North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus. 901 Main Campus Dr, Raleigh, NC, Substation Equipment, Switchgear Enclosures, SCADA Systems, Power Generation Equipment, T&D Line Construction/Maintenance.


Nearly two years after Hitachi announced plans to acquire 80 percent of ABB’s Power Grids unit in an $11 billion deal, the transaction has closed – giving Raleigh yet another growing regional headquarters operation. New Hitachi-ABB venture in Raleigh generates early expansion Date Published: July 6, 2020
