Ethiopia will soon have a transformer factory with a production capacity of over 10,000 transformers per annum, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

The factory is expected to start production by the end of the current Ethiopian year, Major Ebuy Gebremedhin, Deputy General Manager and Operation Head with Ethiopia Power Engineering Industry, said.

Ethiopia’s first transformer factory was launched three years ago and its capacity was 96 transformers a year.

Now there is only one factory that produces transformers and it has a capacity of producing 5,000 transformers per annum. When the new factory starts production, it will push the nation’s capacity to over 15,000 transformers a year.

Major Ebuy further noted the new factory will double its production capacity if there is an increment in demand.

Lieutenant Abrhaley Gebrekidan, Head of the factory, said the new factory’s installation will be finalized in two months time. He added 90 percent of the work is already done.

Commenting on the use of the factory, Abrhaley said the power generating dams including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, will need quality transformers as well a great quantity.

The factory will entirely use local raw materials. It will engage in the export sector once it has satisfied the local demand.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency