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MHI to build gas turbine combustor manufacturing plant in Georgia |
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Friday, 02 October 2009 |
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 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)
has formulated a plan to build a gas turbine manufacturing plant in the U.S., near Savannah,
Georgia, to produce
combustors, a key component of gas turbines, targeting production launch by the
end of 2010. With the establishment of this base in North
America, where significant increase in demand for gas turbine
combined cycle (GTCC) power generation systems is expected, MHI aims to enhance
its worldwide gas turbine production capacity to 50 units per year.
Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA), a
Florida-based subsidiary that serves as regional headquarters of MHI's power
systems business in the Americas,
will be in charge of constructing and operating the new plant. MPSA has already
secured a 119-acre site near Savannah.
The new plant dedicated to
combustor manufacture, construction of which is slated to begin before the end
of this year, will have advanced production lines similar to those of MHI's
Takasago Machinery Works in Hyogo
Prefecture, the company's
main gas turbine production facility.
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