GE Vernova will invest about $30 million to expand its electrification manufacturing facility in Sesto San Giovanni, the company said on Tuesday, as it seeks to increase capacity for key grid components.
The expansion is expected to raise production of bushings used in power and generator transformers and create around 50 new manufacturing jobs in the Lombardy region.
GE Vernova said the project will add new production lines for advanced dry-type bushings, including Resin Impregnated Paper (RIP) and Resin Impregnated Synthetic (RIS) technologies, covering voltage levels of up to 245kV.
The Sesto San Giovanni site hosts the company’s Bushing Center of Excellence and designs, manufactures and services products deployed in large-scale power infrastructure projects globally.
“With this investment, we are strengthening a strategic capability within our fastest-growing Electrification segment,” said Philippe Piron, chief executive of GE Vernova’s Electrification business. “Sesto San Giovanni plays a central role in our global bushing manufacturing footprint. Expanding capacity here increases supply security for our customers and reinforces our ability to support large-scale power transmission and generation programs worldwide.”
The company said the move forms part of its planned $11 billion in capital expenditures and research and development investments between 2025 and 2028. It follows GE Vernova’s $5.2 billion acquisition of Prolec GE, additional investments of more than $100 million in U.S. grid facilities and the recent expansion of its Stafford site in the United Kingdom.
