Siemens Energy expanding footprint in Charlotte

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that Siemens Energy Inc. was awarded a job development grant to expand its Charlotte factory in a move that will create hundreds of new jobs.

Siemens Energy, a company that produces power transformers, will create up to 475 operating jobs and 285 construction jobs in Charlotte and an additional 84 jobs at its Raleigh location, according to a news release from Cooper’s office. The Charlotte facility will be its first power transformer manufacturing facility in the country.

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