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Distribution Transformers: New Demands for a Changing Grid
Transformers play a central role in our electricity infrastructure. They step up voltage at power plants for efficient long-distance transmission and then step down the voltage with distribution transformers for safe use in homes and businesses. As our electricity needs grow, so does the demand for transformers. The U.S. Energy ...
Please join us in welcoming Chris Billingsley to Rea Magnet Wire Company as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Chris comes to Rea with more than 20 years of manufacturing, engineering, and leadership experience. Most recently, he was Vice President/General Manager of Zip-Pak, an Illinois Tool Works Company in Carol Stream, Illinois. Prior to this, he held increasingly responsible positions over 12 years with James Hardie Building Products including ...
MagneFlex Expansion at Lafayette Plant
Rea began producing MagneFlex with its acquisition of the Ashland, Virginia, plant in 2001. The Ashland plant currently has multiple insulating lines and rewind lines and was Rea’s only manufacturing location for MagneFlex until the Lafayette, Indiana, plant installed and started up its first line in 2018. Due to increasing ...