Siemens Expands eMobility and Motor Control Center Manufacturing Near Raleigh, N.C., Creating Jobs

Siemens officially announced it would start manufacturing its eMobility™ RAVE charger and short-cycle tiastar™ motor control center (MCC) product lines at its almost 272,000-square-foot facility in Wendell, N.C., outside of Raleigh.

The newly added product lines will create almost 50 new positions, including mechanical assembly and wiring specialty, supervisory, and other factory roles. The Wendell facility already employs 400 workers, who support R&D, engineering, marketing, and business development for Siemens’ Distribution Systems business.

“Siemens is dedicated to the pursuit of best-in-class solutions for the transportation electrification market, and we’re proud to now locally manufacture a solution for the bus, truck, and fleet markets,” said John DeBoer, Head of Siemens eMobility and Future Grid Business Unit, North America.

“With the substantial growth we are experiencing in the transportation electrification market, local assembly, adaptation, and availability are critical to match the pace of this growing field. At Wendell, we have the knowledge, skillset, and facility footprint to accommodate the increased demand.”

The Wendell facility, which is ISO 9001 certified, has been an institution in the State of North Carolina since the early 1980s. Over the years, it has taken on several product lines, the most recent being for Siemens’ Future Grid business segment, which includes the eMobility, photovoltaic, and energy storage solutions.

The RAVE charger is a direct current electric bus and truck charger capable of supporting shuttle services at airports and other venues, as well as charging depots for public and private fleets. Most recently, the New York City Transit Authority announced it is adding new Siemens-supplied chargers to its eBus depot to power New Flyer’s transit buses.

The tiastar motor control centers can be found in industrial and commercial applications that have mechanical and electrical components, such as fans, conveyors, pumps, or blowers. These MCCs control and monitor the motor and other key process variables, providing core data required by the process control system.

Siemens has nearly 4,000 employees in North Carolina, serving the energy, manufacturing, healthcare, power generation, and building technologies sectors.

tiastar and eMobility are trademarks of Siemens and/or its affiliates in some countries.

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