Manufacturing Council - Powering Up: The Story of Mitsubishi Electric

Powering Up

Hear the story of the startup and operational process of the Memphis Mitsubishi Electric facility directly from MEPPI leadership and updates from the Manufacturing Council.

Speaker

Michael C. Dalton, Operation Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.

Join us to hear the story and process of the MEPPI Memphis facility, which is their first manufacturing facility of power transformers outside of Japan. With this facility, they invested $236 million and created 300 new jobs. More about this project:

• Site: 97 acres
• Manufacturing space: 307,000 sq. ft.
• Office space: 52,000 sq. ft.
• Installation duration: 18 months
• Tons of steel (time to erect): 8,000 (4 months)
• Number of concrete piles: 6282 piles at 12” diameter to 45’ depth
• Products: Shell-type power transformers for the following applications (Generator step-up transformers, Step-down power transformers, Autotransformers & Shunt reactors)
• Transformer capacity: up to 1500 MVA (3000 MVA bank)
• Transformer operating voltages: 161 kV to 765 kV
• Transformer weight: in excess of 400 tons

Speaker bio: 
Michael C. Dalton is a 35-year industrial operations specialist with over 20 years' experience as a Plant Manager and Director of Operations.  Mike's experience spans multiple industries including commercial and architectural lighting, large commercial air conditioning equipment, high voltage electric utility distribution and transmission products, medical device manufacturing and high volume consumer retail products. 

He joined MEPPI in 2011 as Operations Manager for its new transformer plant in Memphis.  His responsibilities in this role have included the transfer of manufacturing technology from Japan, new plant construction and equipment installation, supply chain development, staffing, training, organizational development and on-going operations management. 

Mike received his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operation Research from Virginia Tech and is a licensed professional engineer.

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