Forgent’s new 500,000-square-foot facility in Dayton, Minn., will manufacture power skids, e-houses, medium-voltage switchgear, and other electrical distribution products. (Photo courtesy Forgent Power Solutions)
The company’s Dayton expansion adds 500,000 square feet of new manufacturing capacity to support growing demand from the data center, grid, and industrial markets.
DAYTON, Minn.—Forgent Power Solutions, Inc., a U.S. designer and manufacturer of electrical distribution equipment, recently opened a new 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Dayton that will produce power skids, e-houses, medium-voltage switchgear, and other electrical distribution products.
In connection with the expansion, Forgent expects to add several hundred new jobs over the next few years, growing its Minnesota workforce and contributing to the state’s reputation as an emerging hub for advanced manufacturing, according to a release from Forgent.
Forgent designs and manufactures electrical distribution equipment used in data centers, the power grid, and energy-intensive industrial facilities. Its specialty is manufacturing custom products that are engineered-to-order for technically demanding applications.
“Forgent is one of a small number of companies that can manufacture all of the electrical distribution equipment required for a data center or large manufacturing facility’s powertrain, with some of the highest levels of customization and shortest lead times available in the industry,” the release stated.
The new Dayton facility increases Forgent’s manufacturing footprint in Minnesota to over 630,000 square feet, bringing the company’s total North American manufacturing footprint to over two million square feet.
“The opening of Forgent’s new Dayton facility represents the culmination of a multi-year expansion plan,” said Gary Niederpruem, chief executive officer of Forgent, in the release. “Forgent started planning several years ago for the step-change growth in demand from data centers, independent power producers, utilities, and manufacturers that we see today. Those early investments give us an edge over competitors on lead time, ability to customize at scale, and capacity for large deployments.”
According to Forgent, the facility was “operationalized in less than six months, underscoring Forgent’s commitment to meeting the rapidly evolving needs of its customers.”