Energy Acuity is the leading provider of power generation and power delivery market intelligence. Below are the Top 10 Transmission Manufacturers by miles of transmission line in the U.S.

Source: Energy Acuity Grid Database (Smart Grid & Transmission)

Top Transmission Manufacturers

1.) ABB
Projects | 59
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 3811.4

ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) provides power and automation technologies for its utility and industrial customers. It focuses on power transmission, distribution and power-plant automation serves electric, gas and water utilities, as well as industrial and commercial customers. ABB also delivers automation systems that measure, control, protect and optimize plant applications across a range of industries.

ABB was the result of a merger between Asea AB of Sweden and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. of Baden, Switzerland in 1988. The merged entity became the world’s leading supplier in the $50 billion electric power industry. At that time ABB controlled as much as a third of Europe’s business and more than 20 percent of the world market. It successfully integrated 850 subsidiary companies and 180,000 employees operating in 140 countries.

2.) GE Energy (General Electric Energy)
Projects | 3
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 2087.0

GE Energy is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels. Numerous GE Energy products are certified under ecomagination, GE’s corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.

3.) Jyoti Structures Limited
Projects | 32
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 1728.8

Jyoti Structures Ltd. (JSL) excels as a leader in Turnkey/EPC Projects in the field of Power Transmission. Main business focus areas are Transmission Lines, Substations and Distribution Projects on a global scale; offering a complete range of services in Design, Testing, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Supply and Construction with in-house expertise. JSL is one of the few EPC service providers worldwide, which possess the capabilities to execute turnkey projects covering the entire gamut of Power Transmission business.

JSL has established manufacturing plants at Nashik, Raipur and Dubai with a combined manufacturing capacity of 160,000 MT of Transmission Line Towers.

4.) Jyoti Americas LLC
Projects | 32
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 1728.8

Jyoti Americas LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jyoti Structures Limited, India. It has commissioned a tower manufacturing shop in a 20-acre site in Conroe Industrial Park North, about 40 miles north of Houston, TX. It has eleven of the fastest and most advanced CNC angle and plate punch and drill lines ensuring an annual capacity of about 54,000 tons.

5.) KEC International Ltd.
Projects | 37
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 1711.5

KEC International Limited, part of RPG Group, is India’s second largest manufacturer of electric power transmission towers and one of the largest infrastructure Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) companies in the world. It has presence in the verticals of Power Transmission, Power Systems, Cables, Railways, Telecom and Water. The Company has powered infrastructure development in 50 countries across Africa, Americas, Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia and South East Asia.

6.) SAE Towers
Projects | 37
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 1711.5

SAE Towers Holdings, LLC produces steel lattice towers for high-voltage power transmission. It also offers substation structures, including terminal structures, transformer supports, CCVT supports, insulator pedestals, multiple dead end towers, disconnect switch supports, circuit switch supports, and arrestor stands, as well as poles; and hardware products, such as yokes, suspension and dead end clamps, joint splices, repair sleeves, armor rods, string components, corona rings, and grounding connectors. In addition, SAE Towers provides engineering and tower testing services. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas with manufacturing facilities in Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. As of September 22, 2010, SAE Towers Holdings, LLC operates as a subsidiary of KEC International Ltd.

7.) Alstom
Projects | 2
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 1367.0

Alstom is the world leader in integrated power plant, in power production services and air quality control systems. Alstom works with all energy forms (coal, gas, nuclear, fuel-oil, hydropower, wind) and is a leader in environmental protection (reduction of CO2 emissions, reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions).

8.) General Cable Corporation
Projects | 11
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 1109.0

General Cable (NYSE:BGC), a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Highland Heights, Kentucky, is a global leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products for the energy, industrial, specialty and communications markets around the world. The Company offers competitive strengths in such areas as breadth of product line, brand recognition, distribution and logistics, sales and service, and operating efficiency.

General Cable is one of the largest wire and cable manufacturers in the world. It is working as one company to provide products and technologies for building, maintaining and advancing the power and information infrastructures that connect the world.

9.) Bekaert
Projects | 1
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 720.0

Bekaert is a global market leader in drawn steel wire products and applications and a technological leader in its two core competences: advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings. Bekaert (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 23, 000 people worldwide. Serving customers in 120 countries, Bekaert pursues sustainable profitable growth in all its activities and generates annual combined sales of € 4 billion.

10.) Pelco Structural LLC
Projects | 1
Transmission Line (in Miles) | 720.0

Source: Energy Acuity Grid Database (Smart Grid & Transmission)

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