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The order book is shaping how production scales, starting with one unit per month, then ramping up to two. At the same time, the company is pushing to increase output across its existing power transformer production line, from 11 kV to 66 kV, where demand is also up.
Josh is candid about where the pressure points remain.“ There are still challenges with ramping up,” he admits. The aim is to double the existing output from the Power transformer line. To help make that happen, Winder Power is setting up manufacturing cells and assigning teams to clear stages of the process.
Winder Power’ s massive workforce expansion mirrors its production trajectory.“ In 2023, we had around 80 employees overall. We now have over 180 employees,” Josh highlights. Recruitment has targeted both production roles and specialist engineering, especially in higher-voltage design. That scale of hiring changes how every team operates.“ We have got to make sure we are delivering products right the first time and on time,” he adds. For him, consistency matters more than ever as output grows.
Beyond manufacturing, Winder Power has grown its services division.“ We have almost doubled the size of the transformer service team,” Josh reports. The company invested in a separate facility in Rothwell to support installation, larger in-house transformer refurbishment, and substation work. He sees this as a natural extension of what Winder Power already delivers. The services team manages projects from the factory to installation and handover, connecting production with on-site delivery. The new site also provides space for refurbishment and other activities tied to transformer lifecycle support. 160