Sumitomo

Port of Nigg, Easter Ross​

In 2023, Sumitomo Electric Industries announced a c.£350 million investment to build a new High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) subsea cable factory close to the Port of Nigg yard in Easter Ross.​ This facility is underpinned by SSEN Transmission’s proposed second HVDC link between Shetland and the mainland.

Sumitomo Cable Factory

The manufacturing facility will create around 330 jobs in Scotland over the next ten years, 265 of which will be in the Highlands and Islands including 156 manufacturing jobs on site.

Osamu Inoue, President of Sumitomo Electric Group said:

“I am pleased to announce commencement of this innovative High-voltage cable factory in Scotland, and sincerely appreciate SSEN Transmission’s decision to select us as the preferred bidder of Shetland 2 project to enable our significant investment here in UK.
Transmission cables are key essential infrastructures to make so called Energy Transition to renewables into reality. I believe, this factory will make good contributions towards establishment of local supply chains and to realise UK and Scottish Governments’ net zero initiatives.”

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