Virginia Transformer Corporation Honored with Bechtel’s 2023 Supply Chain Excellence Award

ROANOKE, Va. (October 26, 2023) – Virginia Transformer has been chosen as one of the recipients of Bechtel’s prestigious 2023 Supply Chain Excellence Award. Awardees were selected based on product quality, overall performance, on-time delivery, and meeting or exceeding project expectations regarding safety, technical expertise, and environmental compliance.

Out of 4,000 vendors that are part of Bechtel’s supply chain program, the Bechtel Supply Chain Excellence award is only bestowed upon 20 across the globe. This places Virginia Transformer in the top of the top for one of its largest customers.

The award ceremony was held by Bechtel as part of their 125th anniversary celebration in Reston, Virginia, last week. The event was hosted by Bechtel’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Craig Albert, along with other senior leaders from their global business units. Prabhat Jain and Manoranjana Panigrahi, who works with this key account, accepted the award on behalf of all employees at Virginia Transformer.

This award serves as a testament to the exceptional quality and steadfast commitment to excellence that we demonstrated in our work on Bechtel’s LNG Corpus Christi Stage 3 Liquefaction project in Corpus Christi, Texas. Our dedication to manufacturing the best transformers in the industry has deeply impressed Bechtel and contributed greatly to their project’s success.

Bechtel has 55,000 employees in 50 countries across the globe and has completed more than 25,000 projects since 1898. Bechtel has a rich and extensive history, leading the construction of major domestic projects such as the Hoover Dam, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, the Boston Central Artery (“the Big Dig”), and more. The company also managed monumental international projects, such as the Channel Tunnel connecting the United Kingdom and France.

This great recognition belongs to each and every member of the Virginia Transformer team. Your hard work, commitment to excellence, and dedication to exceptional customer service for All of our customers has made us the undisputed leader in the power transformer manufacturing industry.