EU’s provisional GOES safeguard on grain-oriented electrical steel, cores and laminations starts 25 September 2026 for 155 days. Quotas carry thresholds from €2,800 to €5,600 per tonne, plus a €1,140/tonne duty on cores inside imported transformers.
Country/Region: India
Main products: transformer laminations, toroidal cores, CRGO slit coils, amorphous materials, transformer radiators
Company type: Transformer core, lamination and component manufacturer
Brief intro: Vilas Transcore manufactures transformer core materials and components for transformer manufacturers and electrical equipment supply chains.
Country/Region: China
Main products: transformers, transformer cores, grain-oriented silicon steel, oil-immersed transformers, cast resin dry-type transformers
Company type: Transformer, transformer core and silicon steel manufacturer
Brief intro: Hebei Xinbian Electric manufactures transformers, transformer cores and silicon steel for distribution transformer and electrical equipment supply chains.