LM Glasfiber expands
LM Glasfiber, the world's leading independent manufacturer of blades for wind turbines, recently announced plans to further expand its operations in China.
In March 2009, the company announced the construction of its third Chinese facility in Qin Huang Dao in the province of Heibei. This facility had a planned capacity of three production lines, but because of strong customer growth and a positive outlook for the Chinese wind market, LM Glasfiber will add three more production lines, doubling the production capacity and bringing the total number of employees to about 640.
The first blade workshop will produce its first blades in November, and the extension is expected to be commissioned in third quarter of 2010.
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