Although the final location for the plaint has not been determined, the factory will be LM Wind Power’s first facility in Brazil and fourth in the Americas.
“A number of important customers have asked LM Wind Power to support their efforts in developing the market for wind energy in Brazil and the other countries in Latin America,” said Randy Fox, the company’s business area vice president for the Americas. “We are pleased to make this announcement which confirms our commitment to our customers, so that they can use our technology and innovation to harness wind energy profitably and with maximum operational reliability.”
LM Wind Power is currently in negotiations with several wind turbine manufacturers who have expressed a need for blades between 37 and 70 metres length for installation on turbines in this growing market for wind energy.
The new facility, which is expected to begin production in early 2012, will employ up to 300. LM Wind Power established its first factory in the Americas region in Grand Forks (North Dakota) in the US in 1998. Since then it has opened factories in Gaspé (Québec, Canada) and Little Rock (Arkansas) in the US.
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