Vestas will invest €10 million in the production of V112-3.0MW wind turbine blades at its factory in Taranto, Italy, thereby offering employment opportunities to a number of nacelles plant employees.
Thirty nacelles employees will be hired after professional retraining with a further eight employees drawn from the Vestas Italia sales, installation and service unit. Sixty more nacelles employees could be hired depending on market conditions and thirty employees in the company’s facilities in the UK, Spain, Denmark or Germany, depending on individual professional qualifications and company personnel requirements at each facility.
“This will allow Vestas to bring our latest technology to the Taranto plant, which will benefit our customers, the entire supply chain and the local community through employment possibilities for the nacelles plant personnel” said Jean-Marc Lechêne, Vestas Chief Operating Officer.
Claudio De Vincenti, Undersecretary at the Ministry for Economic Development (MISE), added that the agreement combines employee safeguards with the strengthening of the company’s production and market outlook.
Vestas has a presence in 73 countries and employs around 17,000 people worldwide.
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