Renewable Parts US has appointed Michael Forbes as president of its North America Region.
The move follows sustained growth by the company over a number of years, allowing it to address an increased demand stateside.
Renewable Parts has grown over the last 13 years to become one of the key independent supply chain specialists in wind in the UK and Europe by bringing refurbishment and remanufacture of a range of components in-house, thereby helping with parts obsolescence and supply chain strain and bringing in a circular economy to the wind industry, it said.
The company is a founding member of the Coalition of Wind Industry Circularity in the UK and said with more demand for refurbishment and remanufacture solutions coming from North America it was clear it had to establish an entity closer to the wind farms where the parts were failing in significant volumes
As a result, Renewable Parts LLC was founded in the autumn of last year.
Having spent the last seven years with Renewable Parts in the UK, establishing and growing the Innovation Centre – where turbine components are recirculated at scale – Forbes will now move from the west coast of Scotland to Houston, Texas to run the new workshop and develop sustainable parts solutions for customers.
“I am delighted to share formally that I will be taking up the new position, and moving out to Houston with my family,” he said.
“After spending the last 12 months focussing more on the market in the US and designing solutions that are tailored for our customers there, I feel there is a huge opportunity to lower costs, reduce downtime and cut waste in the industry.
“I am also very thankful to the whole team at Renewable Parts for the support during this period.
“It is great to be part of a company where real career progression is possible.
“When I joined the company we were recirculating parts from a refurbished ambulance station and since then our workshop and our warehouse have both expended further and the head count has grown significantly, but there is always the feeling that there is an opportunity to grow with the business.”