Deutsche Windtechnik has acquired fellow Germany wind service company GFW Gesellschaft fur Windenergieanlagen.
GFW, which will retain its name for now, will be integrated as a unit under Deutsche Windtechnik X-Service.
Holger Hamel and Severin Mielimonka, the joint managing directors at Deutsche Windtechnik X-Service, will manage the business unit together with GFW managing director Jurgen Fuhrlander.
GFW’s focus is on Fuhrlander, Senvion and Nordex wind turbines and the servicing offering includes repair orders, expert opinions, troubleshooting, spare parts and engineering.
According to Deutsche Windtechnik, this “perfectly complements” its own service portfolio and multi-brand competence.
Through acquiring GFW, Deutsche Windtechnik will offer large component replacements, dismantling of old turbines as a service, special service deployments in foreign countries as well an international spare parts business for selected technologies.
In addition GFW’s headquarters in Rennerod will be integrated as a service base and regional node in Deutsche Windtechnik’s service network.
Deutsche Windtechnik director Matthias Brandt said: “GFW and Deutsche Windtechnik have known each other well for years: We have worked together successfully on a wide variety of projects.
“In order to be able to cope better with the diverse challenges posed by our strong growth, we are now looking to grow closer, realise our full potential and become even stronger together.”
Fuhrlander added: “I was looking for a suitable shareholder with excellent future prospects for GFW. It is important to me that we have a shareholder who has the employees and the location in mind, and that we bring them forward together.
“They are wind experts with passion, just like us.”
Together with his brother Joachim, Jurgen Fuhrlander founded the wind turbine manufacturer Fuhrlander and was the head of the engineering department before he moved to the service department with GFW.