German drive manufacturer Flender has reached an agreement with Eickhoff to acquire Eickhoff Wind Asia (EWA) with its assembly plant in Walajabad Taluk, India.
Eickhoff announced in 2023 it was to exit turbine drive serial production.
Established on 1 October 2020, in India, EWA specialises in the production of wind gearboxes.
The factory has a test bench capacity up to 8MW.
It is located in the greater Chennai area, close to Flender’s existing facility.
One of the key pillars in Flender’s global footprint strategy is to further expand and localise wind turbine drive systems in India.
Next to the investments in its own production sites in Kharagpur and Chennai, the acquisition of Eickhoff Wind Asia allows Flender to further scale up and accelerate in pace. This is required to meet the growing needs of the renewable energy transition.
The transaction is subject to minor closing conditions and is expected to be completed within the next several days.