LM Wind Power is setting up a new blade manufacturing plant in Vadodara in Gujarat in India.
The factory, which will be the company’s second in India, is expected to start of operations in March 2016.
LM Wind said the Vadodara plant is being commissioned in direct response to increased domestic demand and will supply blades to wind projects in the northern part of India and beyond.
Production will focus on blades up to 60 metres with room for expansion and will employ more than 300 people in the initial phase, mainly from the local area.
The site in Vadodara is in the Halol industrial area.
LM Wind Power chief executive officer Marc de Jong said: “The Vadodara plant is a further commitment to this important market and directly supporting a customer’s ambitious growth plans in India.”
Image: LM Wind blade factory (LM Wind Power)
LM Wind plans Indian blade plant
Facility in Vadodara will be company's second in Asian country
By EBS