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Bosch expands capacity of its wind-power operations |
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
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 With the official
opening of its new plant in Nuremberg on April
29, 2009, Bosch
has given the start signal for the second Bosch Rexroth manufacturing facility
for large wind-turbine gearboxes in Germany. In roll-out year 2009, the
plant’s currently 280 associates will manufacture some 300 large gearboxes for
the latest generation of multi-megawatt turbines.
“With this new
plant for the manufacture of large gearboxes, we are continuing our investments
in the promising market for renewable energies,” said Franz Fehrenbach,
chairman of the board of management of Bosch GmbH. “In the medium-to-long term,
the wind-power market has good potential for growth, expanding our activities
in markets that offer a wealth of opportunities.”
“In the near future, we also intend to set up a local presence in the U.S.,” said
Reiner Leipold-Büttner, Member of the Executive Board, responsible for
Engineering and Manufacturing at Bosch Rexroth AG. Both China and India are making great efforts to
expand wind power, and are catching up rapidly. The Global Wind Energy Council
forecasts that installed wind-power output will triple by 2013.
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