Hexcel Ground Breaking

From The Denver Post:

"Economic incentives and Colorado's mountain vistas held no sway in persuading Hexcel Corp. to build a new manufacturing plant in Windsor.

'We are here because our biggest customer, Vestas, is here,' David Berges, chief executive and chairman of the Stamford, Conn., company told a crowd gathered Thursday at the Great Western Industrial Park, where the company held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new 100,000-square-foot facility."

From Hexcel Press Release

"Hexcel announced on December 10th 2008 that Windsor, Colorado would be the location for their new prepreg manufacturing plant to serve the North American wind energy industry. Since then, great progress has been made with the construction of the new facility. Foundations have already been laid for the 100,000 square foot building, and exterior concrete walls were erected earlier this month. Hexcel expects production to begin at the new plant in the second half of 2009.

Hexcel selected Windsor as the location for the plant due to the close proximity of Vestas Wind Systems, who will be a major customer for prepregs manufactured at the facility. Hexcel and Vestas pioneered the use of prepreg in wind turbine blades over a decade ago and the strong, lightweight materials have been a major contributor in the growth of blades to today’s epic proportions."

Link to earlier blog post on the Hexcel announcement