Saturday, January 24, 2009

Windsor Wind Cluster

More details about the agglomeration effects in Windsor due to the Vestas location decision.

From the Rocky Mountain News

"When Vestas announced two years ago that it would build giant wind turbine blades in Windsor, economic development officials predicted that other companies would follow.That is essentially what has happened with the arrival of Hexcel Corp., said Martin Shields, a regional economist at Colorado State University. Hexcel makes a high-performance material used in the manufacture of wind turbine blades. The Stamford Conn.-based company is investing $50 million in a new manufacturing facility about 1,000 feet from the Vestas wind plant. Hexcel will initially create about 100 jobs, and is joining Vestas as a tenant in the Great Western Industrial Park."

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