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World's Largest Wind Turbine Tower Manufacturer: world record in Pueblo, Colorado

Apr 11, 2023

Pueblo, Colorado, United States--Located on a 3 million square foot site, CS Wind America in Pueblo, Colorado, will double production to to approximately 10,000 wind turbine tower sections per year after a 900,000-square-foot expansion, with he manufacturing plant operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week, thus setting the world record for being the World's Largest Wind Turbine Tower Manufacturer, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"The project is designed to double production to to approximately 10,000 wind turbine tower sections per year and lead to the hiring of at least 850 new employees," the renews.biz reports.

"CS Wind chairman Seong-Gon Gim said: "This groundbreaking ceremony is not just about a new investment; it is a celebration of a shared vision for a common future, which is cleaner, greener and more sustainable. This expansion investment will have a transformative impact on our environment, economy, and local Colorado society."

"The first phase of the new facility is expected to be complete by summer 2024 with phases two and three expected to be complete by 2028. When the expansion is complete, CS Wind’s total footprint will be more than 850,000 square feet. The manufacturing plant operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week."

"Construction is underway in Pueblo for a 900,000-square-foot expansion to the world’s largest manufacturing plant for wind turbine towers," the Sixty35Media.com reports.

"The expansion aims to double production and to lead to the hiring of 850+ new employees by 2026; 250 additional employees have already been hired so far this year.

"South Korea-based CS Wind invested in the Pueblo site after purchasing it from Denmark-based Vestas in August 2021. CS Wind runs manufacturing sites in the United States, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Turkey and Portugal."

"At least 850 new employees will be hired for the 83,600m2 expansion, CS Wind stated. So far this year, 250 employees have been hired," the Wind Power Monthly reports.

"The first phase of the new facility is expected to be complete by summer 2024, with phases two and three finished by 2028. CS Wind cited the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Joe Biden in August, for making the investment possible.

"The IRA boosts development of wind projects by extending key tax credits for 10 years, and it also offers a manufacturing tax credit for US-produced wind components such as towers and nacelles."

"CS Wind is based in South Korea. The wind power plant in Pueblo is its largest plant and wind turbine tower supplier in the world," the KOAA NEWS5 Colorado reports.

"Nobody in the world can compete," said the had of CS Wind of America James Won. Won said the expansion will create more than 850 jobs. CS Wind officials said the expansion will generate three times more wind energy for Colorado.

"CS Wind officials said they chose to partner with Pueblo because of easy access to raw steel.

"[The raw steel is] coming from United States, sometimes from Illinois or Wisconsin, we usually have several of these partners," said Won."

"CS Wind, a South Korean company with operations around the globe, plans to add 850 new jobs in Pueblo by the time the expansion is finished. The entire facility will be 1.58 million square feet, the Yahoo News reports.

"Pueblo’s connectivity to the American rail system helps the company transport the towers to their final destinations, Won said. Many of the turbines are shipped to the Midwest.

"The towers for wind turbines are crafted in segments from American steel. Only towers are constructed at the Pueblo facility, said Anthony Salerno, a production manager. The turbine blades and generators are crafted at other locations. Turbine towers are built in Pueblo, but wind energy is not actively produced by CS Wind."

"CS WIND, headquartered in Korea and the global No. 1 wind turbine tower manufacturer, established its first production facility in Vietnam, 2003. As of 2021, CS WIND has been operating production facilities in 8 countries on 3 continents," the official website says.

"Over the past decades, CS WIND has provided more than 13,000 towers for major global projects and is now supplying wind towers to major customers in the industry such as Vestas, Siemens-Gamesa, GE, Goldwind, etc. In the field of wind tower manufacturing, CS WIND has world-leading production system, quality control system and welding technology that have led CS WIND to become the World's No.1 wind tower manufacturer."

"Located on a 3 million square foot site, CS Wind America is the world’s largest tower production facility. As all the global customers are in the USA, it plays a significant role in promoting the growth of CS Wind by maximizing the US market share through leveraging price and quality competitiveness."