WindEnergy Business Delegation
On Monday and Tuesday, there will be 1-on-1 partnering opportunities between the German delegation companies and U.S. industry representatives ranging from technology suppliers, system and component manufactures, developers, investors and other stakeholders that have an interest in the wind energy industry.
Please contact Bernadett Steiner at steiner(at)gaccom.org or Hans Royal at royal(at)gaccom.org for more information about partnership meetings with the German Delegation.
German Delegation Participants: August Friedberg GmbH
www.august-friedberg.de
Founded in 1884 in Rotthausen, Germany, Friedberg has been supplying companies with fastening products for over 125 years. They are one of the market leaders in producing high-quality connecting technology, having initially based their business on supplying bolts for the mining industry. Today, they are a leading manufacturer of bolting systems for the wind turbine industry, with many wind turbine generators worldwide being literally made of their products from top to bottom.
August Friedberg is seeking partnerships with logistics/freight forwarding companies, wind turbine OEMs and partnership opportunities for US representation. | GEDORE Werkzeugfabrik Otto Dowidat KG
www.gedore.de
GEDORE , founded in 1919, is one of the leading providers of hand tools and workshop equipment to customers in industry, the crafts sector, and the automotive sector. They offer three product segments, the PREMIUM-segment, the SOLUTIONS-segment, and the ALTERNATIVE-segment. They have a worldwide presence, and are striving to become a leading supplier of torque tools to the wind turbine installation and maintenance sector.
GEDORE is seeking partnership opportunities with wind turbine tools suppliers, turbine construction companies and project developers. | Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
www.pilz.de
Founded in 1948 as a manufacturer of glass apparatuses for medical technology, today Pilz supplies systems for safe automation in factories. Their extensive specialist knowledge, acquired over the last 60 years, covers all phases of a machine’s life: from risk assessment and production of safety concepts through to implementation and validation. Pilz is well positioned to offer safety and automation solutions which will optimize the production of components for the wind industry.
Pilz is seeking partnership opportunities with wind turbine OEMs and component manufacturers. | Notus Energy
www.notus.de
NOTUS is a wind farm development company, which offers a comprehensive strategy for wind energy– from the first plans through to turn-key completion of the project, from laying the foundation through to remote monitoring. Since 2001, they have developed an installed generation potential of 470 megawatts, more than 200 wind turbines, five transformer stations with 189.5 MW rating, and they perform the operational management of 20 wind farms with more than 130 generators.
Notus is seeking partnership opportunities with project development companies and firms with transmission experience. | ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH
www.contitech.de
ContiTech AG is the world’s largest specialist for rubber and plastics technology in the non-tire rubber sector. A division of Continental AG, the company develops and produces functional parts, components and systems for many industries including wind and automotive. Rubber/metal composites from ContiTech’s SCHWINGMETALL® and MEGI® product series reduce the propagation of shock vibrations and solid-borne noise vibrations to the environment and reduce the impact of ambient vibrations on sensitive equipment. ContiTech is seeking partnership meetings with wind turbine OEMs.
| SIAG Aerisyn LLC
www.siag-group.com
The SIAG group is active in tower construction and mechanical engineering for wind energy technology as well as in high‐tech steel construction. SIAG acquired Aerisyn Energy LLC in 2009, with a production site for wind turbine towers Chattanooga, Tennesse, USA. This location has a capacity for over 250 towers per year, increasing SIAG Group’s global capacity to 1600 towers per year. SIAG is planning for plant expansion and an additional production site in the Midwest in the coming years.
SIAG is seeking partnership meetings with wind turbine OEMs. | PowerWind
www.powerwind-energy.com
PowerWind GmbH is an OEM for wind turbines with rated outputs of 900 kW and 2500 kW. They also supply services specifically related to these products. PowerWind was founded in 2007 and is expanding rapidly, with financing by Warburg Pincus, an international investor. PowerWind GmbH has two locations in Germany, one in Hamburg, one in Bremerhaven.
In March 2009, PowerWind GmbH made its first public presentation of the newly developed 2.5 MW wind energy converter, the PowerWind 90. Installation of the first two prototypes is scheduled for the winter of 2009. Serial production for the European market is scheduled to begin in 2010.
PowerWind is seeking partnership meetings with energy technology suppliers interested in expanding their product offering, mid- to large-sized manufacturing companies looking to enter the wind energy market, as well as project developers. | WKA-Beton-Service GmbH
www.wka-bs.de
WKA is a wind energy service company specializing in tower repair. They focus on protection, repair, connecting and strengthening the concrete bases of wind turbine towers. Their service portfolio includes determination of crack depth using ultrasound, pagel grouting, cement restoration, core drilling, concrete sawing, sandblasting and more.
WKA is seeking meetings with wind farm designers, construction companies, and contractors responsible for concrete foundations. Additionally, they are seeking meetings with Operations & Maintenance companies responsible for ongoing maintenance on existing wind farms. |
|
 |
