05/26/2005
Vestas to build a large Research- and Development Centre in Aarhus, Denmark
To cement its leading global market position, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer Vestas now concentrates its Danish R&D activities in Aarhus. The new 12,500 square meter high-end technology centre will be built on a 25,000 square meter site in Skejby. In time the centre will create up to 500 high technology jobs. Vestas plans for a similar technology centre in Asia – the exact location has yet to be decided.
The project is part of the Group’s effort not only to maintain its leading global market position, but to strengthen it even further. According to recent statistics, Vestas has a total world market share of 34 per cent, while the closest competitor has only half, 17 per cent. The future battle for market shares will to a large extent be fought in the market of very large wind power systems, the ’Megawatt Wind Turbines’, of which Vestas has 42 per cent of the world market:
”Above all, it is this unique position we wish to protect and improve with the two new technology centres,” says Ditlev Engel, President and CEO of Vestas.
”The fact that a Danish company has come to play a global role as the world’s undisputed market leader in relatively few years is an accomplishment in itself. But we cannot allow ourselves to rest on the laurels; the competition is extremely fierce.
A few years back, we mainly worked with rather small wind turbines and customers; today we also focus on the very large players in the market. Therefore it is essential for us to emphasise that our market position is not only about the number of wind turbines sold and mounted, but just as much about our technological capabilities. The two new centres will be the irrefutable proof of that, hopefully to the delight of the employees who will be working there,“ says Ditlev Engel.
Vestas expect to initiate the Aarhus construction later this year. The Group already owns a large site with a significant location facing Randersvej, where the new technology centre will be built.
Ditlev Engel: ”With the new technology centres we wish to create exciting and inspiring research environments, where the employees experience a feeling of affiliation, and where they themselves can influence the ambience. The technology centre in Aarhus will undoubtedly become one of the most attractive high-tech work places in this part of the world; we want it to be both enjoyable and challenging to be with us”.
The project is part of the Group’s effort not only to maintain its leading global market position, but to strengthen it even further. According to recent statistics, Vestas has a total world market share of 34 per cent, while the closest competitor has only half, 17 per cent. The future battle for market shares will to a large extent be fought in the market of very large wind power systems, the ’Megawatt Wind Turbines’, of which Vestas has 42 per cent of the world market:
”Above all, it is this unique position we wish to protect and improve with the two new technology centres,” says Ditlev Engel, President and CEO of Vestas.
”The fact that a Danish company has come to play a global role as the world’s undisputed market leader in relatively few years is an accomplishment in itself. But we cannot allow ourselves to rest on the laurels; the competition is extremely fierce.
A few years back, we mainly worked with rather small wind turbines and customers; today we also focus on the very large players in the market. Therefore it is essential for us to emphasise that our market position is not only about the number of wind turbines sold and mounted, but just as much about our technological capabilities. The two new centres will be the irrefutable proof of that, hopefully to the delight of the employees who will be working there,“ says Ditlev Engel.
Vestas expect to initiate the Aarhus construction later this year. The Group already owns a large site with a significant location facing Randersvej, where the new technology centre will be built.
Ditlev Engel: ”With the new technology centres we wish to create exciting and inspiring research environments, where the employees experience a feeling of affiliation, and where they themselves can influence the ambience. The technology centre in Aarhus will undoubtedly become one of the most attractive high-tech work places in this part of the world; we want it to be both enjoyable and challenging to be with us”.
- Source:
- Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- Email:
- vestas@vestas.com
