Vestas to furlough 500 at Windsor, CO plant next year

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Source: Green Technology Daily

Vestas plans to temporarily close its blade-manufacturing plant in Windsor, Colorado, and force as many as 500 employees to stay home during the first half of 2010, as it waits for turbine demand to bounce back in the US. Vestas had originally committed to building four factories in Colorado.

Vestas spokesman Andrew Longeteig insists there will be no permanent layoffs, and adds that the company is "in it for the long haul" when it comes to manufacturing turbine components in the US.

"There has been tight credit and slowing orders," he said. "It is a temporary setback."

Also hurting sales have been lower natural-gas prices, which make gas-powered electric turbines more attractive, company officials said.



Read more: http://www.greentechnologydaily.com/jobs/520-vestas-to-furlough-500-at-windsor-co-plant-next-year

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1. I hope so, Vestas plants have given folks alot of work

now if one of them had been a union gig, more of that Top Vestas money would have gone to more workers, not the Man's pockets!

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2. Bad news for Colorado.