LM Glasfiber recently announced plans to open a new facility in Little Rock, Ark. The plant is scheduled to begin operations in first quarter 2008 and will employ over 1,000 people within five years.

“The Little Rock plant is key to enabling us to serve our growing portfolio of customers in North America,” said LM Glasfiber CEO Roland M. Sundén. “The facility will help secure our customers’ long term blade supply thereby enabling their ambitious growth strategies while also increasing the robustness and visibility of LM Glasfiber’s North American sales.”

The facility will be located on a 135-acre site in the Little Rock Port.

“Not only is the site ideally located to serve some of the central U.S. demand for wind development, but Arkansas was able to accommodate our aggressive ramp up schedule and we have every confidence they will exceed our stated goals,” said Sundén. “The site itself offers excellent logistical options, whether by road, rail, air or marine. And when we considered the kind of amenities that are conducive for LM Glasfiber to attract and retain the people and talent we need, Little Rock was a natural choice for us.”

The Little Rock plant will be LM Glasfiber’s third North American production facility; effectively doubling the capacity of the existing factories in Grand Forks, N.D., and Gaspé, Quebec.

This latest capacity expansion reflects an overall strong market demand coupled with optimism for continued stability in the US market. The US is currently the largest market for new wind projects and the second globally in existing wind project installations.

LM Glasfiber, with approximately 4,700 employees in eight countries, is the world’s leading manufacturer of blades for wind turbines. The company has manufacturing facilities in Denmark, Spain, the USA, Canada, India and China.

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