CS Wind is a South korean wind turbine tower manufacturer. The company's name comes from a pseudonym used by the founder's son, "ChoongSan ", and means "a heavy mountain that can endure every hardship."[2]
History
Company founder Gim Seong-gon worked for a building supply company in Saudi Arabia. In 1984, he founded his own construction firm there, and the firm expanded and began manufacturing construction materials and parts. Later, the firm made chimneys for fossil fuel burning plants. CS Wind began in 1988, although the name came later. The firm transitioned from building chimneys to wind turbine towers in 2003.[2][3]
Locations
CS Wind has manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Turkey, Portugal, the United States, and Vietnam.[4] The firm's US factory in Pueblo, Colorado was acquired from Vestas in 2021 and is undergoing a large expansion. It is the world's largest wind turbine tower manufacturing facility.[5]
References
- CS Wind Corp. WSJ Markets, Wall Street Journal, 2023, retrieved December 2, 2023^
- Profile: Gim Seong-gon Forbes, April 17, 2023, retrieved December 2, 2023^
- Heesu Lee. Tycoon who made 'lucky' US wind power bet plans to invest more Bloomberg, March 21, 2023, retrieved December 2, 2023^
- Global Network CS Wind, n.d., retrieved December 2, 2023^
- Expansion at world's largest wind turbine tower manufacturing plant, plans to create 850 new jobs in Pueblo, Colorado Burns & McDonnell, April 4, 2023, retrieved November 30, 2023^