Photo: Burns Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plant
According to a recent news release from ButlerCounty.biz, the area is well suited for a wind turbine manufacturing operation.
Primarily due to the location of established aeronautics, auto and auto parts industries and the pool of experienced employees from those industries. The Cincinnati-Dayton corridor ranks in the top 15 areas nationally for the number of establishments directly involved with aerospace products and parts manufacturing.
The Cincinnati-Dayton corridor has more than 400 aerospace and related support businesses, including aircraft and parts, aircraft engines, and engine parts; fabricated metal products; instruments; and related products. Specifically there are engineers, fabricators, and technicians here experienced in the design, technology, and manufacturing of turbines, nacelles, rotor and blade components, generators, turbine control electronics, and gearboxes.
Local Companies who would benefit from Wind Turbine Manufacturing in the area:
Aeronca Inc.: a major aerospace subcontractor for engine/nacelle components, space structures, and missile control surfaces. (Middletown, Ohio Based)
Cincinnati Lamb: machining and advanced composite processing systems.
Fame Tool: turbine engine support tooling.
GE Aviation: the world’s leading supplier of commercial and military jet engines.
Hartzell Propeller: composite propellers.
HI TEK Manufacturing: machining and precision components for aerospace.
L-3 Communications, KDI Precision Products Inc.: electromechanical technology.
McCauley Propeller Systems: high performance propeller systems.
Meyer Tool Inc.: precision parts for the aerospace industry.
Smiths Aerospace, Electronic Systems Division: custom design electrical power generation.
A total of 10 Fortune 500 companies and nine Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in the Cincinnati – Dayton region ranking it #4 nationwide in Fortune 1000 companies per million residents and #6 in Fortune 500 companies per million residents.
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