Vestas RRB charts out Rs 100 crore plans

Vestas RRB India Ltd has chalked out an investment of Rs 100 crore to set up a new manufacturing facility and expand its existing facility in Chennai.

A company press release said that in the first phase, a wind electric generator blades manufacturing facility would be set up in Chennai at an outlay of Rs 35 crore.

The facility will start with the production of 23-metre-long blades using advanced pre-preg technology.

"Production is likely to commence by April 2007. In the first year, the company plans to manufacture 350 sets of blades and ramp it up to 700 sets of blades in the second year," the release said.

Vestas RRB expects to invest Rs 65 crore in the expansion of its facility in Chennai for the manufacture of higher capacity wind electric generators.