Ad hoc announcement – Gurit Wins New Wind Turbine OEM as Customer

Gurit Wins New Wind Turbine OEM as Customer
 
Zurich, Switzerland, June 1, 2017 – Gurit (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR), a worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of advanced composite materials, components and technologies, today announced that it has won a major wind turbine OEM as new customer for its Tooling business.
 

The new customer placed a first set of orders for wind blade mould systems at a total contract value of some CHF 11 million to be produced and supplied in 2017.

 

Gurit`s Tooling division is one of the largest independent manufacturers of wind blade mould systems worldwide. With manufacturing sites in Taicang, China, and Szczecin, Poland, production capacity currently amounts to some sixty wind turbine blade mould sets per year. In addition, the Gurit Tooling business also produces and supplies wind blade mould related equipment such as heating systems and lifting, turning and transport devices.
 

About Gurit:

The companies of Gurit Holding AG, Wattwil/Switzerland, (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR) are specialized on the development and manufacture of advanced composite materials, related technologies and select finished parts and components. The comprehensive product range comprises fiber reinforced prepregs, structural core products, gel coats, adhesives, resins and consumables. Gurit supplies global growth markets with composite materials on the one hand and composite tooling equipment, structural engineering and select finished parts on the other. The global Group has production sites and offices in Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, the U.K., Poland, Canada, the U.S.A., Ecuador, Australia, New Zealand, India and China. For more information, please visit www.gurit.com

 

Gurit Group Communications

Tanja Moehler

Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications

T +41 44 316 15 55

M +41 79 722 84 71

tanja.moehler@gurit.com

www.gurit.com

 

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Forward-looking statements:

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