Siemens to Buuild Wind Turbines in Iowa

Rapid growth in the wind turbine business has prompted German manufacturer Siemens AG to build its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Iowa. Munich-based Siemens Power Generation said it will buy a shuttered truck trailer factory in Fort Madison, a Mississippi River community located 135 miles southeast of Des Moines.The property includes a 224,000-square-foot building complex on 127 acres. The closing date for the purchase is expected in a few weeks.

The Iowa site was chosen because its close proximity to water, rail and road transportation, and its central location in the United States makes it is ideal for wind turbine blade manufacturing, where logistics are critically important due to the massive size of the blades, the company said.

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