Great Lakes Wind Network™
Wind is the fastest growing industry in North America. If you are a manufacturer in one of a number of industries, are willing to invest in your technology, and have an appetite for growth, then it may perfect for you.
Great Lakes Wind Network connects leaders from manufacturing companies serving the wind industry:
- We help create new business opportunities
- We link buyers with sellers
- We educate on market needs and trends
- We provide manufacturers with a voice for sound public policy on a local level
Attend a Supply Chain Workshop
Whether you see your company as a first-, second-, or third-tier supplier, learn more about the Wind Supply Chain by attending a Supply Chain Workshop hosted by WIRE-Net's Great Lakes Wind Network. Weigh the costs and benefits of participating and learn about the support companies receive as they move into the wind market. Great Lakes Wind Network will:
- Connect the needs of turbine manufacturers with the specific capabilities of Ohio's supply chain.
- Assess and evaluate the manufacturing capabilities of companies with potential to participate in wind turbine manufacturing.
- Help make contacts with potential customers and reduce cost of market entry.
- Conduct market awareness, educational, networking, and business development events for manufacturing firms to highlight specific technical and policy challenges affecting the growth of the market.
The wind turbine industry plays to Ohio's rich heritage and expertise in heavy industry and advanced, precision manufacturing. Great Lakes Wind Network is here to ensure that Ohio grows its stake in the industry in a way that will grow jobs and investment throughout the state, in addition to developing a source of clean alternative energy today—and for years to come.
Ohio's Expand the Network Project
In 2008 WIRE-Net's Great Lakes Wind Network and the Ohio Department of Development began working on a $1.3 million project to create a comprehensive plan to identify, expand, and promote Ohio's robust wind energy supply chain.
This project gives Ohio a unique opportunity to leverage its considerable private, public, institutional, non-profit, and educational assets to grow Ohio manufacturing's share of this fast-growing market sector. Great Lakes Wind Network is using the information and component specifications acquired directly from wind turbine generator manufacturers to accelerate Ohio's turbine component production in areas where critical shortages exist.
Great Lakes Wind Network is partnering with regional Edison Centers and Universities to offer technical and operational expertise, business assistance, and supply chain and technology support needed to help manufacturing firms with the production and quality requirements associated with participating in this exploding market.
A WIRE-Net initiative, the Great Lakes WIND Network, is an industry-led organization of manufacturers and suppliers whose mission is to serve the needs of the rapidly-expanding global wind market by growing the wind industry supply chain. We connect OEMs with manufacturers and support business expansion, investment, and new jobs in the wind sector. This initiative is funded in part by grants from The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust, The Cleveland Foundation, the City of Cleveland Department of Economic Development, and The Burton D. Morgan Foundation.
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