With a five-year supply agreement valued at about 250 million Swiss francs now in place, Gurit has become the core kit design partner for one of the world’s leading wind turbine OEMs.
Leveraging Gurit’s expertise and experience in optimized kit design, this partnership enables Gurit to provide OptiCore design services for all core kits covered under the agreement, whether supplied by Gurit or by third parties, ensuring consistency and continuity for the turbine manufacturer.
Gurit’s proprietary OptiCore parametric optimization platform is designed to advance the development of engineered core solutions for the wind sector. Through collaborative efforts between Gurit engineers and customers, OptiCore ensures that core usage and treatment are precisely optimized, with every groove, cut, and contour finely tuned to match the blade’s unique geometry.
“This significant long-term agreement reaffirms Gurit’s continued strength in the global wind energy market and the depth of trust we have cultivated with our customers,” said Jesper Sloth, VP Sales – Wind Materials, Gurit. “Our partners continue to depend on our innovative solutions that deliver measurable value, and this first major contract underpinned by the OptiCore platform further demonstrates our customers’ ongoing confidence in Gurit.”
This results in an optimized fit that reduces resin consumption, and therefore the cost and overall blade weight. Additionally, OptiCore provides a data-rich model of the blade core, which can eventually help optimize the structural integrity of the blade, aligning with the wind industry’s ongoing commitment to more sustainable energy generation at a lower levelized cost of energy.
By having one design partner for all core kits, the customer will benefit from a streamlined process, reduced complexity, unified designs across factories, and improved integration across their supply chain.
“Gurit’s PET extrusion and core kitting plants are strategically located near major wind turbine blade manufacturing facilities,” said Daniel Dahlqvist, General Manager — Business Unit Wind Systems, Gurit. “This proximity enables close collaboration with blade manufacturers, allowing rapid issue resolution and day-to-day optimization when new kits are introduced. Additionally, our global manufacturing footprint provides a more geopolitically stable supply chain.”
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