Construction of the GESBEY wind-tower factory, which will produce wind energy turbines, has started in Bandırma in the western province of Balıkesir. The final total investment may rise to 30 million euros.
The factory will be built with cooperation between Turkey’s Faik Çelik Holding and Spain’s Gestamp Wind Steel.
According to a written statement from Faik Çelik Holding, the 47,000-square-meter factory in Bandırma’s organized industrial zone will be able to produce more than 450 wind turbines annually. The factory is expected to provide employment for 300 people and will start operating by the end of this year.
Wind turbines produced at the facility will be exported to countries that have recently shown an improvement in the wind energy market such as Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, as well as will be installed in the domestic market.
Gestamp Wind Steel, a subsidiary of Gestamp, also has facilities producing wind turbines in Spain and Brazil. The company has investment projects in South America, India and China.
