Vestas merging blades and nacelles arms into one unit

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas is merging its blades and nacelles business units into one, a company spokesman says.

The merger is being driven by Vestas’ new chief operating officer Jean-Marc Lechene, who was appointed in June to spearhead the company’s ongoing cost-reduction programme.

The two heads of the units being merged have decided to leave Vestas, the spokesman adds, although he was not able to say what the overall reduction in jobs would be as a result of the consolidation.

Lechene heads up the Vestas Manufacturing division, which was formed as part of the company’s major restructuring in November 2011.

As part of that reorganisation, four previous business units were reduced to…

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