“This customer wants tochange the manufacturer,” said chief financial officer Bernard Schäferbarthold of the talks, which are continuing.

Constructionwould start in the second half of 2014 if the German manufacturer were to be awardedthe order, he added at a conference call on the company's 2012 results.

Schäferbarthold declined to identify the customer, butsaid the order would be from South Africa’s second round of wind tenders,in which Nordex did not participate.