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Timeline
PRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
Poul La Cour
1940
Lunderskov
Møbelfabrik
was established
As far back as the 1900’s Danish pioneers
such as Poul La Cour experimented with
the very first wind turbines
1965
Company
name
changed to
LM Glasfiber
Development of glass fiber technologies
1961
Transportation tanks
for live fish
1953
LM starts to work
with glass fiber
1967
LM 27
– Europe’s most
produced motor
sailor at the time
Rotor blade
production starts
in Denmark
Orkney Islands 1980
Some of the first
LM blades
Just how much energy
can a blade produce?
In-house
Mold Production
Full scale testing
secures blade
reliability
Boom in the beginning of
the 1980s in US wind power
developments drives Danish
wind technology in front
In the beginning of the 1980s, LM Wind Power
developed all blade related capabilities such as
aerodynamic and structural design, static and fatigue
testing as well as tooling, manufacturing and process
engineering. Customers were thus able to leverage
LM Wind Power not only as a supplier of blades but also
as a partner. The result was even more efficient turbines.
Reliable tip brakes
with carbon fiber shafts
In-house Full
Scale Blade Testing
ISO 9000
First manufacturing facility outside
Denmark established in India
LM 24.0
– first blade in the
1 MW segment
Manufacturing
established in Spain
Lightning Protection System
Aeroconstructin
Germany is acquired
Stall strips developed
and used for aerodynamic
enhancement
Vortex Generators
ISO 9001
Vacuum Infusion
Technology became our
standard – delivering
flexibility in production
and higher quality
Manufacturing in USA
Rotorline (NL) is acquired
Research office,
Heerhugoward,
The Netherlands
Patent for
Pre-bending
of blades
Manufacturing
in Tianjin, China
R&D center established
in Bangalore, India
Manufacturing
in Canada
Global business office
in The Netherlands
New factories
in Spain, India and China
New factories
in USA and Poland
2001-2008: Additional productivity and capacity expansions in Spain, India, China, USA and Poland
2007
RotorOpt
LM Blade Monitoring
Installation
of LM 61.5
Carbon
fiber hybrid
technology
LM Super Root
Lightning
Protecting Systems
LM DrainReceptor;
LM DivertStrips;
MultiReceptor
Production
of LM 42.5 P
in highmodules glass
Global R&D
Wind Tunnel
ISO 14001
LM Airfoils
New factory in
Qin Huang Dao
UN Global
Compact
participant
New factory
in Jiangyin
Globlade®1
launched in
China and USA
SafeReceptor
Insulated Lightning
Protection System (ILPS)
Expansions
in Qin Huang Dao
and Tianjin
Super
Pack & Stack
Launch of
the LM 73.5 P
GloBlade®3
ILPS2
SOLD
New factory in
Saupe, Brazil
LM 66.5 P launched
for China Offshore
Introducing
New factory in
Vadodara, India