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Ilsenburger Grobblech to Supply Steel for Wind Park Project

09/12/2011 - Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, a member of the Salzgitter Group, has won the contract from AMBAU GmbH for the delivery of around 70,000 tonnes of heavy plate for the Meerwind Offshore Wind Park.

Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH (ILG), a member of the Salzgitter Group, has won the contract from AMBAU GmbH for the delivery of around 70,000 tonnes of heavy plate for the Meerwind Offshore Wind Park.
 
AMBAU will use the plate for the foundation structures of the Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost offshore wind parks. They consist of 80 sets of monopiles and transition pieces on which the actual wind turbine towers are built.
 
The 80 offshore wind turbines of the 3.6-MW class, to be erected and operated 23 km north of the island of Helgoland, will supply 360,000 households with electricity in the future.
 
In October ILG will begin delivering 1700 tonnes of plate per week. The foundation structures will be manufactured in all five AMBAU plants from November 1, 2011, onward. The final assembly, interim storage, and shipping will be carried out in Cuxhaven.
 
The start of construction has been scheduled for the end of 2012, and commissioning is expected at the end of 2013.
 
Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH is a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG, which, with roughly 200 subsidiaries and associated companies and around 25,000 employees, ranks among Europe's leading steel technology groups. ILG produces plate for a wide range of applications and areas of use with its workforce of 800 employees in its Ilsenburg and Salzgitter production sites. The company supplies approximately 800,000 tonnes of heavy plate in around 350 grades of steel to customers all over the world.