[CPEO-BIF] Ventower project, Monroe, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

New wind turbine tower manufacturer in Monroe to start production  
Thursday


By ZLATI MEYER

DETROIT FREE PRESS (MI)
August 9, 2011

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and  
U.S. Rep. John Dingell were among the political dignitaries at the  
ribbon cutting ceremony for a new wind turbine tower manufacturer in  
Monroe this morning.

Ventower is expected to bring 150 to 300 new jobs to the area after  
it begins production Thursday at its plant on a former brownfield.

The company makes the 60-foot-tall steel columns which wind turbines  
sit upon.
Ventower was partnered with Monroe County Community College to train  
employees.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.freep.com/article/20110809/BUSINESS06/110809018/New-wind- 
turbine-tower-manufacturer-Monroe-start-production-Thursday



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Lenny Siegel
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