Knight & Carver officially opens South Dakota facility
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Manufacturing News, Source : The Manufacturer US
Zone : Operations and maintenance
Published : 09 Jul 2007 17:18
Howard, SD—A Grand Opening party attracting some 250 attendees was held Friday, June 22, to celebrate the official launch of Knight & Carver’s new wind-blade production and repair facility.
The 26,000-square-foot plant marks the company’s entry into the Upper Midwest, where the presence of abundant wind resources has the potential to transform that vast geographic region into a national leader for the production of renewable energy through wind power.
Already in partial operation since March, the plant is now fully equipped and operational. The all-weather building was built to Knight & Carver’s precise specifications and needs under terms of a five-year lease. Economic incentives were provided by the State of South Dakota, Miner County Community Revitalization (MCCR), and Heartland Consumers Power District in Howard.
Howard, a rural community of around 1,000 residents, is located in the state’s southeast corner, about 80 miles from Sioux Falls, the state’s largest city, with 200,000 residents.
“As part of our pledge to fully utilize the state’s human resources as our company grows, we expect to employ up to 25 South Dakota–based production workers here in Howard by mid-July,” said Gary Kanaby, Knight & Carver’s director of business development. In addition, up to 10 South Dakota–based workers will soon be dispatched to wind farms around the Upper Midwest for various blade repair and maintenance projects.
Knight & Carver’s facility is located in Howard Industrial Park, adjacent to Energy Maintenance Services, a wind turbine service company that opened two years ago. The two companies are working closely on several projects, a cooperative effort that fits the goals of Howard Industrial Park.
Currently, Knight & Carver’s Howard plant is headquarters for the innovative STAR (Sweep Twist Adaptive Rotor) blade. The first blade of its kind ever built, STAR’s most distinctive characteristic is a gently curved tip. Unlike the vast majority of blades in current use, STAR is specially designed for low-wind-speed regions.
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