Christopher Bjorke – Grand Forks Herald/WDAZ, 10/03/2012
A week after LM Wind Power announced it would cut more than 300 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Grand Forks, the company said it would create 300 jobs at a new factory in Brazil.
The Danish company said there was no connection between the two events, but was instead a reaction to strong growth in wind power development in South America while the industry was losing momentum in the United States.
“The development of capacity in Brazil is about positioning the company for growth in a new and rapidly emerging market for wind energy,” wrote Christopher Springham, LM vice president for global communication, who reiterated the company’s justification of the Grand Forks layoffs, in an email to the Herald.
