The Power Of Wyoming’s Wind

The following is a media release from The Office of Governor Mead's office. It is in regards to the production of a wind tower manufacturing facility that will be located near Cheyenne.

Gestamp Renewables and the Worthington Energy Group, a subsidiary of Worthington Industries, Inc., announced today that they will build a wind tower manufacturing facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a joint venture, Gestamp Worthington Wind Steel, LLC.

At the news conference Governor Matt Mead spoke about the decision by these two companies.

“They are going to come to Cheyenne and they are going to be manufacturing wind towers. They estimate by the time they have it up and running they can produce up to 300 wind towers per year, they anticipate they are going to employ roughly 150 people, they are going to build a facility that is roughly 160,000-square-feet and on top of that the wonderful thing about this and the wonderful thing about their location is that they are going to be a beacon, a lighthouse, a magnet for other manufacturing companies and other distribution companies to come to Wyoming.”

Governor Mead also spoke about what was attractive to these companies.

“They saw that we had a manufacturing sales tax exemption, they saw that our Treasurer had the ability to issue industrial bonds and they saw that Wyoming was willing to step up and provide a substantial amount of money for workforce training. All of that was part of their package, but on top of that, I think it was also key that they saw that Wyoming is open for business, the welcome mat is out for business, both large and small and that is a great message for us to send out.”