MFG Texas Achieves New Milestone - Ships 1000th Set of 37-meter Blades

GAINESVILLE, Texas, May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG), a distinguished international composites manufacturer of wind turbine components, announced today the company's plant in Gainesville, TX celebrated the shipment of their 1000th set of 37-meter composite wind blades.  Located 60 miles north of Dallas in the wind farm hotbed of the USA, the 155,000sf facility has been manufacturing wind blades since 1997 and employs approximately 200 skilled workers.

 The shipment marking the 1000th set milestone was comprised of 37-meter blades for 1500kw turbines.  This factory has also produced another 500 sets of other blades ranging from 24 to 34-meters.

MFG Texas is part of the Molded Fiber Glass Companies, based in Ashtabula, OH that has been manufacturing wind turbine components since the 1988.  Today, wind turbine components comprise one of MFG's largest business segments. With two factories building wind blades, two factories building nacelles, and one factory building spinners, MFG is one of North America's leading suppliers of composite components for the wind industry. They currently have wind component manufacturing facilities in Ohio, South Dakota, California, Alabama and Texas.

 "What's interesting to consider," says Gary Kanaby, MFG's director of sales for wind energy, "is that collectively these blades have generated on the order of 4,234,000,000 kwh of electricity - enough power to supply 1,154,000 average households.  Our team is gratified to be part of an industry that is poised to make a meaningful contribution to cleaner, independent energy generation for North America."

 MFG is unique among suppliers of composite component to turbine equipment manufacturers, both in output capacity and in composite manufacturing technology. Well known around the world for pioneering the mass production of commercial products out of composites, the company's internal R&D center is still at the forefront of innovation for composite materials and processes.  For example, MFG's newest 325,000sf blade facility in Aberdeen, SD, opened in 2007, is the most advanced facility of its kind with an automated spray booth and robotic root drilling.

 MFG will be exhibiting at WindPower 2011, May 22-25 in Anaheim, CA, booth #1229. For more information on the Molded Fiber Glass Companies' wind component manufacturing capabilities, email Gary Kanaby at GKanaby@moldedfiberglass.com or visit www.moldedfiberglass.com.