Vestas

For other uses, see Vesta.

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Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Company typePublic (Aktieselskab)
Nasdaq Copenhagen: VWS
IndustryElectrical equipment
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
FounderPeder Hansen
Headquarters
Aarhus
,
Denmark
Key people
  • Henrik Andersen
    (Group President & CEO)
  • Bert Nordberg
    (Chairman)
ProductsWind turbines
RevenueIncrease €15.59 billion (2021)[1]
Decrease €322 million (2021)[1]
Decrease €176 million (2021)[1]
Total assetsIncrease €19.71 billion (2021)[1]
Total equityIncrease €4.76 billion (2021)[1]
Number of employees
29,427 (end 2021)[1]
Websitevestas.com

Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines that was founded in 1945. The company operates manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, India, Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia, China, Brazil, Poland[2] and the United States,[3] and employs 29,000 people globally.[4]

As of 2013, it is the largest wind turbine company in the world.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual report 2021" (PDF). Vestas Wind Systems A/S. pp. 8–9.
  2. ^ www.vestas.com, Vestas-. "BR". www.br.vestas.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ Goska Romanowicz (21 March 2007). "Profits soar for top wind turbine maker". Edie.net. Faversham House Group Ltd. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  4. ^ "About: This is Vestas". Vestas Wind Systems. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Vestas Regains Wind Turbine Market Share Lead in Navigant Study". www.bloomberg.com. 26 March 2014.