By this time next year, Ontario's first wind tower manufacturing plant should be hard at work on the shores of Lake Superior, thanks to a joint venture between Algoma Steel Inc. and Schaaf Industries Corp., a German manufacturer of wind towers. The venture, known as SIAG Great Lakes LP, will employ 140 people from the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., area and consume 25,000 tonnes of steel plate per year. More importantly, says Martin Pochtaruk, director of operations planning, it reduces Algoma's dependence on one commodity, pushing the company up the manufacturing integration chain to make it more economically sustainable.
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Posted by Dave at April 8, 2006 12:11 PM