Exel Composites joins APQP4Wind for wind energy sector

The APQP4Wind, a non-profit organization, aims to reduce risk and lower costs in the global wind industry by implementing quality assurance methodology, aiming for levelized energy costs.

APQP4Wind originates in the automotive industry, where advanced product quality and planning (APQP) processes form part of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 standards. APQP4Wind takes the same emphasis on defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the automotive industry supply chain and assembly processes and adapts it to create an industry standard for the wind sector.

“We started our journey to APQP4Wind in 2021, identifying this industry standard as a key means of growth in the wind sector. APQP4Wind is endorsed by the major wind OEMs including Vestas Wind Systems, Goldwind, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and GE Renewable Energy. It sets a common quality method for all suppliers, sub-contractors, sub-suppliers, and utility companies operating in the wind industry," explained Patricia Vázquez Moreno, global key account manager for wind energy at Exel Composites.

“We initially achieved APQP4Wind membership with our joint venture in India in October 2022. We’ve now extended it for Exel Composites to our facilities in China and the US, which produce composite solutions for the wind industry, and eventually we want to roll this out to our other facilities across the world,” concluded Vázquez Moreno.

Exel Composites currently pultrudes a range of fiberglass and carbon fiber composites for the wind sector. This includes spar cap flats, spacers and pin-joint profiles. With the new APQP4Wind quality standard, the company will continue to expand its offering in the wind market. It has the capability to produce many other turbine-related composites using the pultrusion and pull-winding processes including ladder profiles, cable management systems, crane beams, insulating parts, low-speed shafts, magnet covers, antenna radomes, structural platform profiles, fencing, roof door parts, and more.

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