CS Wind

CS Wind is a South Korea-based manufacturer of wind turbine towers. The company's name comes from a pseudonym used by the founder's son, "ChoongSan (Korean: 중산; Hanja: 重山; RR: Jungsan; MR: Chungsan)", and means "a heavy mountain that can endure every hardship."^[2]

CS Wind

Native name	씨에스윈드
Company type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 112610
Industry	Wind power industry
Founded	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Founder	Gim Seong-gon
Headquarters	723, Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Kim Seong-kwon, chairman and co-chief executive officer[1]
Products	Wind turbine towers
Website	www.cswind.com/en/

History

Company founder Gim Seong-gon worked for a building supply company in Saudi Arabia. In 1984, he founded his own construction firm there, and the firm expanded and began manufacturing construction materials and parts. Later, the firm made chimneys for fossil fuel burning plants. CS Wind began in 1988, although the name came later. The firm transitioned from building chimneys to wind turbine towers in 2003.^[2][3]

Locations

CS Wind has manufacturing facilities in China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Turkey, Portugal, the United States, and Vietnam.^[4] The firm's US factory in Pueblo, Colorado was acquired from Vestas in 2021 and is undergoing a large expansion. It is the world's largest wind turbine tower manufacturing facility.^[5]