History

Learn about Baettr’s transformation through decades of strategic expansion, industry innovation, and global recognition in sustainability and renewable energy.

1985

Establishing the machine shop in Lem

Vestas predicts the growth of the wind energy industry. To prepare, a brand-new machine shop is built in Lem, Denmark, supporting Vestas’s machining of nacelles and turbine blades.

2002

Acquiring Windcast Group

Windcast Group, and their four iron foundries across Norway, Germany, and Sweden, is acquired by Vestas, marking the completion of Vestas insourcing the entire turbine design and manufacturing value chain.

2006-2009

Rapid global expansion

Global turbine development is growing. Vestas establishes several new facilities to maintain strategically advantageous proximity to emerging markets. The facilities include a Chinese casting site in Xuzhou and machining facility in Tianjin.

2013

Global Castings is founded

The German industrial holding company VTC GmbH & Co. KG enters a strategic deal with Vestas. Two machining units, four casting units, and 1,000+ employees across Norway, Sweden, Germany, China, and Denmark are acquired. Global Castings is born.

2014-2020

Facility in Stade, Germany

Global Castings enters a joint venture with Norderland/Etanax Group, which handled casting and machining of elements up to 80 tons. Baettr closes the factory in 2020 due to market conditions. After the closure, Baettr establishes a center of expert competences in Stade.

2017

New wind customers

Global Castings welcomes GE Vernova and Siemens Gamesa as customers.

2019

We are Baettr

In 2019, the new brand, Baettr, is launched as a celebration of our commitment to making renewable energy available to all parts of the world.

2021

Baettr wins Vestas’ Supplier Award 2021 for Sustainability

Vestas grants Baettr their Supplier Award for Sustainability. The award cements our sustainability journey is full on and is noticed externally

2022

Baettr India founded

In December of 2020, Baettr builds a new foundry in Chennai – as well as partner with Wheels India and SKEW, who establish machining and surface treatment facilities. The three facilities are door by door and were officially opened April 2022.

2023

Platinum in Indian Industry’s IGBC Green Factory Buildings Certification

Baettr India makes history by being the first Indian foundry ever to receive the platinum rating from Indian Industry’s IGBC Green Factory Buildings. The rating is valid until 2026.

2023

EcoVadis Bronze

Baettr achieves the EcoVadis Bronze Medal and is in the top 35% companies with a score of 55/100. EcoVadis is a third-party company, assessing companies’ ability to integrate EcoVadis’s seven founding principles of sustainability/CSR in their business and management system.

2024

Baettr acquires Ostfriesland

The former Enercon foundry in Ostfriesland, Germany, is acquired. As part of the transaction, Baettr enters a strategic partnership with Enercon, with the purpose to support and develop the supply chain to market standard.

2024

EcoVadis Bronze

Baettr retains the EcoVadis Bronze Medal with a significant improvement of the score: 62/100. This highlights our continued commitment to sustainability and ESG.

2024

Wins Best Foundry of the Year Award in Chennai, India

Baettr India is awarded the prestigious Best Foundry of the Year by The Institute of Foundrymen in the Chennai Chapter in India.

2024

Beyond wind

Baettr goes beyond manufacturing components for wind, but still with a clear focus on clean energy as we partner with Topsoe and ExoWave.

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