Wednesday 11 July 2007

Tassie contract blowing in wind

Hobart Mercury
Wednesday 11/7/2007 Page: 9

A NEW contract for a Launceston-based firm was a taste of the opportunities a pulp mill could bring Tasmanian manufacturing, Premier Paul Lennon said yesterday. Haywards Engineering has secured a deal with Spanish company Acciona Energy to supply 31 wind turbine towers for the Waubra Wind Farm near Ballarat in Victoria.

Mr Lennon said the $13 million contract was another coup for the leading steel fabrication and construction firm. "Haywards is a great Tasmanian success story and another example of a company expanding and thriving in our growing, modern economy." Mr Lennon said. "It's innovative companies like this that stand to benefit from the increased business activity construction of the proposed Bell Bay pulp mill would create.

"Local firms will be in line for contracts that will enable them to expand, reinvest in their businesses, employ more people and upskill their workforces." The company could earn an additional $12 million though the deal by securing the supply of towers for the second stage of the wind farm.

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