ZWZ Bearings and Siemens signed a long-term strategic cooperation Letter of Intent for wind turbine bearings supplying

July 28, (e-bearings.com) Wafangdian Bearing Group Co., Ltd., also know as ZWZ Bearings, and Siemens signed a long-term strategic cooperation letter of intent of wind turbine bearings supplying, and ZWZ Bearings become the one of the world's leading wind turbine bearings suppliers of Renewable Energy Division of the Siemens Energy Sector, and Siemens wind power becomes ZWZ Bearings' strategic customers, both will start a full range of R & D co-operation on wind turbine bearings at the global level .

Siemens wind power is one of the world's largest manufacturers of offshore wind turbine. There are two production bases in Shanghai, China of Siemens wind power, one for blade assembly and another for wind turbine assembly.

ZWZ Bearings is one of the earliest group of companies engaged in research and development of wind turbine bearings, and have the world's advanced level of wind turbine bearings production base. At present, ZWZ Bearings can provide yaw bearings, pitch bearing, spindle bearing, speed increaser bearing, speed reducer bearings and generator bearings for 750 kilowatts, 850 kilowatts, 1.2 MW, 1.5 MW, 2 MW and 3 MW wind turbines. Now has an annual production of 6,000 sets, and 5-megawatt wind turbine bearings is on research and development. In the R & D on wind turbine bearings, formed ZWZ autonomous wind power bearing design, craftsmanship, materials, manufacturing, testing and test such areas as technical standards. ZWZ Bearings' "design and manufacture of wind turbine bearing technology" project has been listed in China's high-tech project, also know as the "863" Project.