The 45,000sqft leased facility will house the company’s engineering design and consultancy offices and the production lines of wind blades, molds and tooling.
GBT intends to develop an additional facility in southern Indiana to manufacture composite rotor blades for wind turbine generators in 2013.
The company projects to invest $17.6m for leasing, construction and equipment costs at the two facilities.
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered GBT USA about $2.8m in performance-based tax credits and about $200,000 in training grants based on the company’s job creation plans.
The state’s Office of Community and Rural Affairs is awarding the city of Evansville with a federal Community Development Block grant for purchase of capital equipment for the firm’s new Evansville operations.
GBT USA focuses on designing and producing custom rotor blades for wind turbine generators for customers globally.
