LM Wind Power

LM Wind Power (formerly LM Glasfiber) is the world's largest independent supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry. LM Wind Power has produced more than 185,000 blades since 1978, corresponding to approximately 77 GW installed wind power capacity which each year effectively saves approximately 147 million tons of CO2. This corresponds to the annual CO2 emissions from electricity used in 20 million (US) homes.

LM Wind Power was founded in 1940 as Lunderskov Møbelfabrik (Lunderskov furniture factory) in the small town Lunderskov, Denmark. In 1952 they investigated the possibilities of commercial exploitation of glass fiber technology, which made them change their name to LM Glasfiber and abandon their original plan of manufacturing wooden furniture. It wasn't until 1978 that they started making wind turbine blades. The first set of LM Glasfiber blades was installed on the Windmatic wind turbine, in Scottish waters near the Orkney Islands, during the 1970s.

In 2010, the company name was changed from LM Glasfiber to LM Wind Power, to better reflect the industry in which they operate. LM Wind Power Group was launched with the formation of three separate divisions – LM Wind Power Blades, LM Wind Power Service & Logistics and Svendborg Brakes. In 2013, Svendborg Brakes was sold to Altra Holdings Inc.

LM Wind Power joined the UN Global Compact in 2010, signifying their commitment to the compact's ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. Since then, they have reported their performance in the annual report non-financial highlights section and in a more detailed document submitted as the annual Communication on Progress for the UN Global Compact. LM Wind Power applies the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework for guidance and structure.

During the COP15 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) held December 7-18, 2009, an LM 61.5 P blade was installed at the main entrance of the Bella Center to greet conference delegates. This blade, developed mainly for offshore projects off the coast of Germany, Scotland and Belgium, was the world’s longest wind turbine blade in serial production at the time.

On 11 June 2010, LM Wind Power took part in setting an aviation record. They commissioned the An-225 to carry the world's longest piece of air cargo, as it flew two new 42-meter wind turbine blades from their factory in Tianjin, China to their test facility in Lunderskov, Denmark.