Hamburg/Bangalore, 7 July 2015: Senvion, the German wind turbine manufacturer, is opening a Research and Development (R&D) Centre in Bangalore, India, to further internationalise its engineering expertise. The team in India will be part of the established Product Development team located at the TechCenter in Osterr?nfeld, Germany. Both teams will focus on developing and optimising wind turbines internally and in collaboration with external partners. In order to continue its international growth path, Senvion will further strengthen the company's existing expertise and create a best practice global R&D function.

Andreas Nauen, CEO at Senvion, said: "We stand for highly reliable wind turbines, innovative solutions and high quality. We are aware of the importance of our mission - to develop the best turbines that enable the realisation of an international energy transition. We are confident that in the Bangalore region, we will find the right colleagues with the technical or mechanical knowledge to take up the challenge and drive the development of state-of-the-art wind turbines." Over the past few years, Senvion has been growing profitably. The company aims to increase its onshore and offshore market share in all target markets by 2018.

Bernhard Telgmann, Executive Vice President Product & Technology at Senvion, added: "An integrated and engaged R&D team is at the core of success for Senvion. We look for employees who want to make a difference at our firm. In a few years, our employees will able to see their work powering thousands of houses. That's the spirit at Senvion - because the future belongs to wind energy."

Senvion, formerly REpower Systems, has consistently invested in the improvement of existing products and in the development of new ones, to ensure it has the strongest portfolio in the market.

From the R&D Centre in Osterr?nfeld, Germany the company has developed high quality onshore and offshore turbines, ranging from 2 to 6.15 megawatts and rotor diameters of 83 to 152 metres to best serve all its varied markets. To date, Senvion has built over 6,000 wind turbines in 26 countries around the world.

Senvion is one of the world's leading manufacturers of onshore and offshore wind turbines. The international mechanical engineering company develops, produces and markets wind turbines for almost any location - with rated outputs of 2 MW to 6.15 MW and rotor diameters of 82 metres to 152 metres.

Dhaval Vakil, Senvion India Ltd. Email: dhaval.vakil@senvion.com