"Biggest-ever deal" puts wind in manufacturer’s sales

A WARWICKSHIRE business has secured its “biggest-ever” order after agreeing a deal to export 228 wind turbines to Lebanon.

FuturEnergy’s deal follows the successful delivery of 114 turbines to the same Beirut-based power solutions company, IPT PowerTech, earlier this year.

The turbines will be used to reduce the fuel cost of diesel generators powering mobile phone communication masts. It is anticipated the entire project will cover 280 communications tower sites, each powered by two turbines.

FuturEnergy’s sales manager Sandra Shirley said: “We have been trading overseas since the business was set-up 11 years ago. Our turbines are mainly used in remote areas that are potentially off the grid.

“IPT PowerTech in Lebanon contacted us last year as they wanted to use our turbines for communication purposes.

“Representatives from the company came over to meet us and to see our factory. They then placed their first order the day before Christmas Eve for 144 turbines, which was then our biggest order to date.

“We manufactured these as promised within a three-month time frame and within days of the shipment going another order arrived for 228 wind turbines.”

Stratford-upon-Avon-based FuturEnergy received support in exporting to Lebanon from the UK Trade and Investment team at the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce’s international trade hub.