Ørsted joins APQP4Wind as the first utility company
As one of the largest utility companies in Europe, Ørsted has had more than 20 of their employees undergo APQP4Wind training and now joins the APQP4Wind Community to help further mature the wind industry. With Ørsted as the first utility company to become a Company Member, the APQP4Wind Community has finally come full circle and now has Company Members from across the entire supply chain.
Head of Strategic QHSE Supplier Management at Ørsted, Gert B. Kragh-Jakobsen expresses that joining APQP4Wind is all about maturing the industry of green energy in the same way, that history has shown from other big industries, e.g., automotive, aerospace, and railway. He adds: “We need to do this together as an industry. Standardization and LEAN processes across all parties will increase the safety level and product reliability, and at the same time lower the time to market and cost of production,” and continues:
“When starting up new green energy projects and time is a limited resource, the utilities will benefit from having clarity with regards to suppliers’ compliance and minimizing risks for misunderstandings, and thereby a robust supply chain forecasting and planning process, which will result in faster progress on the project preparation, plan, and execution. This will support the build of a world that runs entirely on green energy.
Sustainable frontrunner
Ørsted is a Danish multinational utility company that develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, and provides energy products to its customers.
For three years in a row, Ørsted has ranked as the world’s most sustainable utility company in the Corporate Knights' index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world. With this top ranking, Ørsted stands out as a global frontrunner among green and sustainable companies.
A big step further towards maturing the wind industry
The addition of Ørsted to the APQP4Wind Community is therefore in close harmony with the APQP4Wind Organization’s vision to align and mature the global wind industry supply chain and be the quality assurance methodology used by the entire global wind industry supply chain from design to customer.
Furthermore, it matches the APQP4Wind Organization’s mission to enable and strengthen cooperation across the entire supply chain. The APQP4Wind Organization is therefore pleased to welcome Ørsted as one of the largest utility companies in Europe to the APQP4Wind Community, General Manager of APQP4Wind, Kim Nedergaard Jacobsen, expresses:
“We are excited to welcome Ørsted as APQP4Wind’s first Utility Company Member. Having Ørsted as an APQP4Wind Company Member is a big step further towards strengthening the cooperation across the entire global supply chain and aligning and maturing the wind industry due to their strong position in the European market.