TKF Implements APQP4Wind as the New Quality Standard for Offshore Wind Projects

First project with TKF and Vattenfall marks an important step toward predictable, scalable quality. TKF has implemented APQP4Wind as its standard quality methodology for offshore wind projects. With this milestone, the company strengthens its commitment to predictable quality, first-time-right delivery, and close collaboration with customers and suppliers. This year, TKF's first project with Vattenfall is being delivered fully in accordance with the APQP4Wind methodology.

Quality standard for offshore wind
APQP4Wind is an industry-wide quality approach based on Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP). The methodology provides a structured process for early risk management and standardizes the way technical risks in design and production are analyzed and assured.

It includes deliverables such as Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), Process FMEA (PFMEA), Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP). This way of working ensures predictable quality, faster approvals and transparent collaboration across the entire supply chain.

TKF and Vattenfall’s first APQP4Wind project demonstrates a shared commitment to proactive quality assurance and first-time-right delivery in offshore wind.

First APQP4Wind project with Vattenfall
This year, TKF and Vattenfall will start the first project to be executed fully in line with APQP4Wind. For the Nordlicht 1 + 2 project, quality assurance is structured around full PPAP documentation and a Control Plan, providing a more comprehensive and proactive approach than traditional inspection-based methods. This makes it possible to define and control the most critical characteristics and risks early in the process.

“APQP4Wind gives us even greater control over quality in every phase of the project, from design to serial production. That is essential as projects grow larger and requirements become increasingly stringent.” says Altan Yuksel, QHSE Manager at TKF.

“As our first cable manufacturing project using APQP4Wind together with TKF, Nordlicht 1+2 marks an important step in establishing a more structured and comprehensive quality approach.” says Vattenfall.

Important step for future collaboration
With the implementation of APQP4Wind, TKF strengthens its proactive, upfront quality assurance approach by focusing on early risk identification, process control and structured collaboration. This reduces rework and failure costs, improves predictability and supports effective scaling across the offshore wind sector. With this step, TKF underscores its ambition to be a leading partner in the energy transition, with quality as the foundation for sustainable growth.