Flender - Winner of the NRW.Global Business AWARD 2024

The Flender company from Bocholt is considered the market leader for industrial drive technology and wind power gear units. The specialist has been supplying quality products from North Rhine-Westphalia all over the world for 125 years. They are used in numerous key industries such as cement production, raw materials processing, the oil and gas industry, power generation, water and wastewater management and conveyor technology. Flender has been developing high-performance gear units, generators and couplings for wind turbines under the Winergy brand since 1981. With over 350 gigawatts of products supplied, one wind turbine out of three all over the world contains a piece of Flender and therefore a piece of North Rhine-Westphalia. The company is active at 33 locations worldwide with around 9,000 employees and is regarded as a driver of the energy transition.