EANS-News: Nordex increasing vertical integration and recruiting new employees

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely
responsible for the content of this announcement.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Personnel/Strategic management decisions/Rotor blade production

Subtitle: • Internal production of rotor blades to be increased from
2013 • EUR 10 million to be spent on new production line • Additional
130 production operatives to be recruited

Rostock (euro adhoc) - Rostock, 2 November 2012. "We are looking for
up to an additional 130 employees for our planned internal production
facilities in Rostock for our new and larger rotor blades," says Jens
Martin Hoika, who manages Nordex's Rostock and international plants.
The NR 58.5 rotor blade is used with the N117/2400 wind turbine,
which is increasingly proving to be a sales hit. Shortly after
commencing series production of the new turbine in summer 2012,
Nordex was fully booked out for the rest of the current year. Says
Hoika: "As Nordex wants to address the sharp rise in demand for the
N117 as comprehensively as possible, we will add two production lines
for the NR 58.5 to our facilities."

With a length of around 58 metres, the rotor blade is the main new
innovation featured by the N117/2400. Substantially longer yet
lighter than its predecessor, it is partially made from carbon. This
new type of structure means that Nordex can only source the rotor
blade from selected suppliers. For this reason, the company had
planned from the outset to produce the rotor blade itself from 2013
onwards.

"Assembling the right team is doubtless the most important task but
far from being the only one," explains Hoika. Nordex will be spending
a total of some EUR 10 million on the expansion of its production
facilities. The new investments will primarily entail tools and
machinery. Indeed, the first mould for the blade has already been
installed in Rostock.

Looking forward, Nordex wants to produce an annual volume of up to
400 rotor blades from this series at its Rostock plant. This will be
sufficient to fit more than 130 N117 turbines with its own rotors,
producing a total output of 320 megawatts. Up to 200 operatives will
be assigned to this production line at the end of 2013. Some of them
will come from the Company's core workforce. These are experienced
employees who have been producing rotor blades for other Nordex
turbines for years. Today, the rotor blade production facility has
270 employees, around 200 of whom are technical operatives. However,
Nordex will need to recruit and train a further 130 employees or so
and is working with the Rostock labour agency in this connection.

With the commencement of internal production of the NR 58.5, Nordex
expects sales of the N117/2400 to rise substantially. Demand is
particularly coming from the established markets such as Germany,
where many projects are being planned for sites characterised by
weaker wind conditions. It is precisely for such locations that
Nordex has developed its new wind power system and where the turbine
can make the most of its strengths. It is able to achieve an
above-average capacity factor of up to 40 percent at such weak-wind
locations.

Explains state energy minister Volker Schlotmann: "The
'Energiewende' in Germany calls for efficient wind power systems
allowing wind power to be generated economically in non-coastal
regions. If this leads to the creation of jobs in Mecklenburg-West
Pomerania then so much the better. There is still considerable
potential for on-shore growth. What is more, on-shore is still the
most inexpensive way of producing green electricity."

About Nordex As one of the technological leaders in multi-megawatt
wind power systems, Nordex is benefiting from the trend in favour of
large-scale turbines. The range comprises one of the world's largest
series-produced wind power systems (N90/2500, N100/2500, N117/2400).
To date, over 1,900 turbines of this type have been installed around
the world. This experience with multi-megawatt turbines gives Nordex
a decisive lead over most of its competitors. Nordex has installed a
total of around 5,000 turbines with an aggregate capacity of more
than 7,800 MW all around the world. With exports accounting for more
than 80 percent of its business, Nordex SE plays a key role in
international high-growth regions. The Company has offices and
subsidiaries in 22 countries around the world with a total global
headcount of over 2,500 employees.

For more information, please contact:
Nordex SE
Ralf Peters
Telephone: +49 40 300 30 - 1000, Telefax: - 1333

Further inquiry note:
Oliver Kayser
Investor Relations Manager
Tel.: +49 (0)40 30030-1024
E-Mail: okayser@nordex-online.com

end of announcement euro adhoc
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

company: Nordex SE
Langenhorner Chaussee 600
D-22419 Hamburg
phone: +49 (0)40 30030-1000
FAX: +49 (0)40 30030-1101
mail: info@nordex-online.com
WWW: http://www.nordex-online.com
sector: Alternative energy
ISIN: DE000A0D6554, DE0000A0D66L2
indexes: TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share, ÖkoDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English