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Kansas Department of Commerce to host Kansas Wind Supply Chain WorkshopKansas The Kansas Department of Commerce will host the second Kansas Wind Supply Chain Workshop on Jan. 14 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita. The workshop will provide manufacturers an orientation to the supply chain needs of the wind energy industry. Topics include: the basics of wind energy systems; quality standards required by OEMs; challenges involved in transitioning to the wind energy supply chain; and overall growth trends in the wind industry. The workshop is open to all Kansas manufacturers interested in entering the wind supply chain, including those that operate a foundry, forge, machine shop or fabricating plant, or for those that operate a factory that produces power electronics, control systems, hydraulics, fasteners, brakes, blades, nacelles or supplemental equipment for the wind industry such as ladders, elevators, hoists, fire suppression, lighting or meteorological equipment. Registration is $45 per person. Visit KansasCommerce.com for a registration form. Make checks payable to the Kansas Department of Commerce. Please fax or mail your registrations to: Kansas Department of Commerce Attn: Susan NeuPoth Cadoret 1000 S.W. Jackson Street, Suite 100 Topeka, KS 66612 Fax: 785-296-3490 Registrations will also be accepted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency prior to the event. This will be the second Kansas Wind Supply Chain Workshop hosted by the Department of Commerce in the past four months. The Department hosted the first Kansas Wind Supply Chain Workshop on Oct. 5 in Topeka. Sponsors include: GWEDC; Kansas Registered Apprenticeship Program; Black Hills Energy; Blue Green Alliance; Kansas City Power & Light; KEDA; wKREDA; Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce; North Central Regional Planning Commission; East Central Kansas Rural Development Tax Credit Foundation; Great Plains Development, Inc.; Salina Area Chamber of Commerce; Koch Siedhoff Hand & Dunn; Foulston Siefkin; and Kennedy & Coe. For details, contact Joe Monaco at 785-296-3760 or jmonaco@kansascommerce.com.
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