Steelwind Nordenham

What Steelwind Nordenham does

Steelwind Nordenham is a privately held German manufacturer specializing in structural foundations for the offshore wind energy sector. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Nordenham, Germany, the company fabricates monopiles, transition pieces, and floating foundations that support offshore wind turbines installed in marine environments. Its Nordenham location provides strategic proximity to North Sea offshore wind project corridors.

The company's product scope spans fixed-bottom foundation components — the dominant technology for current European shallow-water offshore wind — as well as floating foundations, which target the deeper-water segment that is gaining project pipeline. Steelwind operates with 11-50 employees, indicating a specialized, mid-sized industrial firm rather than a high-volume commodity producer. The company website was inaccessible at the time of data collection, and no information on customers, pricing, certifications, leadership, ownership, or financial performance was available in the source material.

Business model mechanics (contract structure, pricing model, go-to-market, revenue mix between fixed-bottom and floating segments) cannot be characterized from the input. The offshore wind foundation market is structurally project-based and buyer-concentrated, with a limited number of European utility-scale developers typically sourcing through competitive tenders or framework agreements; whether Steelwind operates on this model is not stated.

Name

Steelwind Nordenham

Website

https://steelwind-nordenham.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Steelwind Nordenham is a privately held German manufacturer founded in 2003 that fabricates monopiles, transition pieces, and floating foundations for offshore wind turbines, serving the European offshore wind energy industry from Nordenham, Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Offshore Wind Foundations Manufacturing

SIC

Steel Pipe & Tubes (3317)

akta.pro primary industry

Offshore Wind Substructures & Marine Engineering (Monopiles, Jackets, Floating) (EUAMACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wind Blades, Towers & Foundations Manufacturing (EUAMAHAE)

Keywords

• Offshore wind foundations
• Monopile manufacturing
• Transition pieces
• Wind turbine foundations
• Floating offshore foundations

Headquarters

HQ city

Nordenham

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Steelwind Nordenham is a manufacturer of steel foundations for the offshore wind energy industry. The company produces heavy steel structures — including monopiles, transition pieces, and floating foundations — that serve as the structural base for offshore wind turbines installed in marine environments. Its products are engineered to meet the demanding load, fatigue, and corrosion requirements of offshore wind installations.

Product overview

Steelwind Nordenham operates as a manufacturer in the offshore wind foundations sector, producing structures such as monopiles, transition pieces, and floating foundations that support offshore wind turbines in marine environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Monopiles Large-diameter steel monopile foundations driven into the seabed to anchor offshore wind turbines; engineered for offshore wind farm developers and EPC contractors.
• Transition Pieces Steel transition pieces that connect monopile foundations to the tower of an offshore wind turbine, providing the structural and access interface between foundation and turbine tower; supplied to offshore wind project developers.
• Floating Foundations Steel floating foundation structures used to support offshore wind turbines in deeper water sites where fixed-bottom foundations are not feasible; intended for offshore wind developers operating in deep-water markets.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Lamprell: Lamprell is a UAE-based fabricator that has expanded into offshore wind foundations and jack-up rig structures, competing with Steelwind for monopile and jacket foundation contracts, particularly on European tenders where it has invested in dedicated capacity.
• Bladt Industries: Bladt Industries is a Danish manufacturer of offshore wind foundations, transition pieces, and substations. It is a direct competitor to Steelwind in the Nordic and broader European offshore wind supply chain with a comparable product portfolio.
• Sif Group: Sif Group is a Dutch manufacturer of large-diameter steel tubular foundations (monopiles) for offshore wind, with a dedicated foundation plant at Maasvlakte. It competes head-to-head with Steelwind for European monopile tenders and shares the same customer base of utility-scale wind developers.
• EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC): EEW SPC is the world's largest manufacturer of longitudinally welded steel pipes for offshore wind monopiles, with plants in Germany and the U.S. It is Steelwind's most direct competitor in the same monopile product category, serving the same European and emerging U.S. offshore wind developers.
• Smulders Projects: Smulders is a Belgian steel construction company producing monopiles, transition pieces, and offshore high-voltage substations for the European offshore wind market. It overlaps directly with Steelwind in foundation fabrication and serves overlapping customers.
• Dajin Offshore: Dajin Offshore is a Chinese manufacturer of offshore wind monopiles and pin piles. It represents the Asian supply-side competitive threat to Steelwind and other European foundation fabricators as cost pressure drives developers to qualify non-European suppliers.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy: Siemens Gamesa is a major offshore wind turbine OEM and the largest direct customer of Steelwind's foundations. While not a foundation manufacturer, it sits immediately upstream and shapes demand, certification requirements, and order timing for Steelwind and its direct peers.
• Vestas Offshore (Vestas Wind Systems): Vestas is the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer and a major buyer of offshore foundations. It is broadly comparable as part of the same offshore wind value chain and exercises significant influence over foundation specifications, capacity reservation, and supply chain qualification that affects Steelwind.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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