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ABILENE, TEXAS — The ribbon cutting has been held for a newly constructed wind tower manufacturing facility located in Abilene. The facility, which is situated on 42 acres, comprises 146,000 square feet of production space and 20 acres of storage space. Wind tower production began in February. The facility is operated by Tower Tech Systems, a subsidiary of Naperville, Ill.-based Broadwind Energy. Tower Tech currently operates another wind tower manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, Wis., and is constructing a third facility in Brandon, S.D.