Hexcel shutters Windsor plant

WINDSOR — Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL), an advanced composite materials manufacturer, closed its Windsor plant at the beginning of November.

The plant at 31815 Great Western Drive made prepregs, epoxy resins reinforced with glass or carbon fibers used in the manufacturing of wind turbines. The facility’s main customer was Vestas Wind Systems A/S, a Danish wind-energy company with U.S. manufacturing plants in Windsor, Brighton and Pueblo

“Our decision was made several weeks ago following an announcement from our wind blade customer Vestas about a reduction in demand at its Brighton and Windsor plants,” Hexcel spokeswoman Kaye…