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Article: The Daily Oklahoman Made in Oklahoma column.
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2005
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Byline: Adam Wilmoth
Jun. 10--BERGEY WINDPOWER CO.
LOCATION: Norman.
EMPLOYEES: About 25 in Norman and 25 in China.
EXECUTIVE: Mike Bergey, president and co-founder.
BACKGROUND: "My father was on the faculty in the school of engineering at OU," Bergey said. "He started student projects on wind power in the 1970s. I became involved with those, and when I graduated in 1977, he decided to start the company, and I helped him."
INDUSTRY TRENDS: The wind power industry experienced growth in the mid 1970s to the mid-1980s before struggling through the same energy bust that crippled the oil and natural gas industry. Bergey ...