Industry

Location is the primary attraction for major corporations and businesses in Windsor. With an economically strategic position between the state capitals of Denver and Cheyenne, Wyoming, Windsor is centrally located to major markets. The town also has a major transportation advantage by being near Interstate 25, a major north-south route in Colorado. Adding to this, the Great Western Industrial Park, a 1,400- acre complex owned by Great Western, benefits from the Great Western Railway, which offers interchanges with both Union Pacific and BNSF Railway.

Close proximity to several other larger cities is also an economic boom for Windsor. Surrounded by the communities of Greeley (pop. 107,000), Loveland (pop. 75,840) and Fort Collins (pop. 170,100), Windsor is ensured of having a diverse consumer base and plentiful workforce necessary to support businesses located within the community.

Over 100 years ago, the town’s major industry was sugar beets. Built by the original German immigrants, the first factory in Windsor was owned by the Great Western Sugar Co, which operated up until the late 1960s before closing its doors. Fortunately for Windsor, an agricultural based economy would eventually give way into one that reflects the town’s dynamic and contemporary trend of urbanization.

Windsor companies as diverse as Front Range Energy, O-I, Universal Forest Products, Metal Container Corporation, Vestas Blades America, Carestream Health, Tolmar, Cargill and Halliburton represent several industry sectors from basic manufacturing to products produced and shipped worldwide. Access to suppliers, workforce, transportation resources, quality healthcare, business support organizations and educational institutions support local companies as they compete within their markets.

In addition, clean energy has become a major focus for Northern Colorado, with Windsor now home to several renewable-energy technologies supported by such entities as Vestas Blades America and the Front Range Energy Ethanol Plant.