Vestas is a leader in technological development in the world's wind power industry. It ranks among the top 10 largest wind turbine equipment suppliers in the world, accounting for 27.9% of the world's new wind turbine capacity in 2005. Its core businesses include the development, manufacturing, sale and maintenance of wind power systems. The single unit capacity of the product ranges from 750kW to 3MW, and a 4.5MW product will be launched soon. Vestas Technology produces wind turbines in Denmark, Germany, Italy, India and Scotland. Vestas Wind System A/S is a listed company on the Copenhagen Stock Market. There are 98 published patents with VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS AS as the applicant on the European Patent Office website (as of July 2005).