COPENHAGEN, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Danish wind-turbine manufacturer Vestas announced Wednesday a partnership with leading gearbox provider ZF to offer global service solutions for customers' gearboxes.

Vestas will offer customers solutions that can lower repair costs, decrease downtime, and limit additional future repairs by expanding the partnership with ZF, the company said in a statement.

It added that the partnership also promotes mutual knowledge transfer, cooperation on training, and joint documentation development.

Through the partnership, Vestas becomes ZF's preferred supplier to perform uptower repair work and ZF becomes Vestas' preferred supplier for shop repairs and replacement units.

"By partnering with ZF, we can return the turbine to service faster than anyone in the market and leverage our extensive volume with ZF to have best-in-market pricing, terms and lead times, " said Christian Venderby, head of global service at Vestas, in the statement.

Going forward, Vestas and ZF will also collaborate on new repair and gearbox service products.

Vestas is the energy industry's global partner on sustainable energy solutions. It has installed 92 GW of wind turbines in 79 countries.

Founded in 1915 in Friedrichshafen of Germany, ZF develops, manufactures and repairs gearboxes for the wind industry at plants and repair shops in Germany, Belgium, the United States and India.