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Document and Entity Information | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Oct. 24, 2013
Document and Entity Information |  |
Entity Registrant Name | BROADWIND ENERGY, INC. |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001120370 |
Document Type | 10-Q/A |
Document Period End Date | Sep. 30, 2013 |
Amendment Flag | true |
Amendment Description | Explanatory Note As used herein, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Broadwind,” and the “Company” refer to Broadwind Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation headquartered in Cicero, Illinois, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. We are filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amended Filing”) to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2013 (the “Original Filing”), to amend and restate our unaudited financial statements and related disclosures for the periods then ended and amend certain other information as indicated below. This Amended Filing is being filed following the restatement of our financial statements for the first three quarters of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The details of the restatement are discussed below and in Note 2 to the accompanying restated condensed consolidated financial statements. In this Amended Filing, we are: restating our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2013, our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the Notes to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements; amending Part I, Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, as it relates to the nine months ended September 30, 2013; and amending Part I, Item 4, disclosure regarding Controls and Procedures. In addition, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have provided new certifications in connection with this Amended Filing (Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2). Except as described above, no other amendments have been made to the Original Filing. This Amended Filing continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing, and the Company has not updated the disclosure contained herein to reflect events that have occurred since the date of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amended Filing should be read in conjunction with the Company’s other filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing, including any amendments to those filings. Background on the Restatement On January 31, 2014, the audit committee of our board of directors (the “Audit Committee”) concluded that the previously issued financial statements contained in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013 should no longer be relied upon because of errors in those financial statements. In addition to the financial statements for these periods, related press releases furnished on Current Reports on Form 8-K and reports and stockholder communications describing our financial statements for these periods should no longer be relied upon. The errors relate to the overstatement of costs of sales in the total amount of approximately $938 during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The overstatement arose in, and was included in the results of, our Towers and Weldments segment. The Audit Committee completed an independent investigation into the identified errors, which determined that accounting personnel in the Towers and Weldments segment intentionally created reserves in the aforementioned quarters in a manner inconsistent with generally accepted accounting principles and our own accounting policies and procedures. Coincident with restating our financial statements due to the above mentioned errors, we also adjusted the financial statements to address unrecorded adjustments which were previously deemed insignificant. The restatement adjustments did not impact our previously reported tax provision or benefit in any of the affected periods, as we have recorded full valuation allowances against net deferred tax assets and loss carryforwards. For more information related to the impact of the restatement adjustments on our financial statements contained in this Amended Filing for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, refer to Note 2, Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements. |
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Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes |
Entity Filer Category | Smaller Reporting Company |
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding |  | 14,587,958
Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2013 |
Document Fiscal Period Focus | Q3 |

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