QCells Furloughs 1000 Workers Because of Solar Cells Stuck at Customs
What’s newQcells is temporarily furloughing approximately 1,000 workers and reducing hours and pay at its Dalton and Cartersville, Georgia, factories due to repeated detentions of imported solar cells and other components by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Why it mattersQcells has committed $2.5 billion to build a U.S. solar supply chain and is ramping American cell manufacturing, including a $2.3 billion Cartersville plant to make ingots, wafers, and cells (key components of solar panels). As of now, they import the cells from overseas factories and assemble them in the U.S. Solar cells…
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