Solarworld to cut 400 jobs

Bonn, Germany - In the course of 2017, German photovoltaic module producer Solarworld AG is going to focus its business activities.

With a bundle of measures, Solarworld will continue its quality strategy and concentrate entirely on the production and sale of high-efficiency products based on monocrystalline silicon technology and PERC (passivated emitter rear cell).

The production of multicrystalline wafers, cells and modules, the efficiencies of which are lower for technological reasons, are going to be shut down in the course of 2017. The group

Source: IWR Online, 13 Feb 2017