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First Solar Updates Status of Production at its Facilities

Tempe, USA - U.S. solar company First Solar has announced the current status of ongoing production at its facilities in light of the corona pandemic. Uncertainty about the further development is increasing.

As First Solar points out, the company’s production is still running in all plants in the USA, Malaysia and Vietnam. First Solar emphasizes that a variety of measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the COVID 19 virus at its worldwide manufacturing and administrative facilities and other sites and facilities, including those in the United States, Malaysia and Vietnam. However, First Solar also cautions that the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, including government efforts to contain the spread of the virus, is dynamic and that the situation may change at any time.

On Sunday, March 22, 2020, the State of Ohio, where First Solar’s Perrysburg and Lake Township manufacturing plants are located, issued a ‘Stay at Home’ order, exempting, among other things, essential businesses and operations from its scope. At this time, it is First Solar’s understanding that its manufacturing facilities in these locations are permitted to operate under the order.

Similarly, the government of Malaysia, where the Company’s Kulim manufacturing plants are located, has implemented a wide-ranging suspension of public activities. Since the implementation of this suspension and at this time, First Solar’s understanding is that these measures do not impact the continuity of its manufacturing operations in the country.

First Solar’s manufacturing operations at its Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam facilities are not impacted by government-mandated restrictions on movement at this time.

The Company is continuing to monitor the situation at all of its facility locations.



Source: IWR Online, 27 Mar 2020

 


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