Energy Conversion Devices(ECD)是一家座落于Rochester Hills的薄膜靈活太陽能產(chǎn)品制造商。該公司周三宣布,將把密根最后組裝操作工廠移至墨西哥的Tijuana。
這一舉措將削減該公司在美國的約140個(gè)職位
“我們正積極地降低我們的成本結(jié)構(gòu)以更高運(yùn)作效率應(yīng)對全球太陽能市場的激烈競爭。通過這些舉措,我們將更好地利用]我們在蒂華納設(shè)備,而不需額外支出,”ECD的總裁和首席執(zhí)行官如是說。
ECD (納斯達(dá)克股票代碼:ENER)成立于1960年,目前在美國、墨西哥、德國、法國、意大利、韓國、日本、中國香港和中國大陸均有運(yùn)營部門。
周三上午10時(shí),公布發(fā)出后,該公司股價(jià)下跌0.42美元至4.79美元,損失達(dá)約8%。
Rochester Hills, Mich. ― Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), a Rochester Hills-based maker of thin-film flexible solar power products, announced on Wednesday that it is moving some of its final assembly operations from Michigan to Tijuana, Mexico.
As a result of the move, the company is cutting about 140 jobs in the U.S.
“We are aggressively reducing our cost structure to operate more effectively in the highly-competitive, global solar market, and, through these actions, we will better utilize our existing capacity in Tijuana, without any additional capital costs,” said Mark Morelli, ECD’s president and CEO.
ECD (Nasdaq: ENER) was founded in 1960 and currently operates in the U.S., Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and China.
Shares in the company were down $0.42 at $4.79 as of mid-morning on Wednesday following the announcement, a loss of about 8%