Meyer Burger stops module production in Freiberg

The solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has stopped module production at its plant in Freiberg, Saxony. The step was taken on Tuesday afternoon, the Swiss-based company announced on Thursday. The closure of the factory is still being prepared. If politicians do not change course, most of the approximately 500 employees in Freiberg will definitely be made redundant on April 30, it said.

Meyer Burger had already announced in February that it would cease production there in the first half of March in order to make savings. The background to this is massive competition from cheap solar modules from China. The company and other industry representatives have so far unsuccessfully appealed to the German government to promote solar products from European manufacturers through bonuses.