The Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger is introducing short-time working at its Thalheim site in the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district from May 1. This was agreed by the management and works council, according to a statement.
The company cited temporary material bottlenecks in production as the reason. According to the statement, this affects around 300 employees who previously worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week to produce high-performance solar cells. The measure is intended to save costs in the short term.
According to the company, the production processes at the US site in Goodyear, Arizona, where the solar cells from Thalheim are processed into solar modules, have also been adjusted. In the course of the ramp-up, technical work at the plant now alternates daily with the production of solar modules. In order to reduce costs, "further adjustments to the workforce (...) are in preparation", the company added.
