Solar panel maker plans for bright future (United Solar Ovionics, Michigan)

[jpak]

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/030907/loc_2007030930.shtml

AUBURN HILLS - United Solar Ovonics expects to double its business in the next four years as it rushes to meet the demand for solar panels, capable of turning sunlight into energy.

Subendu Guha, the company's president and chief operating offi cer, said Thursday he expected the company to grow by 100 percent per year through 2010 as it expands its manufacturing capacity.

James R. Metzger, interim president and chief operating officer of ECD Ovonics, United Solar's parent company, said United Solar's payroll also is expected to almost double from 700 now to 1,300 by the end of 2008. Some of the hiring will be at United Solar's new plants in Mexico and China but the majority of the new jobs will be in Michigan, he said.

Moreover, the company's research and development efforts, which have generated dozens of patents over the years, will remain in Michigan.

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[JohnWxy]

1. they produce flexible solar panels which can be nailed to the roof of a house and they produce

electricity even on cloudy days!