Flextronics adds 400 staff to solar module plant in Ontario

Flextronics adds 400 staff to solar module plant in Ontario

Jul 19, 2011 - Singapore-based Flextronics (NASDAQ:FLEX) has hired 400 employees to boost production of MEMC-branded solar modules at its module factory in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The move was driven by the 60% domestic content requirement of Ontario's feed-in tariff (FIT) programme, US wafers maker MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE:WFR) said in a statement yesterday.

Last year, Flextronics agreed to produce MEMC-branded solar panels at its Ontario plant for SunEdison, a unit of MEMC, and its partners.

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