Some
80
employees
remained
in
the
facility,
according
to
local
media
reports,
which
had
seen
460
jobs
cut
in
the
previous
two
years
as
BP
Solar
shifted
focus
from
module
manufacturing
and
sales
through
a
distribution
network
to
solar
project
development.
BP
Solar,
a
panel
manufacturer
going
back
to
the
1970s,
last
year
announced
plans
to
exit
that
stage
of
the
solar
business
in
the
face
of
low-cost
Asian
competition.
In
an
interview
with
Recharge
last
autumn,
Katrina
Landis,
chief
executive
of
BP
Alternative
Energy
said:
“The
Chinese
have…
