Schott
Solar,
a
division
of
privately
owned
German
glass
giant
Schott,
says
it
will
close
its
multicrystalline
wafer
plant
in
Jena,
in
the
German
state
of
Thuringia,
with
290
workers
to
be
impacted.
It
will
continue
to
produce
monocrystalline
wafers
and
thin-film
modules
in
Jena,
where
it
also
opening
a
new
solar
research
centre.
“Developments
in
the
global
solar
market
have
made
restructuring
necessary,”
Schott
says,
adding
that
with
the
latest
round
of
redundancies
brings
an
end
to
its
restructuring
programme.
“Overcapacities
and
severe
declines
in
prices,
particularly
with
wafers
and
cells,…
