After toppling into bankruptcy in 2011 Solon – Germany’sfirst publicly listed solar company – was acquired by Microsol.
Although Microsol made no secret of its intention to shiftmost of Solon's module production to the Middle East, it also promised at the time of the acquisition to retain the vast majority ofSolon’s workforce.
Today, however, Solon announced that it will shutits German headquarters -- set in a highly distinctive, solar-powered building on the outskirts of Berlin -- and lay off all 230 workersthere.
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