The company made the announcement from the US China Green Tech Summit, taking place Monday and Tuesday in Beijing. The new factory is sure to get out-sized mainstream media attention as the world tracks US President Barack Obama’s first visit to China. He is scheduled to arrive in Beijing on Monday evening for a series of events and meetings with Chinese President Hu Jinatao.
Suntech says the plant will initially be capable of turning out 30 megawatts of modules annually and employ 75 full-time employees, a figure that could grow depending on the development of the US market.
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