Company/Division name | First Solar, Inc. |
Parent company | First Solar, Inc. |
Type of work | Manufacturing |
Reshoring category: | Reshoring |
Total number of jobs (added or to be added): | 500 |
Year reshoring announced: | 2020 |
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented: | 2019 |
Capital investment ($): | 1,000 |
City reshored to: | Perrysburg |
State(s) reshored to: | OH |
If relevant, work nearshored to: | - |
Industry(ies): | Computer & Electronic Products |
Product(s) reshored | solar panels |
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive? | Tariffs |
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive? | Proximity to customers/market, Other, import replacement |