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Konarka Opens World's Largest Roll-To-Roll, Solar Photovoltaic, Thin-Film Production Plant

Posted on October 08, 2008

Konarka is calling their flexible, thin-film solar material, to be made in New Bedford MA, Power Plastic. There are several layers of good news to the announcement. One is that former employees of a closed Polaroid plant are getting jobs with Konarka, putting their roll printing expertise to use. In addition to acquiring the fully automated roll-to-roll manufacturing line, the company has also hired the leading technology and process engineering teams from Polaroid, with plans to hire over 100 additional employees as production increases toward capacity over the ... ...

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photovoltaic , solar
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