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The Chip Shots blog channels the observations of Fabtech's and PV-Tech/Photovoltaic International's Senior Contributing Editor--USA, Tom Cheyney, a 20-year veteran of semiconductor, advanced micro/nanoelectronics, and solar manufacturing trade journalism. For 15 years, Tom was editor in chief of MICRO (the original home of Chip Shots) until it ceased publication in July 2006. Tom calls Los Angeles home. Reinventing the Rust Belt: Oerlikon Solar, Clairvoyant Energy talk about plans for the Wixom site
11 September 2009 | Comments (3)
Ford’s Wixom plant northwest of Detroit has sat idle since 2007, a testament to the drastic changes in the automotive manufacturing business in the United States. But the 4.7 million square-foot factory space where millions of Lincoln Continentals and other cars once rolled off its lines and generations of workers earned a good living now has a legitimate shot at becoming a world-class showcase for renewable energy technologies—offering a chance to reinvent a relic of the Rust Belt and turn it into an iconic symbol of the Greentech Revolution.
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