Bentek expanding solar product manufacturing capacity by 40%

March 9, 2015
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PV OEM power distribution products producer Bentek has increased its manufacturing capacity by 40% with the opening of a new facility in San Jose, California. 

“Our new facility will be dedicated to the design, testing and manufacture of our expanding line of PV solar products,” said Mitch Schoch, President and CEO of Bentek. “With this new site, Bentek will benefit from a 40 percent increase in our manufacturing capacity for solar products. This also expands our engineering and test laboratory for new solar product development. This expansion is consistent with the forecasted demand that we are experiencing from our growing customer base.”

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Bentek now has more than 100,000 ft.2 of manufacturing capacity with the addition of the new 50,000 ft.2 facility in San Jose and allows greater capacity in its existing facility to meet the continued growth in its manufacturing services business in 2015. 

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