GCL-SI suffered COVID-19 outbreak at major manufacturing operations in Jiangsu, China

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GCL-SI said that the COVID-19 outbreak had occurred in the first quarter of 2020, while production had now resumed. Image: GCL-SI

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI) has disclosed that its manufacturing operations in Jiangsu, China had suffered an outbreak of COVID-19 that had necessitated a temporary partial shutdown.
 
The company did not state exactly when the event took place and for how long some operations were halted while anti-epidemic measures were instigated before production resumed.

However, GCL-SI said that the COVID-19 outbreak had occurred in the first quarter of 2020, while production had now resumed.
 
The SMSL also noted that it is currently planning to invest in a new large-scale module assembly production base. The company recently announced plans to invest in a 2.5GW integrated shingled solar cell module assembly plant.
 
In a separate statement, GCL-SI said it ‘Siyang Economic Development Zone Industry, a wholly-owned state-owned capital operation of the Siyang County People's Government was to invest in the company for the first time via a share purchase between RMB 500 million (US$70.6 million) to RMB 1 billion (US$141.3 million), due to confidence in the company's future sustainable development and recognition of the company's intrinsic value locally. 

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Meanwhile, the company has also revealed that it has signed an agreement with the Hefei government to build 60GW of solar module capacity between 2020 and 2024 in East Hefei.

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