ECD迁厂墨西哥，削减在美140个职位

               
    Energy Conversion Devices（ECD）是一家座落于Rochester Hills的薄膜灵活太阳能产品制造商。该公司周三宣布，将把密根最后组装操作工厂移至墨西哥的Tijuana。

    这一举措将削减该公司在美国的约140个职位

   “我们正积极地降低我们的成本结构以更高运作效率应对全球太阳能市场的激烈竞争。通过这些举措，我们将更好地利用]我们在蒂华纳设备，而不需额外支出，”ECD的总裁和首席执行官如是说。

    ECD （纳斯达克股票代码：ENER）成立于1960年，目前在美国、墨西哥、德国、法国、意大利、韩国、日本、中国香港和中国大陆均有运营部门。

    周三上午10时，公布发出后，该公司股价下跌0.42美元至4.79美元，损失达约8％。

 Rochester Hills, Mich. ― Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), a Rochester Hills-based maker of thin-film flexible solar power products, announced on Wednesday that it is moving some of its final assembly operations from Michigan to Tijuana, Mexico.

    As a result of the move, the company is cutting about 140 jobs in the U.S.

   “We are aggressively reducing our cost structure to operate more effectively in the highly-competitive, global solar market, and, through these actions, we will better utilize our existing capacity in Tijuana, without any additional capital costs,” said Mark Morelli, ECD’s president and CEO.
 
    ECD (Nasdaq: ENER) was founded in 1960 and currently operates in the U.S., Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and China.

    Shares in the company were down $0.42 at $4.79 as of mid-morning on Wednesday following the announcement, a loss of about 8%