First Solar Opens Its First Asian Facility in Kedah
US SOLAR module maker First Solar Inc is looking to increase the local content of products made at its first Asian facility in Kedah.
Its president Bruce Sohn said yesterday that the company aims to increase its local procurement activities over time.
At present, the Kulim-based First Solar Malaysia Sdn Bhd sources less than 10 per cent of materials directly from up to three local suppliers.
"It took three years for suppliers in Germany to qualify to be our vendors for our manufacturing facility in that country where we currently source up to 50 per cent of our parts from local firms," Sohn told reporters after Kedah state executive councillor Amiruddin Hamzah opened the first of four solar module-making plants for the company at the Kulim Hi-Tech Park.
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