Stäubli has announced a plan to expand its US manufacturing capacity by increasing its made-in-America products at its manufacturing facilities. Brian Mills, head of renewable energy, North America, announced that the company plans to steadily increase these products. The expansion is part of a multi-million-dollar plan to support the increasing demand for domestically-made components driven in part by 2022. The company could not provide a specific number of new jobs or a financial value of the investment, but Mills noted that the expansion is a significant step forward in the company’s already established solar connector manufacturing footprint in the US. This announcement comes after Boviet Solar announced plans to build a combined 4GW of combined cell and module production capacity in North Carolina.

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