# BCI Steel and Nextracker partner to make solar trackers in Leetsdale

BCI Steel Co. is partnering with Nextracker to manufacture solar tracker components at a former Bethlehem Steel factory in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. The project will create up to 120 jobs over three phases and cost tens of millions of dollars.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2022-06-28
- Where: Leetsdale, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Jobs: 120
- Status: announced
- Products: solar tracker components
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [NEXTracker](https://endata.com/companies/20003.md) (partner)
- [BCI Steel Co.](https://endata.com/companies/63765.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nextpittsburgh.com](https://nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/bci-steel-reopens-leetsdale-factory-to-make-solar-components/), 2022-06-28: "Essentially, it tracks the sun in real-time, so it produces significantly more energy by positioning the modules in real-time as the sun is traversing the sky."

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