# Vitro enters agreement with First Solar to manufacture glass for solar panels

Vitro has entered into an agreement with First Solar to manufacture glass for solar panels. Vitro will invest $93.6 million to upgrade its Meadville Plant in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, creating approximately 130 jobs. Production is expected to start in the second quarter of 2025.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-04-27
- Where: Cochranton, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $93.6M
- Jobs: 130
- Status: announced
- Products: glass for thin film photovoltaic solar panels
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Vitro](https://endata.com/companies/4167.md)
- [First Solar](https://endata.com/companies/11148.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [vidrioplano.com](https://www.vidrioplano.com/en/news-center/2023/april/vitro/vitro-enters-into-agreement-with-first-solar-for-the-manufacture-of-glass-for-american-made-solar-panels/), 2023-04-27: "This agreement is a true manifestation of Vitro's purpose of enabling the full potential of glass to shape how we move, build, and live today and in the future."
- [glassonline.com](https://www.glassonline.com/vitro-agreement-to-manufacture-glass-for-american-made-solar-panels/), 2023-05-01: "Vitro will invest a total of USD 93.6 million to rebuild and modernize a production line at its Meadville Plant located in Cochranton, PA, to support First Solar’s growing manufacturing footprint in the United States."

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