# Vitro to invest $180M to upgrade furnace at Meadville, Pennsylvania plant

Vitro plans to invest an additional $180 million to upgrade one of its furnaces at its Meadville, Pennsylvania plant and adapt other facilities to support First Solar's growing manufacturing capacity.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2023-10-24
- Where: Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Value: $180.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: glass front sheets for thin-film solar panels
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [environmentenergyleader.com](https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/articles/9690-vitro-first-solar-expand-contract-for-solar-panel-glass-sales-by-13-billion), 2023-10-24: "the company plans to invest an additional $180 million to upgrade one of its furnaces located at its Meadville, Pennsylvania, plant"

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