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Solar Plant in Findlay Ceases Production
The company's attorney says Flaberg will "most probably" file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
A local solar power firm that received nearly $20 million in state and federal tax breaks and grants could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to the Post Gazette.
Flabeg Solar U.S. Corp. based in Findlay ceased production on March 28 and can't afford to pay $197,000 that terminated employees say is owed in severance packages, the P-G said.
Flabeg will "most probably" file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy but is open to takeover offers, its Pittsburgh attorney, Robert Lampl, told the newspaper.
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Flabeg's parent company in Germany has cut off funding for the subsidiary, which operated in a 4-year-old, 228,000-square-foot facility covering more than 3 acres near the Pittsburgh International Airport.
The Pittsburgh Business Times reports the company opened in October 2009 to make curved solar mirrors.
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