SunPower Corp. has signed a multi-year solar panel manufacturing agreement with Jabil Circuit Inc. to build panels for SunPower's North American solar market. Jabil will begin manufacturing panels for SunPower in Mexico in the second half of this year.
‘This agreement provides SunPower with the flexibility to site manufacturing near the largest and fastest-growing solar markets in North America, improving the efficiency of our supply chain,’ says Marty Neese, SunPower's chief operating officer.
Separately, Jabil will collaborate with SunPower in the company's participation in the Solar America Initiative, a U.S. Department of Energy effort to accelerate the development of advanced solar energy technologies.
SOURCE: SunPower
