Overview
- About 215 workers will be dismissed and released from duties starting 1 December, according to the insolvency administrator and IG BCE.
- The factory had been in insolvency since the summer after months of short-time work under pressure from high costs and low-priced Chinese imports.
- The Tschernitz site has been owned by India’s Borosil since 2022, and the parent is now exiting following the failed takeover.
- IG BCE has called a protest in Tschernitz on Monday to demand stronger protection for Europe’s solar supply chain.
- Brandenburg authorities say the employment agency will support job placement and the state development body will pursue commercial reuse of the site.