25 Workers Let Go at GT Solar

Wade Roush12/12/08

GT Solar (NASDAQ: SOLR), a maker of equipment for manufacturing photovoltaic solar cells, said today that it will lay off 25 production workers at its Merrimack, NH, plant. The cuts, a reaction to requests from GT Solar’s customers for delayed shipment of solar furnaces, represent just over 8 percent of the company’s work force. We’ve added this information to the Boston Tech Layoff Tracker.

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