German authorities arrest Solar Fabrik CEO

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The German authorities have arrested Christian L, the CEO of Solar Fabrik GmbH, in connection with an investigation by the Würzburg public prosecutor's office.

The prosecutor's office declined to provide additional details about the probe. The minimum import price for Chinese solar modules and cells in the European Union expired in 2018.

A  spokesperson of Solar Fabrik GmbH told pv magazine that the investigation is related to the activities of ESC Verwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG between 2014 and 2016. At the time, Christian L was the company's managing director.

“We ask for your understanding that we will not comment further on ongoing proceedings and expressly emphasize that the aforementioned process has no connection with Solar Fabrik GmbH,” the spokesperson said. However, Solar Fabrik employees were informed about these developments earlier this week.

The company's history reveals connections between Solar Fabrik and ESC Verwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG. After setting up ESC Verwaltungs GmbH in 2010, Christian L served as managing director and applied for its liquidation in 2022.

In summer 2016, Christian L acquired part of Solar Fabrik's production operations after it filed for bankruptcy.

In May of this year, Solar Fabrik GmbH announced plans to build a new factory for tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar modules with 300 MW of annual capacity at Hösbach, as other PV manufacturers such as Meyer Burger, Solarwatt, and Heckert Solar were shutting down production sites in Germany.

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