Uni-Solar公司，目前最大的太陽能板制造商之一，已被迫暫時關閉其在奧本山和格林維爾的工廠，并推遲其在密歇根州工廠的擴容計劃。專家指出，目前的經濟狀況及市場疲軟，將使格林維爾工廠關閉4周，于6月17號重新開工。奧本山工廠的狀況將持續3周，于6月7號恢復。

公司的一個大客戶，太陽能集成技術公司正在經歷財務上的困難，在剛結束了一個增加2500萬美元信貸額度的談判之后，它們在繼續尋找屋頂太陽能系統的潛在買家。

United Solar Ovonic (Uni-Solar), a whollyowned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices and one of the largest manufacturers of flexible solar laminate products, has been forced to temporarily shut down its Michigan production operations in Auburn Hills and Greenville, while also delaying the planned ramp at its second facility in Greenville. The s-Si thin-film specialist cited the economic conditions and weak demand for the shutdowns, which will last 4 weeks at Greenville through to June 17 and  3 weeks at Auburn Hills, which will reopen June 7.

Energy Conversion Devices had also responded earlier this week to news that a major end-user of its solar laminates, Solar Integrated Technologies, was having financial problems after ending talks for a US$25 million line of credit and had retained Thomas Weisel Partners to look for potential buyers of the roofing specialist.

The company had previously implemented a two-week production hiatus that began on March 22, making this the second time production has been halted to reduce inventory and preserve cash in the current economic climate.