German company to build mirror factory in Findlay

German company to build mirror factory in Findlay
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
By Mark Belko, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A German-based company will open a 209,000-square-foot plant in Findlay to make parabolic solar mirrors used to generate solar energy.

Flabeg Corp. announced the project this afternoon at a news conference, where Gov. Ed Rendell delivered a $9 million grant to help pay for the $30 million project. The company expects to generate as many as 300 jobs in the facility, which will be built in the Clinton Commerce Park near Pittsburgh International Airport.

The company has another facility in Brackenridge that makes mirrors for automobiles.

Company officials said the solar mirrors will be a new product in an emerging industry. It already has orders for 700,000 mirrors; the plant will be able to produce about 1 million annually.

The company expects to begin construction in October, open in the spring and be in production by October 2009.
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