PORTLAND — A global solar energy company lacking the money to pay its debt in the U.S. has sent letters to 800 employees saying a mass layoff or plant closure could be coming within the next two months.
SolarWorld AG sent the letters last weekend after it just last week had said operations would continue as normal.
Spokesman Ben Santarris said the company will continue to work with suppliers and customers to determine what the size of the company should be moving forward. The Germany-based company’s plant is in Hillsboro, Ore. It declared insolvency — in Germany, similar to bankruptcy — on May 10.
