This Tuesday in Detroit at @Reindustrialize: First Solar hosts a colloquium on American Manufacturing at the Frontier: AI, Energy, & Supply Chain Sovereignty. Mark Widmar (@FirstSolar) and Isaiah Taylor (@ValarAtomics) in conversation, moderated by Nick Solheim (@AmMoment). The Dennison Room, Tuesday, 10:30–11:15 am. Spaces are limited — register via the Reindustrialize app.

American manufacturing and American supply chains mean American jobs. They also help deliver prosperity to communities across the country. We’re proud to bring jobs to the communities where we operate, and prosperity to the families who live there. “I am a single mother to one beautiful daughter. I’ve actually lived in Ottawa all my life,” said Stacey Bragg, Quality Technician for @nsgpilkington in Ottawa, Illinois, which makes high-tech float glass for First Solar modules. “What I do is check our glass to keep our clients happy and make sure everything is up to par. It’s very important to us that we keep the float lines open.” Learn more about America's Solar Workers - #FirstSolar# #AmericasSolarCompany# #Reindustrialize# #MadeInUSA#

First Solar’s investment in American manufacturing and American supply chains creates good-paying jobs that help bring prosperity to American communities. @nsgpilkington, which makes high-tech glass for our Series 7 solar modules at its Ottawa, Illinois, facility, is a great example of how reindustrialization can create a positive economic impact in the communities where companies operate. “Jobs are hard to come by in this day and age. And when our community sees a company like NSG investing in themselves, that’s a guarantee to those employees and to our community that they’re gonna be here for a while. And that’s what’s important.” — Robert Hasty, Mayor, Ottawa, Illinois 🎥 Learn more about the impact that NSG Group has on its local economy as part of our US supply chain. #FirstSolar# #NSGGroup# #AmericasSolarCompany# #Reindustrialize# #MadeInUSA#

First Solar doesn’t just manufacture our solar modules in America; our supply chain spans the country. It’s a US supply chain backed by the know-how and grit of dedicated professionals like the workers at the @nsgpilkington factory in Ottawa, Illinois, who craft high-tech glass for our Series 7 solar modules and help support a broader American industrial resurgence. “It’s an American-made product that’s installed by working class Americans in a community of Americans.” — David Offhaus, Cold End Materials Group Lead, NSG Group, Ottawa, Illinois Learn more: #FirstSolar# #AmericasSolarCompany# #Reindustrialize# #MadeInUSA#

America’s industrial decline was a choice. Reversing it is, too. First Solar CEO Mark Widmar's new op-ed in @RealClearEnergy compares two solar technologies over the same decade against the same adversary — crystalline silicon, which was lost to a state-backed Chinese buildout; and CdTe thin film, which remained in American hands through deliberate choices on IP, manufacturing, and supply chains. The lesson for critical minerals, batteries, and semiconductors: structural advantages compound. So do dependencies. The on-off switch for American industry stays in American hands if we choose to keep it here. Read the full piece: #FirstSolar# #AmericasSolarCompany# #AmericanManufacturing# #EnergyIndependence# #IndustrialPolicy# #MadeInAmerica#

First Solar CEO Mark Widmar on CNBC's @SquawkStreet called the Trump Administration's Section 232 polysilicon action very well thought out, one of the most strategically significant trade measures in decades. His case: national security, energy independence, American workers, innovation and decoupling from China-controlled supply chains.

First Solar’s technology is forged in the blazing fires of American industry. 🔥 Our Series 7 modules are made with 100% American glass and steel formed in the industrial furnaces of Alabama, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Investing in American workers, American manufacturing, and an American supply chain is the key to restoring our nation’s energy dominance. We build solar technology. For America. We’re proud to support the @reindsummit. Learn more: #AmericasSolarCompany# #SolarPower# #MadeInUSA# #Reindustrialize# #AmericanEnergyDominance# #AmericanSteel# #AmericanGlass#