Nextracker Opens New U.S. Factory with Dedicated Capacity in Las Vegas with Unimacts
September 11 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
New Nextracker-dedicated solar manufacturing
facility creates over 100 jobs
Nextracker (Nasdaq: NXT), a global market leader of solar
tracker and software solutions, and Unimacts (UNX), a leading
provider of industrial manufacturing and supply chain solutions,
today announced the grand opening of a Nextracker-dedicated
manufacturing facility in Las Vegas. The new facility, owned and
operated by Unimacts, will produce critical steel components
exclusively for Nextracker used in ground-mount solar power
generation plants to primarily serve projects in Nevada and
southwestern states. This is Nextracker's sixth public dedication
of a new manufacturing facility since 2022 and the 15th facility
the Company opened or expanded with key suppliers in the U.S. in
that time.
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Unimacts manufacturing worker making
Nextracker steel components for utility-scale solar plants.
Unimacts, Las Vegas, Nevada (Photo: Nextracker)
The Las Vegas facility features expanded production capacity
generating more than 100 new jobs currently, and over 200 expected
by 2024. The plant includes Unimacts manufacturing machinery and
equipment relocated from Mexico as well as new equipment.
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA),
nearly 200 gigawatts of solar manufacturing capacity have been
announced or expanded since the Inflation Reduction Act passed last
year.
“By partnering with Unimacts on this new production line, we’re
bringing back American manufacturing jobs and building out
America’s energy infrastructure to enhance energy security and
de-risk the supply chain,” said Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of
Nextracker. “This plant will support our customers with quick
shipping and American-made products.”
Nextracker has continued to invest in solar manufacturing
building out more than 25 GW of annual domestic solar tracker
capacity with new dedicated production lines announced in Texas,
Arizona, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee and now, in Nevada.
“Unimacts is excited that our partnership with Nextracker will
create new jobs and increase the amount of solar we can produce
here in the US,” said Matt Arnold, CEO of Unimacts. “With
the Nextracker dedicated line, we will be supporting gigawatts of
utility-scale projects annually, powering homes and businesses
across the Southwest and even as far east as Indiana and
Kentucky.”
Jason Ellsworth, CEO of Clenera a developer and owner of
clean power projects said, “Clenera is proud to continue to
partner with Nextracker based on their proven technology, on-time
delivery record, and focus on expanding U.S. domestic production
capacity.”
“Nextracker and Unimact’s new facility is a shining example of
how smart policy can uplift communities with jobs and local
investment,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). “The United States
is in the midst of a clean energy manufacturing renaissance, and
investments like this are helping drive us toward an abundant,
reliable, American-made clean energy future.”
Nextracker and Unimacts held a dedication event to announce the
new line at the Las Vegas facility, which also coincided with the
solar industry’s largest show, RE+, taking place in Las Vegas that
week. Present at the event were Abigail Ross Hopper, President and
CEO of SEIA, Jason Ellsworth, CEO of Clenera, Jennifer Cooper, Vice
President of Global Supply Chain at the AES Corporation, David
Crane, Undersecretary for Infrastructure in the United States
Department of Energy, and Jon Wellinghoff, CEO of GridPolicy &
Chief Regulatory Officer, Voltus. They spoke to the importance of
reliable clean energy, local economic development, and American
energy independence.
About Nextracker
Nextracker is a leading provider of intelligent, integrated
solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and
distributed generation solar projects around the world. Our
products enable solar panels in utility-scale power plants to
follow the sun’s movement across the sky and optimize plant
performance. With an operating fleet in over thirty countries,
Nextracker leads the solar industry with solar tracker technologies
that increase energy production while reducing costs for
significant plant ROI. For more information, please visit
www.nextracker.com.
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About Unimacts
Unimacts is a leading global contract manufacturing and supply
chain solutions company with a focus on renewable energy, as well
as construction equipment and industrial products. Unimacts has
developed asset-light sourcing solutions to supply highly specified
mechanical products and provide complementary logistics support,
design for manufacturing, inventory management, and near-customer
warehousing. The Company supplies of solar tracker components
(torque tubes, solar piles, drives, etc.), wind turbine components
(fabrications, castings, fiber-reinforced plastics, etc.), and
other industrial products (electro-mechanical assemblies, castings,
fabrications, etc.). Unimacts: https://www.unimacts.com/
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