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Nextracker Opens New U.S. Factory with Dedicated Capacity in Las Vegas with Unimacts
New Nextracker-dedicated solar manufacturing facility creates over 100 jobs FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nextracker (Nasdaq: NXT), a global market
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNew Nextracker-dedicated solar manufacturing facility creates over 100 jobs\n\n\n FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNextracker (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.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230911615837/en/Unimacts manufacturing worker making Nextracker steel components for utility-scale solar plants. Unimacts, Las Vegas, Nevada (Photo: Nextracker)\nThe 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.\n\n\nAccording 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.\n\n\n“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.”\n\n\nNextracker 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.\n\n\n“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 li...