Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
A company using revolutionary new solar energy technology says it is to make a 60 million GBP investment in Wales and create 300 jobs in Cardiff.
G24i will begin producing new material early next year which it says could enable people to recharge their mobile telephones using their clothes.
The 'solar foil' is said to be thin and durable and can generate more output than conventional solar panels. The material has been described as a "plastic foil or film", which could be applied to surfaces in a variety of colours. It can also be used for much larger surface areas up to the size of a roof top, making it easy for the building industry to use it.
Production will take place at Wentloog Corporate Park and the company said it would employ at least 300 people over the next three years.
The company said it could create electricity from any light source, and would be one-fiftieth of the weight of traditional solar cells.
Enterprise Minister Andrew Davies said: 'Renewable energy is critical to our future energy needs and Wales is leading the way in the development of such technology. We're extremely pleased that we now have one of the world's most exciting investors in renewable energy basing a world-class facility here in Wales.'
Eurofound (2006), G24i, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 64280, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/64280.
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