Solar glass manufacturer Borosil Renewables has announced that its step-down German subsidiary, Glasmanufaktur Brandenburg (GMB), has filed for insolvency under the German Insolvency Code before the jurisdictional court in Cottbus.
The company said it filed for insolvency due to the sustained deterioration in the European solar manufacturing ecosystem, with Chinese manufacturers flooding the market with underpriced solar modules. The influx of the cheaper Chinese components led several European module makers to shut down, resulting in a sharp decline in demand for solar glass.
GMB, which has a manufacturing capacity of 350 tons per day (TPD), was supplying solar glass to European manufacturers. Despite providing financial support of…