Maxeon Solar Technologies released an update today on its Mexican-assembled solar panels that have been held for months at the U.S. border by Customs & Border Protection (CBP). CBP is reviewing the supply chains of solar panels at all points of import, ensuring compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). Although Maxeon says the company has “fully and transparently mapped its supply chains” and has no documented connection to forced labor happening in China, CBP continues to detain Maxeon panels coming from its Mexico assembly plants due to “a lack of sufficient documentation to prove Maxeon’s compliance.”
Maxeon out-going CEO Bill Mulligan commented: “As a pioneering, ethical solar company founded in the United States almost 40 years ago, Maxeon’s core values are diametrically opposed to the use of forced labor in the production of our products. Over the past 20 years we have consistently taken…
