Dr. Konrad Bachhuber, vice president of Wacker Polysilicon in Bradley County, speaks Wednesday at Wacker Institute at Chattanooga State Community College.
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Southeast Tennessee’s biggest-ever manufacturing project is about to get more crowded.
Wacker Polysilicon could have up to 3,000 builders at its Bradley County plant by early 2013, site manager Konrad Bachhuber said Wednesday.
That’s up from 1,000 workers currently constructing the $1.8 billion factory slated to open in late 2013 near Charleston, Tenn., to produce polysilicon for the solar power industry.
Despite spot prices for polysilicon dropping to a decade low this summer, Bachhuber said the company isn’t slowing down on the project.