The manufacturer of solar panel Maxeon revealed last week in a business update that it still maneuvers the complicated solar -supply chain to get solar panels to American customers.
The once global company announced in November 2024 that it would shift to concentrate alone on the American market. TCL bought the European, Asian and Latin -American sales channels and entities from Maxeon, while Maxeon was planning to continue to produce from the outfits of Mexico and Malaysia and to build a new module assembly site in the United States. The new 2-GW facility in New Mexico is currently in the design phase.
“Maxeon recognizes the importance of continuing the development of our American production facilities,” said George GuoMaxeon CEO. “We are committed to continue to collaborate with the Trump administration and leaders in New Mexico To deliver our advanced, highly efficient solar products to our partners at residential and utilities that are active nationwide. Domestic production is the right thing to do, regardless of the rates. Bringing together our unique, patented technology together with a diversified and resilient Supply Chain is the recipe for Maxeon’s success in the long term. “
The assembly site will be important for the company, because the panels of Maxeon in Mexico still do not come to the United States. Also in November 2024 Maxeon stated that customs and border protection (CBP) had held the Mexican-assembled panels on the border since July because of reviews under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). Maxeon has provided the necessary information that shows his supply chains and no documented connection with forced labor in China, says the company, but the CBP continues to hold the modules.
In March 2025, CBP refused Maxeon’s protests on the prisoner shipments of solar panels. Maxeon says that the CBP has not cited any evidence that Maxeon’s panels are not in accordance with the UFLPA, and despite the fact that Maxeon demonstrates thousands of pages that demonstrate full compliance, CBP says that there was insufficient documentation.
Maxeon is now considering bringing the issue to the American Court of International Trade to show that Maxeon’s supply chains are fully UFLPA in conformity.
“Maxeon is advised that the methods and procedures of the CBP are very unusual in connection with the protests of the company,” Company said In a business update. “A few months after the office of the CBP of statements and regulations (OR&R) that deal with Maxeon about the content of these protests, or & r refused to give a public statement, instead that the protests did not meet the criteria for further assessment and returned to the electronics center of those crews and her citees. obtained to include Maxeon’s advanced sun products for use in leading solar projects in the neighborhood The United States. “
In the meantime, Maxeon is investigating alternative production locations and supply chains, especially because the Trump administration has higher rates and trade barriers on countries that organize the old facilities of Maxeon.
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