A SolarWorld employee shares details of solar cell production with CBP employees, l-r, Erich Mohr, Steve Lewis, Kristy Huckins and Katie Schultz. Photo by Ed Colford
CBP employees, l-r, Ed Colford, Steve Lewis and Katie Schultz ask SolarWorld President Mukesh Dulani questions about the solar cell manufacturing process. Photo by William Wells
A final briefing from SolarWorld President Mukesh Dulani, left, on SolarWorld’s importing processes and company policies. CBP employees, l-r, Katie Schultz, Kristy Huckins and Steve Lewis listen. Photo by Ed Colford
CBP employees listen intently as SolarWorld President Mukesh Dulani, left foreground, describes how the company strives to keep working. Photo by William Wells
A view of SolarWorld’s panel production line. Photo by Ed Colford
SolarWorld Director of Operations Steve Pecis, left, explains the solar cell process of harnessing the sun’s energy to Supervisory CBP Officer Ed Colford. Photo by William Wells
Here comes the sun: The final product packaged and ready to be shipped. Photo by Ed Colford
SolarWorld President Mukesh Dulani, right, describes the technology used to produce the fragile solar cell held by CBP Senior Import Specialist Katie Schultz, center, while CBP Import Specialist Kristy Huckins listens. Photo by Ed Colford
Mukesh Dulani, president of SolarWorld, far left, takes CBP employees on a tour of the SolarWorld factory in Hillsboro, Oregon to educate them about solar cell production. CBP employees from left, Ed Colford, supervisory CBP officer; Steve Lewis, supervisory import specialist; Kristy Huckins, import specialist, and Katie Schultz, senior import specialist. Photo by William Wells
Steve Pecis, SolarWorld’s director of operations, demonstrates how solar panels collect the sun’s energy on the grounds of SolarWorld’s Hillsboro, Oregon facility. CBP Officer William Wells, left foreground; Import Specialist Kristy Huckins, center; and Senior Import Specialist Katie Schultz, far left, listen. Photo by Ed Colford