The guardian firm behind Boviet Photo voltaic needs out of the photo voltaic business and is exploring sale choices of Boviet’s Vietnam and U.S. entities.
Boviet Photo voltaic North Carolina photo voltaic panel meeting facility. Credit score: SPW
Ningbo Boway Alloy Material, a China-based know-how firm concerned within the alloy, semiconductor and equipment industries, acquired Boviet Photo voltaic in 2016. Boviet initially received its begin in Vietnam in 2013, and Boway Alloy has elevated its standing within the international photo voltaic panel manufacturing market. Boviet operates silicon photo voltaic cell and panel manufacturing websites in Vietnam and a 3-GW solar panel assembly facility in North Carolina. A photo voltaic cell manufacturing plant is presently underneath development subsequent door to the North Carolina panel manufacturing unit.
In filings to the Shanghai Inventory Alternate (SSE), Boway Alloy has outlined a fast exit from the photo voltaic sector. The corporate largely cited the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s tariffs on Vietnamese imports as making the Boviet Photo voltaic enterprise mannequin unsustainable. Boway Alloy revealed in its 2025 annual outcomes a 90% year-over-year decline in web earnings.
The inside of the North Carolina cell manufacturing unit in November 2025, as shared by Boviet Photo voltaic.
Boway Alloy has terminated beforehand deliberate photo voltaic capability expansions, which might imply that Boviet’s under-construction photo voltaic cell manufacturing unit in North Carolina is underneath a capital freeze. The outer shell of the manufacturing unit is full, and Boviet began interior work in November 2025. The manufacturing unit was anticipated to come back on-line by the top of 2026. Boviet estimated it might have 900+ staff engaged on the North Carolina cell and panel manufacturing campus as soon as totally operational.
As a substitute, Boway Alloy is redirecting investments to its special alloy materials business. February filings on the SSE verify that Boway Alloy’s future capital allocation will likely be completely targeted on high-performance alloy supplies reasonably than “new vitality” and photo voltaic.
Boviet Photo voltaic has launched information during the last month reaffirming its commitment to the photo voltaic market and U.S. manufacturing. Roughly 95% of Boviet’s photo voltaic panels are provided to the U.S. utility-scale market, the corporate says.
“Our U.S. manufacturing actions replicate a deliberate, long-term dedication to the American photo voltaic market,” stated Songul Atacan, head of world model and advertising at Boviet Photo voltaic, in a press launch. “We’re investing in actual capability, actual jobs and actual infrastructure as a result of we consider in the way forward for U.S. photo voltaic manufacturing and in supporting our clients with reliable, home provide.”
As of this month, Boway Alloy stated it is in negotiations to promote the Boviet enterprise, with “three to 4 potential patrons quoting a minimum of net-asset worth.” The corporate goals to finish the switch earlier than the top of Q1 2026.
