First Photo voltaic takes Toledo Photo voltaic to court docket over ‘false illustration’

(Reuters) – First Photo voltaic Inc (NASDAQ:) stated on Wednesday it had filed a criticism in opposition to Toledo Photo voltaic in an Ohio district court docket over allegedly promoting the corporate’s Asian-made panels as its personal beneath “Made in the united statesA” labels. 

The Arizona-based photo voltaic gear maker stated it was looking for an injunction to cease Toledo Photo voltaic from “falsely representing” its merchandise and to return any income produced from the gross sales.

Within the criticism, First Photo voltaic stated that whereas it was putting in new photo voltaic panels on the Ohio governor’s mansion in the summertime of 2022, certainly one of its staff seen that the panels equipped by Toledo Photo voltaic featured First Photo voltaic’s distinctive serial numbers.

In accordance with the serial numbers, the panels had been made in First Photo voltaic’s amenities in Malaysia, the corporate stated, including that Toledo Photo voltaic had put its personal serial quantity.

Ohio-based Toledo Photo voltaic didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.

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