A pitch for solar
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa lent a receptive ear Monday to the pitch from a Chatsworth solar panel manufacturer for the city's assistance in a project that would create up to 260 jobs. Gregory J. Wilcox in the Daily News
Vijay K. Kapur, founder, president and CEO of International Solar Electric Technology Inc., told the mayor the company had completed a "pilot production" line but needs $50 million to expand it at the 24,000-square-foot facility on Plummer Street.
"If I got the money today I could have product out in the marketplace in 18 months," said Kapur, who estimated that the operation would result in 130 production and 130 installation jobs.
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