Commence production at the sixth manufacturing factory
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 29 Jul 2020
- Due
- 31 Mar 2021
- Delivered
- 31 Mar 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“a sixth on track to commence production during the first quarter of 2021”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
First Solar confirmed that its second facility in Kulim, Malaysia, which served as its sixth manufacturing facility, commenced commercial production during the first quarter of 2021.
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A First Solar 10-Q filed 2021-04-30
“During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we commenced commercial production of Series 6 modules at our second facility in Kulim, Malaysia” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -14.4% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (29 Apr 2021 to 4 May 2021). What this measures
Checked 6 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Production start
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Commence
- Deliverable
- sixth manufacturing factory
- Language
- Firm (“will”, “on track to”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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