Doosan Fuel Cell America, which bought South Windsor’s ClearEdge Power out of bankruptcy in July, said Thursday that its workforce has grown to 180 and should be at 300 by the end of the year.
ClearEdge had approximately 300 employees when it closed, and laid off many of them.
Doosan said it hopes to be in full production this spring. It bought ClearEdge for just over $32 million.
When Doosan took over the 60,000-square-foot South Windsor plant, production had been shut down for about three months, the company said.
“Due to the commitment of employees and strategic partners, the factory has restarted, fuel cell stacks are being built, all the equipment is operational and we’ll be completely up and running in a few months,” Jim Dayton, vice president of manufacturing, said in a statement.
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