Borderlands: Solar panel maker to build $1B factory in New Mexico

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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Solar panel maker building $1B factory in New Mexico; McMaster-Carr to open $360M distribution center in Fort Worth; Startup Aircon raises $3.3M in seed funding; and Texas-based Ever.Ag acquires logistics platform. Solar panel maker building $1B factory in New Mexico Singapore-based Maxeon Solar Technologies recently announced an investment of $1 billion to build a solar panel and cell factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Maxeon plant set for the municipality of Mesa del Sol just south of Albuquerque will create 1,800...