Guardian to upgrade plant to make solar mirrors

Guardian Industries Corp. [Auburn Hills, Mich.] will receive a $900,000 energy tax credit to re-equip its  manufacturing facility to make highly reflective solar mirrors.

The Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit will allow the DeWitt [Iowa] facility to expand its production of bent solar mirrors.

President Barack Obama announced the award of $2.3 billion in tax credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States, according to a Jan. 10 Quad-City Times report.