[6] In January 2024, German media reported plans for closing the Freiberg, Saxony, location and keeping only Bitterfeld-Wolfen open.

[7] Due to improved investment conditions, Meyer Burger has increased its expansion plans to open a 2 gigawatt solar panel production site in Goodyear, Arizona.

[8][9] In August 2024, Meyer Burger announced that they were putting plans for the Colorado factory on hold, and would refocus on these Arizona operations.

[16] The registered shares have been traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich since November 2006 (SIX ticker symbol: MBTN).

The largest shareholders include (as of June 2023):[17] Hans Meyer founded a mechanical workshop in Hünibach-Eichbühl in early 1951.

In the course of the growing solar industry, the company began to open up the European, Asian and American markets.

[27] The company focuses on the development and production of test and measurement systems for solar cells and modules.

[28] These include solar simulators, which are used by international certification bodies such as TÜV as well as numerous cell and module manufacturers.

[32] The company developed and produced systems and machines for surface processing in the photovoltaic industry and was instrumental in the industrialisation of the so-called PERC (Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact) technology.

[33] In addition, the company develops and builds mass production systems for the manufacture of highly efficient solar cells with heterojunction technology.

In this context, the entire "Sawing and Cutting Technology" division was sold to "Precision Surfacing Solutions" in May 2019.