SolarWorld AG has replaced its top U.S. executives and will consolidate stateside operations into its Hillsboro hub. The executive shakeup and merger of SolarWorld's Oregon production site and California sales and marketing division comes as the German solar-panel maker restructures globally. Former company vice president Mukesh Dulani took over on October 9, 2013 as the company's top U.S. executive, replacing Gordon Brinser as president.

Brinser had become a key voice in the trade fight, and as recently as last week served as the company's public face in Oregon.