晨星公司公布第一季度亏损770万美元，其中650万美元的现金和现金等价物. 晨星已负债总额1,600万美元，而总股东资产为3,700万美元。公司有1000万美元的订单悬而未决。由于它没有能够筹集新的资金，将被迫削减生产。
该公司此前曾表示，将需要大量新的资本，以采用CIGS新技术来批量生产薄膜产品。
CIGS thin-film start-up, DayStar Technologies reported a first quarter loss of US$7.7 million, with US$6.5 million in cash and cash equivalents remaining. DayStar had total liabilities of US$16.0 million, and total stockholders' equity was US$37.0 million. The company had US$10 million of purchase orders for equipment outstanding. The company said in its SEC 10Q filing that it would be forced to curtail operations as it had not been able to raise new funds to date.
In the SEC filing, DayStar noted that should further efforts to raise funds in the near-term be unsuccessful it would need to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The company had previously said that it would need significant new capital to enable it to begin volume production of its thin-film CIGS technology.
