daniel mcgann, head of american super conductor is an exception. his firm spent years and millions developing advanced computer software for wind turbines that mcgann says china looted nearly putting him of business. he is talking because he wants to fight back. >> i am personally never going to give this up. too many families were damaged through this. we can never give of on this. >> reporter: you had to fire 600 people. >> yes. >> reporter: out of how many jobs? >> at the time we were almost 900. >> so how much did you lose in share value? >> tee otal loss is well over $1 billion. >> reporter: today his factory floor is largely silent. a shadow of the once thriving company. >> i think part of the strategy in all of this was to kill us. >> reporter: set out to kill you? >> kill the company. >> reporter: how can he be sure? well his story begins when china passed a clean energy law in 2005 calling for creation of mega wind farms throughout the country. the law made china the hottest wind power market in the world. so mcgann partnered with a small

daniel mcgann, head of american super conductor is an exception. his firm spent years and millions developing advanced computer software for wind turbines that mcgann says china looted nearly putting him of business. he is talking because he wants >> i am personally never going to give this up. too many lives were affected. too many families were damaged through this. we can never give of on this. >> reporter: you had to fire 600 people. >> yes. >> reporter: out of how many jobs? >> at the time we were almost 900. >> so how much did you lose in share value? >> total loss is well over $1 billion. >> reporter: today his factory floor is largely silent. a shadow of the once thriving company. >> i think part of the strategy in all of this was to kill us. >> reporter: set out to kill you? >> kill the company. >> reporter: how can he be sure? well his story begins when china passed a clean energy law in 2005 calling for creation of mega wind farms throughout the country. the law made china the hottest wind power market in the world. so mcgann partnered w

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