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Friday 18 November 2011
N-type monocrystalline solar cells have large market potential
N-type monocrystalline solar cells which can achieve higher converison efficiencies than the conventional P-type multicrystalline solar cells have been gaining attention from solar...
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Taiwan solar firms report falling October revenues
Taiwan-based solar firms have been reporting declining October revenues with Gintech and Solartech outperforming peers with on-month decreases of less than 10%. Motech reported October...
Thursday 27 October 2011
SAS posts profits for first three quarters
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) has reported third-quarter revenues of NT$4.096 billion (US$136 million), a 12.82 on-quarter decrease and 34.57% on-year...
Thursday 13 October 2011
SAS signs supply agreement with solar cell maker TSEC
Solar cell maker Taiwan Solar Energy Corporation (TSEC) signed a 5-year, NT$9 billion (US$297 million), long-term supply agreement with Sino-American Silicon (SAS).
Thursday 13 October 2011
PV market turning point is near, says SAS
With suppliers digesting their inventory as well as cutting back on output, a slowdown in the growth of supply is expected to help the solar market move toward a more balanced supply...
Friday 2 September 2011
Falling 2Q11 gross margins plague cross-strait solar firms
China-based solar firms have been reporting relatively good gross margins compared with Taiwan-based counterparts.
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Solar wafer gross margins contract significantly, says SAS president
Demand for semiconductor has been steady, according to Doris Hsu, president of Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon (SAS). As for the solar businesses, the magnitude of price falls...
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Significant price drop of polysilicon in 4Q11, says SAS
The price of polysilicon is likely to show a large decrease in the fourth quarter due to the low season and previous capacity expansions made by firms, according to solar wafer firm...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Mono-Si solar firms stepping up competition
The impact of weak demand on the mono-crystalline solar sector has been relatively limited as players have not been expanding capacity as rapidly as their polysilicon competitors...
Friday 12 August 2011
SAS merges semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary of Japan-based Covalent Materials
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) announced the merger of the semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary of Japan-based Covalent Materials on August 10. However,...
Thursday 11 August 2011
China solar firms to expand capacity for high-efficiency cells
Some China-based vertically integrated solar firms continue to plan for capacity expansion in 2012 though the number of firms planning on expanding capacity will be significantly...
Thursday 11 August 2011
SAS to buy silicon wafer unit of Covalent for JPY35 billion
Sino American Silicon (SAS) has announced plans to acquire the silicon wafer business of Japan's Covalent Materials for JPY35 billion (US$458 million). The business transfer is scheduled...
Tuesday 9 August 2011
LSI SAS switches and HBAs selected by Purdue University
LSI announced that Purdue University's Krannert School of Management has implemented an end-to-end SAS storage area network (SAN) based on LSI 6Gb/s SATA+SAS host bus adapters (HBAs)...
Thursday 4 August 2011
Solar cell makers still negotiating prices for August
Solar cell makers have been hoping to increase the price of solar cells with conversion efficiency of 16.4-16.8% to rise beyond US$0.80/watt in August. However, actual prices are...
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker hope to increase quotes to US$2.10/unit
Despite some Taiwan solar wafer makers indicating that they are continuing to operate at a loss, they have not been able to convince international polysilicon suppliers to lower their...
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