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Monday 25 January 2010
Taiwan-based maker Jenn Feng to sell CIGS thin-film PV production line
Taiwan-based Jenn Feng New Energy has landed a US$51 million order for a CIGS thin-film PV module production line with an annual capacity of 30MWp from China, with shipments to begin...
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Equipment maker Csun expects 1Q10 revenues to grow 50% on year
Csun Manufacturing, which mainly supplies PCB and LCD equipment, has estimated first-quarter revenues to increase 50% on year. The equipment maker said it has seen the backlog in...
Wednesday 30 December 2009
Motech to set up PV module capacity in China due to orders from Europe
Motech Industries has obtained outsourcing orders for PV modules from suppliers and systems builders in Europe and thus will set up PV module assembly lines at its solar cell factory...
Thursday 24 December 2009
Gintech to expand solar cell capacity to top 1GWp in 2011
Gintech Energy, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, will expand its total annual production capacity from 600MW currently to 1.01GWp in 2011 with total investment...
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Equipment makers developing large-size crystal-growing furnaces, say Taiwan makers
The mainstream capacity for furnaces to produce solar-grade (mono or poly) crystalline silicon ingots, shifted from 270kg to 450kg in 2009, and now some equipment makers are developing...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Testing solution provider Chroma Ate sees 3Q09 profits up 63%
Chroma Ate, which provides integrated and customized solutions in test and measurement instruments, saw net profits increase 63% sequentially to NT$272 million (US$8.3 million) in...
Friday 23 October 2009
China market: Local PV equipment makers gaining competitive advantage
While foreign suppliers have occupied almost all of China's IC manufacturing equipment market, China-based makers are becoming increasingly competitive in the PV manufacturing equipment...
Thursday 8 October 2009
LCD equipment maker GPM says demand pick up
Taiwan-based Gallant Precision Machining (GPM) has seen a pick-up in demand from the flat panel display (FPD) sector, and expects the positive business outlook to last for two or...
Wednesday 23 September 2009
Applied inks 5-year contract to support PV module facility in China
Applied Materials announced on September 22 that it has signed a five-year contract with ENN Solar Energy to support the China-based thin-film developer's photovoltaic (PV) module...
Wednesday 2 September 2009
Csun developing new solar equipment
Csun Manufacturing is scheduled to unveil special furnaces for the production of CIGS thin-film solar cells at the upcoming SEMICON Taiwan, according to company president Webber Wong...
Thursday 20 August 2009
PV market shows signs of rebound in 2Q09, says IMS Research
Shipments of solar power (PV) equipment grew by 81% in the second quarter of 2009 from the first, according to IMS Research, indicating the worst of the industry's downturn may now...
Thursday 13 August 2009
Danen to expand solar ingot capacity
Danen Technology will expand its annual ingot slicing capacity from 35MWp to 50-60MWp at the end of 2009. Ingot growing capacity will also expand from 60MWp to 120MWp in the first...
Wednesday 5 August 2009
Taiwan Polysilicon to become first volume producer of solar-grade poly-Si
Taiwan Polysilicon will begin installing production equipment for solar-grade poly-Si with an initial annual capacity of 8,000 metric tons in September 2009, and will become Taiwan's...
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Testing equipment maker Chroma Ate to enjoy 20-30% revenue growth in 3Q09
Taiwan's Chroma Ate, which specializes in automatic testing equipment, is likely to post a revenue growth of 20-30% sequentially in the third quarter of 2009, driven by orders from...
Friday 10 July 2009
Taiwan PV equipment makers not benefiting from rebounding solar demand
While Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers have seen increased order volumes since May or June 2009, they are conservative about adding equipment to expand production...