Since the second quarter of 2011, the global solar market has been a ship trying to sail in a hurricane. Solar markets in Europe and the US have been building up trade barriers while...
Solar firms have been looking for unused second-hand solar equipment. Currently, polysilicon equipment is under negotiation, while thin-film equipment has been sold due to existing...
The low demand in the solar market has been hitting every segment including solar equipment firms. As customers refuse to expand capacity, equipment firms have been lacking capital...
The world's largest solar equipment firm, Germany-based Centrotherm, filed for bankruptcy protection on July 11. Centrothem has been an important provider of solar equipment to Taiwan's...
On June 13, the world's second largest solar equipment firm, Germany-based Centrotherm, issued a statement indicating financial troubles of its credit lines. The firm noted that negotiations...
Due to the continued poor market environment, and the resultant strained financing situation, merchandise credit insurance companies have informed Centrotherm, a Germany-based solar...
Ambitious solar PV manufacturing capacity investments across the Asia Pacific region during 2011 have provided substantial revenue growth for local solar equipment suppliers, according...
The spillover effect of the current sluggish conditions of the solar industry has begun to spread fear into equipment manufacturers. The positively correlated relationship between...
The leading equipment beneficiary during 2010 was Applied Materials with strong process tool supply to tier-1 cell manufacturers, supplemented by deferred revenue recognition from...
Sunshine PV, a Taiwan-based maker of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has installed a production line supplied by Germany-based Centrotherm...
CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technology has development and market potential, emphasized thin-film technology director Dieter Schmid for Germany-based...
Neo Solar Power signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with equipment vendor Centrotherm Photovoltaics on August 19, aiming to form a partnership that will boost the power conversion...
