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Monday 16 April 2012
SAS vows to turn Covalent profitable
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS) recently announced the acquisition of Japan-based semiconductor firm Covalent. According to Doris Hsu, president of SAS,...
Friday 13 April 2012
SAS to have larger revenue proportion for semiconductor wafers through acquisition of Covalent
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of semiconductor and solar-grade silicon wafers and sapphire wafers, will acquire a 100% stake in Covalent Silicon, a Japan-based...
Friday 30 March 2012
SAS completes acquisition of Covalent Silicon Corporation
Taiwan-based wafer firm Sino-American Silicon (SAS) announced on March 28, 2012 the completion of the acquisition of Japan-based semiconductor wafer firm Covalent Silicon Corporati...
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Revenues from semiconductor business to outperform solar, says SAS
Taiwan-based solar wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon (SAS) has indicated that by acquiring Japan-based Covalent, the firm's revenue share is likely to change. The solar business...
Friday 16 March 2012
Demand for small- to medium-size silicon wafers, LED sapphire substrates to be better in 2Q12, says SAS chairman
Global demand for small- to medium-size semiconductor-grade silicon wafers and LED sapphire substrates will improve from the preceding quarter in second-quarter 2012, while demand...
Thursday 15 March 2012
AUO Crystal to develop crystal growing for mono-crystalline solar products
AUO Crystal (a subsidiary of AU Optronics) is rumored to be developing a mono-crystalline crystal growing process. The market expects annual capacity to reach 200MW making AUO Crystal...
Friday 3 February 2012
FST, SAS, Wafer Works expected to benefit from closure of Sumco silicon wafer factories
Japan-based Sumco will reorganize its business operations closing a 12-inch and an 8-inch semiconductor silicon wafer factory in Japan. The closures are expected to benefit Taiwan-based...
Tuesday 10 January 2012
SAS, GET inclined to hike solar wafer prices, some China-based fellow makers to not follow suit
Viewing that prices for polycrystalline silicon are rising from US$25-28/kg to US$30/kg, Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Green Energy Technology (GET) are inclined...
Monday 9 January 2012
Globitech 2011 revenues to show 5% growth
Despite gloomy market conditions in the semiconductor industry in the second half of 2011, Globitech, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon, will achieve 5% growth in...
Monday 9 January 2012
Solar market to warm up in 2012, says SAS chairman
MK Lu, chairman of Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon (SAS), has indicated the firm was still able to generate profits in 2011 and expects the solar market to warm...
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Joint venture from Motech, GET and Taiwan Polysilicon put on hold
The joint venture between Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech, solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), and polysilicon supplier Taiwan Polysilicon Corporation has been put...
Friday 16 December 2011
Global PV demand to rebound in 2Q12, prices unlikely to rise, says SAS chairman
The global solar market is at bottom currently but will rebound in the second quarter of 2012, although product prices are unlikely to rise along with rebounding demand, according...
Friday 25 November 2011
Intel Romley delay due to SAS storage problem in chipset, say sources
Intel's delay of its Romley server platform to the first week of March 2012 has been caused by problems with SAS storage after pairing Sandy Bridge-EP processors with C600 chipsets,...
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...
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