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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...
Wednesday 20 July 2011
China-based solar wafer firms hope to recruit in Taiwan
The fast-growing market for renewable energy has prompted China-based firms to attract Taiwan's specialists to work in China. The solar market has been growing rapidly in China with...
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Cross-strait solar wafer firms prepare to increase quotes
Solar wafer makers in China and Taiwan have been preparing to increase quotes. However, downstream firms still have sufficient solar wafer inventories, hence, increasing prices will...
Friday 8 July 2011
SAS sees decreased June revenues
Silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has posted June revenues of NT$1.062 billion (US$36.7 million), decreasing 9.69% on month and 34.73% on year. The accumulated...
Friday 1 July 2011
Wafer price trend is strong indicator of solar market conditions
The price trend of solar wafers will be an important indicator of the market recovery, according to industry sources, as the price of solar wafers is highly related to the capacity...
Friday 17 June 2011
New sapphire substrate plant to break ground in July, says SAS
Taiwan-based wafer maker, Sino-American Silicon (SAS) stated there is stable demand for semiconductors and a slight return of demand for solar products at its shareholders meeting...
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