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Friday 2 April 2010
SAS to hike solar wafer quotes by 3-5% for 2Q10
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based producer of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, plans to raise its quotes by 3-5% for the second quarter, according to the...
Friday 19 March 2010
China-based solar wafer maker Solargiga sees loss from 2009 operation
China-based solar ingot/wafer supplier Solargiga Energy on March 18 published its 2009 financial report, posting revenues of 658 million yuan (US$96.3 million), gross margin of 25.3%...
Friday 19 March 2010
Taiwan-based solar cell maker DelSolar sues Swiss Wafers for contract default
Taiwan-based solar cell maker DelSolar has filed a lawsuit accusing Switzerland-based Swiss Wafers of violating a five-year solar wafer supply contract the two companies signed in...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
China solar wafer makers hike quotes to US$3.5 for 2Q10
Several China-based producers of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers have raised their quotes by 16.7-18.6% from US$2.95-3.0 per 6-inch wafer in early first quarter of 2010...
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Green Energy Technology relying on outsourced equipment to meet excess orders
Green Energy Technology (GET) has turned to leasing equipment from fellow makers in oder to meet its orders for solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers, according to the company...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
SAS semi, solar and sapphire wafer capacity booked up in 1Q10
Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects to continue running at full utilization for semiconductor silicon wafers, solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, as well...
Friday 29 January 2010
Prices for China-made silicon carbide up 10%, say Taiwan solar wafer makers
Prices of China-made silicon carbide (SiC), a material used in slicing solar-grade silicon ingots, have increased by 10% to NT$140-200 (US$4.4-6.3)/kg, according to sources with Taiwan-based...
Friday 29 January 2010
Taiwan-based Green Energy Technology aims at 230MWp for 1H10 solar-grade wafer shipments, says president
Green Energy Technology (GET), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade crystalline silicon ingots and wafers, expects to ship an equivalent of 230MWp in wafers during the first half of...
Friday 22 January 2010
Solar wafer maker GET signs with MPI for dedicated ingot-slicing service
Green Energy Technology (GET) signed an MOU with Taiwan-based MPI Corporation on January 21 to exclusively utilize the latter's one million wafers-per-month solar-grade ingot slicing...
Tuesday 12 January 2010
China makers hike spot prices for 6-inch solar-grade poly-Si wafers
Major China-based solar wafer makers have raised their spot quotes for 6-inch polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers by 5.1-5.3% from US$2.85-2.9 to US$3.0-3.05, as order volumes...
Friday 8 January 2010
Green Energy Technology cancels ECB issue
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) on January 7 announced the cancellation of a plan to issue 5-year unsecured euro convertible bonds (ECBs) worth up to...
Thursday 7 January 2010
SAS and Gintech post mixed results for December
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and solar cell maker Gintech Energy on January 6 reported their respective unaudited revenues for December 2009,...
Wednesday 6 January 2010
China-based solar wafer makers may expand total capacity by over 4GWp in 2010
China-based makers of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers plan to expand their production capacities in 2010 due to an expected large increase in domestic demand for PV systems...
Thursday 24 December 2009
China-based solar wafer maker LDK Solar to step into solar cell, PV system business, say Taiwan makers
China-based LDK Solar, globally the largest maker of solar-grade poly-Si wafers, is raising funds to solve its financial problems and to prepare for establishing new business units...
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Taiwan solar cell makers assessing impacts from LDK financial woes
Some Taiwan-based solar cell makers are assessing the possible impacts from LDK Solar's financial woes on their long-term supply contracts signed with the China-based solar wafer...