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Wednesday 4 March 2009
Poly-Si wafer maker GET to deal out dividend of NT$7 per share for 2008
Taiwan-based solar-grade poly-Si wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) will distribute a dividend per share of NT$7 (US$0.2), NT$5 in cash and NT$2 in stocks, for its 2008 oper...
Thursday 19 February 2009
Solar cell maker Gintech amends wafer contracts with MEMC
Gintech Energy, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, has announced the amendment to two contracts it signed with US-based MEMC Electronic Materials in 2006 and...
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Green Energy considers spin-off of thin-film PV module business
Green Energy Technology (GET), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) ingots/wafers as well as amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV)...
Monday 9 February 2009
Spot price of solar-grade 6-inch poly-Si wafers falls
Spot market prices for solar-grade 6-inch polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers have dropped from US$6-6.5 per wafer in January 2009 to US$5.5-6 currently, according to industry...
Friday 6 February 2009
China-based solar-grade wafer maker Solargiga foresees decreased gross margin in 2008
Solargiga Energy, Wafer Works' subsidiary maker of solar-grade monocrystalline silicon ingots/wafers in China, has estimated its overall gross margin for 2008 at 18-19%, dropping...
Thursday 5 February 2009
Solar wafer maker SAS's stream of straight record revenues disrupted in January
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based producer of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, on February 4 reported self-estimated revenues of NT$800.2 million for January...
Wednesday 14 January 2009
Solar cell prices may bottom out at end of 1Q09
While the global supply chain of solar energy products has witnessed fast shrinking demand since the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2008, with prices of products generally having...
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Solar wafer maker SAS expected to see 30% growth in 2009 revenues
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, has significant business prospect for 2009, with revenues expected to grow at...
Friday 9 January 2009
China market: Government to help major solar wafer makers consolidate smaller ones, claim sources
Viewing that the presence of too many makers of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers in China has resulted in oversupply and intensive price competition, the Chinese...
Wednesday 7 January 2009
Taiwan wafer maker SAS hit record revenues for 41 months straight in December
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, on January 6 reported revenues of NT$880.1 million (US$), the record monthly...
Wednesday 31 December 2008
Spot prices of China-made solar-grade 6-inch poly-Si wafers fall to US$6
China-based producers of solar-grade 6-inch polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) wafers have been dumping their products in the spot market for sale at US$6 per wafer or even lower,...
Friday 19 December 2008
SAS secures NT$2.5 billion syndicated loan for solar wafer capacity expansion
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, on December 19 signed with six local banks for a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$2.5...
Monday 8 December 2008
Solar cell maker Gintech sees November revenues down over 65% on month while Wafer Works hits another record
Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has reported revenues for November 2008 were down by 65.38% from the record level of NT$2.141 billion (US$63.9 million) posted in October. Meanwhile,...
Thursday 4 December 2008
China solar wafer supplier LDK urged to cut prices
Gintech Energy, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, has asked LDK Solar, a China-based producer of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, to lower its product...
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Spot market price of 6-inch solar-grade wafers fall to US$9
The price level of a 6-inch solar-grade silicon wafer in the spot market stands at US$9 currently, dropping by 10-14.3% from US$10-10.5 quoted in October 2008, according to industry...
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