In recent months, tech heavyweights Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) of Taiwan and South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries have gained entry to the copper indium gallium...
Chimei Innolux (CMI) will merge with Chi Mei Energy effective on November 1. Chi Mei Energy, a maker of thin-film solar modules, was originally under Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO),...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to adopt automation systems from Taiwan-based equipment suppliers for producing CIGS thin-film solar cells, according to Rick...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Stion, a manufacturer of high-efficiency thin-film solar photovoltaic modules, have announced that the two companies have reached...
Taiwan-based foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will invest NT$10 billion (US$313 million) to establish a thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power-generating station with...
Taiwan-based backlight unit (BLU) maker Kenmos Technology has announced it will recognize a loss of NT$380 million (US$11.81 million) for its investment in Kenmos PV, a joint venture...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has taken a further step in developing its new photovoltaic (PV) business by recruiting PV technical staff, including engineers in...
Csun Manufacturing is scheduled to unveil special furnaces for the production of CIGS thin-film solar cells at the upcoming SEMICON Taiwan, according to company president Webber Wong...
Leotek Electronics, a subsidiary of Lite-On Technology, has shipped 3,000 LED streetlamps to China and received new LED streetlamp orders from Jiangsu, China, according to David Lin,...
LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) will develop both thin-film and silicon solar power, with the two types of photovoltaic (PV) technology expected to have an equal share of the market...
Marketech International, a Taiwan-based LCD equipment maker, has developed plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) equipment for producing thin-film solar cells, according...
Taiwan's Gallant Precision Machining (GPM) has seen order visibility for IC packaging extend to the third quarter of 2009, according to the company, which said its IC backend customers...
Much like the boom-to-bust IC industry in recent decades, manufacturers of solar cells and thin films have also had a difficult time matching investments for new production capacity...
Taiwan should be more active in following the worldwide trend where leading economies are rushing to capitalize on renewable energy to create a green economy that will be accompanied...