Gintech breaks ground for solar wafer plant

Mar 7, 16:44

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy on March 7 broke ground for its solar wafer plant in Miaoli, Taiwan. The plant is under Gintech's solar wafer subsidiary, which also include Taiwan...

Gintech, SAS post on-month drops in January sales

Feb 11, 02:00

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has announced revenues for January 2011 slid 12% sequentially to NT$2.36 billion (US$82 million). Gintech also saw shipments fall 4.3% from December...

Solar industry to bottom out in January, says Gintech executive

Jan 18, 14:47

The solar industry will bottom out in January and begin to recover, according to Gintech Energy president Wenwhe Pan.

Gintech to ship 1.2GWp worth of solar cells in 2011

Jan 18, 02:00

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy expects 2011 capacity to reach 1.5GWp and could ramp up further depending on market conditions, according to company chairman Wenant Pan, who added...

E-Ton to issue new shares through private placement

Dec 24, 02:05

The board of directors of E-Ton Solar Tech on December 23 approved the issue of up to 300 million shares of common stock through private placement. The solar cell maker expects to...

Gintech reportedly mulls joint venture fab for solar wafer production

Dec 23, 12:24

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy reportedly plans to team up with Taiwan Fertilizer, CTCI and a major Japanese solar company to set up a solar wafer manufacturing company capable of...

E-Ton November revenues up on-month, Gintech and Motech down

Dec 10, 01:45

Solar cell makers E-Ton Solar Tech, Gintech Energy and Motech Industries have reported mixed results for November 2010, with the former seeing its revenues grow on month and the latter...

Eversol president resigns

Dec 1, 12:07

Solar wafer maker Eversol on November 30 announced that Lin Rongsheng has resigned as company president and will be replaced by vice president Martin Kuo.

Taiwan solar cell makers quoting US$1.35-1.38/W for December

Nov 23, 01:05

Some Taiwan-based solar cell makers are offering contract quotes of US$1.35-1.38/W for December 2010, down about 3% sequentially but still less than the 5-10% reduction predicted...

Gintech, Giga Solar report profit growth for 3Q10

Oct 26, 01:05

Gintech Energy so far had the highest net EPS among Taiwan's solar cell makers, reaching NT$10.35 (US$0.34) for the first three quarters of 2010. Photovoltaic (PV) conductive paste...

Auria aims to raise NT$10 billion via ESM listing, Gintech reaches 930MWp capacity ahead of schedule

Oct 22, 12:05

Thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module maker Auria Solar turned profitable in the third quarter of 2010, and plans to raise NT$10 billion (US$324.51 million) via listing on Taiwan's Emerging...

Solar cell maker Gintech revenues up over 100% on year in September

Oct 7, 01:25

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has posted revenues of NT$2.708 billion (US$87.24 million) for September 2010, up 4.6% sequentially and 107.82% on year. For the first nine months...

Taiwan solar cell and wafer makers to benefit from Kyocera accident

Sep 21, 14:10

With Kyocera's plant in Shiga Yasu, Japan, likely to be shut down temporarily for an investigation and reconstruction following and explosion in a casting furnace, the Japan-based...

Gintech to focus on solar cell product, cautious about vertical integration, says company chairman

Sep 16, 15:16

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy will continue to focus on solar cells as its main business, and although players from both sides of the Taiwan Strait have been active in vertical...

Solar cell maker Gintech announces price cuts starting from December

Sep 16, 02:10

Gintech Energy plans to lower its solar cell prices by 5-10% starting from December 2010, according to company chairman Wenant Pan. The announcement has surprised fellow rivals as...

Rising yen spurs Japan solar companies to increase outsourcing to Taiwan solar cell makers

Sep 15, 01:00

With the Japanese yen rising to a 15-year high, Japan-based solar companies have increased outsourcing to Taiwan-based solar cell makers for cost reasons. Among Taiwan's solar cell...

Taiwan-based solar cell makers reportedly in talks with GCL-Poly to jointly set up wafer-slicing facilities

Sep 8, 10:46

Several Taiwan-based solar cell makers are in talks with China's GCL-Poly to sign long-term polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) supply contracts and possibly establish joint ventures...

Gintech 1H10 EPS totals NT$6.4, SAS 2Q10 profit rises 145%

Aug 11, 10:49

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has reported after-tax profit of NT$2.041 billion (US$64.31 million) or NT$6.4 a share for the first half of 2010, making the company the most profitable...

Gintech obtains NT$6.5 billion loan

Aug 3, 10:53

Gintech Energy, a maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, on August 2 signed a 5-year syndicated loan, the largest syndicated loan to date in Taiwan's solar sector, with 11 banks...

Gintech plans to raise capacity to 1.1GWp in 2Q11

Jul 7, 12:21

With its new Taiwan solar cell plant in Chunan expected to reach a capacity of 225MWp in the second quarter of 2011, Taiwan-based Gintech Energy's total capacity will amount to 1.1GWp,...

Gintech to expand capacity to 2.2GWp in 2013

May 21, 10:28

Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech Energy will expand capacity to 2.2GWp in 2013, the company said on May 20. The company's capacity for 2010 is 930MWp, with shipments for the...

Weak euro affects Taiwan-based solar cell makers

May 19, 11:49

Taiwan-based solar cell makers incurred losses in the first quarter of 2010 from depreciation of the euro, according to industry sources. Since Europe-based module makers account...

Gintech posts record monthly revenues in April

May 5, 14:21

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy posted a monthly record of NT$2.3 billion (about US$73 million) in revenues in April 2010, up 18% from March and 162% on year, according to the company...

Solartech to further raise 2010 capacity to 500MWp

Apr 15, 11:10

Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Solartech Energy will further raise 2010 capacity to 500MWp in line with the latest adjustments to its expansion plan, according to sources with...

Gintech ranks 10th globally in 2009 solar cell production

Apr 1, 11:24

Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech Energy ranked 10th in terms of 2009 output among all makers of solar cells or thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules around the world, according...

Gintech evacuates employees due to fire in neighboring plant

Mar 30, 16:15

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy said it halted production and evacuated employees from a plant in the Hsinchu Science Park this morning (March 30) after a fire broke out in a neighboring...

Solar cell maker Motech's January revenues hit 14-month high

Feb 10, 11:29

Taiwan-based solar cell maker Motech Industries has reported unaudited revenues of NT$1.728 billion (US$54 million) for January, the highest in 14 months, according to the company.

Solar cell maker Gintech sees improved operations

Feb 2, 11:10

Solar cell maker Gintech Energy has improved its operations through reducing reliance on long-term contracts for polycrystalline silicon material supply and lowering its debt ratio...

Gintech president to transfer to subsidiary Eversol

Jan 29, 10:37

Gintech Energy, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, on January 28 announced the resignation of its president Ellick Liao. Liao indicated that he will assume the...

Europe PV clients outsource more in anticipation of feed-in tariff cuts, say Taiwan makers

Jan 20, 11:10

Anticipating that the governments in Germany and other European countries will soon reduce feed-in tariff rates for photovoltaic (PV) projects, Europe-based suppliers of PV modules...

SAS and Gintech post mixed results for December

Jan 7, 16:08

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,...

Gintech to expand solar cell capacity to top 1GWp in 2011

Dec 24, 15:08

Gintech Energy, a Taiwan-based maker of crystalline silicon solar cells, will expand its total annual production capacity from 600MW currently to 1.01GWp in 2011 with total investment...

Solar cell maker Gintech to sell Eversol stake to MEMC

Dec 9, 14:35

Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech Energy will sell its stake of about 8% in fellow solar wafer maker Eversol Corporation to US-based MEMC Electronic Materials, its main supplier...

Solar wafer maker SAS sees strong sales in November

Dec 9, 11:39

Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has reported record unaudited consolidated revenues of 1.189 billion (US$36.8 million) for November.

Taiwan-based solar cell makers expect strong shipment growth in 2010

Dec 3, 11:32

Most Taiwan-based solar cell makers have reported strong orders for fourth-quarter 2009 and first-quarter 2010, and have also projected that their shipments for all of 2010 will double...