SAS to invest in poly-Si maker Powertec Energy

Feb 18, 01:15

Taiwan-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on February 17 announced the investment of NT$550 million (US$18.8 million) to acquire a 14.06%...

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...

SAS sets revenues record for 16 straight months in December

Jan 3, 15:00

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) posted NT$2.026 billion (US$69.598 million) in December 2010 revenues, up 2.9% sequentially and 75.15% on year to set monthly revenue records...

SAS looks to semi, sapphire wafers for 2011 growth

Dec 23, 01:05

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) expects sales of sapphire wafer materials to account for 5-6% of revenues in 2011 compared to about 2% estimated for 2010, according to company...

SAS semiconductor wafer subsidiary opens new wafer fab in US

Dec 22, 01:05

Globitech, a US-based subsidiary of Sino-American Silicon Production (SAS), has announced the inauguration of its second wafer fab on December 21. SAS chairman MK Lu indicated that...

SAS posts 1.8% sequential growth in November sales

Dec 6, 14:27

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), on December 6, announced NT$1.97 billion (US$65.35 million) in November 2010 revenues, up 1.8% sequentially and 92.13% on year for a new monthly...

SAS-Solartech joint venture to start operating in 2011

Nov 30, 10:17

A joint venture between Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Solartech Energy will start operations around the end of 2011, with planned capacity for solar wafers and cells to...

Motech posts NT$5 EPS for 3Q10

Oct 29, 11:56

Solar cell maker Motech Industries has reported a NT$5 (US$0.163) EPS for the third quarter of 2010, the highest per share profit among Taiwan's publicly traded solar wafer and cell...

SAS and Solartech form solar cell and wafer joint venture

Oct 29, 10:46

Solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and solar cell producer Solartech Energy on October 28 announced plans to establish a solar wafer and cell joint venture, with...

SAS to report NT$3.5 3Q10 EPS

Oct 20, 01:20

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) is expected to report an EPS of NT$3.50 (US$0.113) for the third quarter of 2010, according to market watchers. The positive result is largely...

Taiwan solar wafer makers announce sales records in September 2010

Oct 6, 01:30

Taiwan-based solar wafer makers Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), Green Energy Technology (GET) and Danen Technology on October 5 announced record revenues for September 2010...

SAS to push ahead construction of new plants

Sep 24, 10:21

Sino American Silicon (SAS) plans to complete construction of three new plants for its silicon, solar and sapphire wafer lines each in three years instead of five years as originally...

SAS becomes second largest shareholder of Sunrise Global Solar Energy

Sep 23, 11:01

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based producer of solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, has invested NT$950.18 million (US$29.8 million) to increase its stake in...

SAS sees increased August revenues

Sep 7, 13:31

Solar-grade silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has reported revenues of NT$1.846 billion (US$57.6 million) for August 2010, up 2.9% on month and 116.7% on year...

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...

SAS continues to set monthly sales record in July 2010

Aug 4, 11:11

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) again hit a monthly revenue record in July 2010 at NT$1.794 billion (US$56.451 million), up from NT$1.63 billion in June, on full capacity utilization...

SAS terminates GDR issue; Neo Solar Power to issue 70 million new shares

Jul 27, 14:03

Solar-grade wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has terminated plans to issue 80 million GDR (global depository receipts) shares citing the need for further evaluation...

SAS to expand solar wafer capacity to 1GWp in 2011

Jul 9, 14:11

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) officially opened its second solar-grade wafer facility in Chunan, Taiwan on July 9 with initial capacity set at more than 300MWp. Combined with...

SAS sees June revenues hit record

Jul 6, 12:09

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) hit record revenues of NT$1.63 billion (US$50.9 million) in June, up 8.01% on month and 96.31% on year. The strong performance is the result of...

SAS subsidiary Silfab to set up solar module plant in Ontario, Canada

Jun 10, 15:15

Solar system company Silfab, an Italian-based subsidiary of Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), will set up a solar module plant with a capacity of 120MWp in Ontario, Canada, according...

Solar-grade wafer quotes to rise 2-3% in June

May 20, 11:20

Solar-grade silicon wafer makers are expected to raise wafer price by 2-3% in June, bringing the total increase for the first half of 2010 to about 15%. The price of 6-inch wafers...

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...

Diamond wire saws to become mainstream in solar wafer slicing in 2 years

May 18, 15:34

With the shortage of silicon carbonide, a material for traditional solar wafer slicing, and the potential for lower costs and higher production, diamond wire saw technology could...

Wafer maker SAS revenues up over 86% on year in April

May 6, 11:08

Wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has reported revenues of NT$1.48 billion (US$47.09 million) for April, an increase of 86.9% from a year earlier and 3.86% on month.

SAS, GET adopt diamond square to increase solar-grade wafer yield rates

Apr 9, 15:44

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Green Energy Technology (GET) have introduced diamond square, a new ingot slicing process that can increase wafer output 30-40% compared to...

SAS March revenues hit consecutive high

Apr 8, 15:41

Solar-grade wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has reported consolidated revenues of NT$1.607 billion (US$50.3 million) for March 2010, hitting a monthly record for...

SAS to hike solar wafer quotes by 3-5% for 2Q10

Apr 2, 14:09

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...

Wafer maker SAS in talks for Texas PV project, say sources

Mar 26, 12:25

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), a Taiwan-based maker of semiconductor and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers, is talking with the Texas state government in an attempt to...

Solar wafer maker SAS sees February revenues hit record

Mar 9, 12:20

Taiwan-based solar wafer supplier Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on March 8 reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$1.387 billion (US$43.3 million) for February, hitting...

SAS sees tight supply of semiconductor wafers

Mar 2, 11:38

Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has seen supply of small- and medium-size semiconductor-use silicon wafers exceed demand by over 30%, according to the company. The silicon wafer...

SAS aims at revenues of NT$31.5 billion in 2013

Feb 8, 14:56

Taiwan-based silicon wafer maker Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) has set a goal of gradually increasing its consolidated revenues to NT$31.5 billion (US$984 million) in 2013,...

SAS semi, solar and sapphire wafer capacity booked up in 1Q10

Feb 2, 14:15

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...

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,...

Grid-parity may be reached in 2013-2015, says SAS chairman

Dec 14, 11:14

The general cost of PV power generation is coming down while the global demand for renewable power is on the rise, and consequently grid-parity is likely to be attained in 2013-2015,...