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Tuesday 17 July 2012
Solar technology roadmap and buying cycle essential to rendering legacy capacity as obsolete, says Solarbuzz
A technology roadmap for the solar industry is set to emerge during 2013, bringing the solar industry into alignment with adjacent technology sectors where roadmaps typically have...
Thursday 12 July 2012
Centrotherm bankruptcy will not affect Sunshine PV, says Solartech
The world's largest solar equipment firm, Germany-based Centrotherm, filed for bankruptcy protection on July 11. Centrothem has been an important provider of solar equipment to Taiwan's...
Thursday 12 July 2012
Archers Systems to supply equipment for thin-film and HIT solar cell makers
Archers Systems, a Taiwan-based equipment provider for solar, display and integrated circuits, has revealed plans to target customers that produce thin-film solar and heterojunction...
Friday 6 July 2012
LDK equipment supplier files for arbitration
LDK's equipment supplier JYT Corporation recently requested arbitration that LDK pay CNY789,600 (US$124,208) and losses in interest rates of CNY38,400 and all fees occurred during...
Friday 6 July 2012
Equipment firms hope to see demand return at beginning of 2013
The solar industry predicts demand and supply equilibrium will be reached in 2014, but equipment firms hope to see orders rebound in the beginning of 2013. Equipment firms indicated...
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Some China-based solar makers unable to take deliveries of equipment
Solar equipment firms have been facing financial troubles as customers have not been able to take deliveries. The oversupply problem in the solar market has been causing downstream...
Thursday 21 June 2012
Oerlikon opens China headquarters in Shanghai
Switzerland-based Oerlikon announced the official opening of its new headquarters in Shanghai. The China-based headquarters will consolidate the firm's eight offices currently in...
Monday 18 June 2012
Limited funds and lack of capacity expansion plans plague solar equipment sector
On June 13, the world's second largest solar equipment firm, Germany-based Centrotherm, issued a statement indicating financial troubles of its credit lines. The firm noted that negotiations...
Monday 18 June 2012
Commentary: Solar material and equipment firms competing with customers
The large turbulences in the solar market have caused abnormal conditions in the industry. The contract price of polysilicon has reached an all-time low, nearly as low as the spot...
Monday 7 May 2012
Mirle 1Q12 revenues and profits shrink
With its panel and solar customers being cautious about expansion, automation equipment supplier Mirle Automation has reported on-year declines in both revenues and profits for the...
Monday 23 April 2012
Commentary: US protectionism on domestic solar industry may backfire
The US government has been taking up anti-dumping and anti-tariff investigations against China-based solar firms. According to LA Times, the US government recently announced the import...
Friday 20 April 2012
Applied Materials holds solar technology innovation summit conference in China
Applied Materials' Solar Technology Center in Xi'an, western China, will hold a solar technology innovation summit on April 20, according to the company. The center is an R&D...
Tuesday 17 April 2012
Spending on PV equipment to reach bottom of cycle in 2Q12, says Solarbuzz
Equipment spending by tier-one solar manufacturers is poised to resume in 2013 with strong double-digit annual growth rates forecast out to 2016, according to Solarbuzz. This upturn...
Monday 13 February 2012
20GW of solar PV manufacturing equipment to be replaced by 2016, says IMS Research
Despite the outlook for the solar PV manufacturing equipment market remaining bleak in 2012, there could be a 20GW opportunity for the upgrade or replacement of existing capacity...
Thursday 9 February 2012
Veeco reports 4Q11 revenues
Equipment provider Veeco Instruments has announced financial results for fourth-quarter 2011 and full year 2011.