Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment components manufacturers in China Ferrotec plans to increase the output of solar cell manufacturing equipment, the company will be in this capital equipment investment of 850 million yen.
It is understood that the company will be the year the equipment manufacturing crystalline silicon production capacity increased to 50 per month, representing an increase of about 40 percent at present. To this end the company will invest in capital equipment of 850 million yen. At the same time to cope with the increase in demand for solar cells, plans related to the 2008 business year will increase to 07 annual sales of 2.2 times to 10.2 billion yen.
It is learnt that, Ferrotec Shanghai plant will increase production of polycrystalline silicon and silicon manufacturing equipment manufacturing equipment. Year plan will be high purity, good power generation efficiency silicon manufacturing equipment to increase the monthly output of 10 to 40.
Source: 世华财讯 Jul. 26, 2008