Industry News
printer will offer the solar, display, flexible Spire Corporation entered into a multi-
circuit and PCB manufacturers contact-free year, multi-system contract to provide key
deposition of high quality, low cost metal module line equipment to Trina Solar
lines.
www.appliednanotech.net, Limited of the People’s Republic of China.
www.optomec.com Spire will provide Trina Solar with mul-
tiple Spi-Sun SimulatorTM 4600 Single
evolution solar acquires china- Long Pulse (4600 SLP) systems. The 4600
based r&D corporation SLP is the world’s leading solar simulation
Evolution Solar Corp. has acquired system. It is unique for research, testing,
Appointments
Synergy Design and Development and high volume production. The 4600
Company Limited, a Hong Kong R&D SLP has recently been selected for use at
and procurement company based in research and certification test facilities
energy conversion Devices
Shanghai, China. Evolution Solar most including the National Renewable Energy
Thin-film solar product manufacturer
recently announced its plans to develop Laboratory and Underwriters Laboratories,
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.,
alternative energy technologies using thin Inc.
www.spirecorp.com,
www.trinasolar.com
appointed Harry W. Zike vice president
film solar panels.
and chief financial officer. Mr. Zike,
Evolution Solar is planning to estab- Day4 solar cells reach 19%
formerly with Siemens VDO Automo-
lish a footprint with the manufacturing efficiency
tive Corporation, replaces Sanjeev
capabilities in the Asian markets that can Day4 Energy’s R&D program, after
Kumar.
assist in the reduction in the manufactur- months of research and experimental
ing and procurement of materials in the trials, has developed a design and manu-
enerWorks
heavy technology manufacturing province facturing process for its Generation II solar
EnerWorks appointed Tony Ali as vice
of Shanghai, China.
www.evolutionsolar.com cells with efficiency up to 19 percent on
president, sales & customer allegiance.
mono-crystalline and 18 percent on multi-
Ali brings 20 years of strategic business
oerlikon solar & Flextronics crystalline silicon materials. According to
development and sales leadership expe-
in ems deal the company, the new design constitutes
rience, most recently as global director
Switzerland-based Oerlikon Solar and EMS a significant improvement not only in
for customer allegiance and operations
provider Flextronics entered into an agree- maximum efficiency of the product, but
with Thermo CRS.
ment whereby Flextronics will support also in low cost manufacturing and lower
Oerlikon Solar’s scalability requirements commercialization risk.
www.day4energy.com
eT solar group
for global production capacity, allowing the
ET Solar Group Corp. appointed Dr.
execution of more simultaneous projects in solar power conference announces
Jeff Lu its new chief technology officer.
multiple geographies. Flextronics president annual ceo panel participants
Dr. Lu has over 12 years of experience
EC Sykes says that the company will make The Solar Electric Power Association
in the solar industry, most recently
further investments in the high-growth (SEPA) and the Solar Energy Industries
with Daystar Technologies.
solar market.
www.oerlikon.com, Association (SEIA), the two non-profit or-
www.flextronics.com ganizers of the Solar Power Conference &
evolution solar
Expo, have selected the participants of the
Evolution Solar Corp has retained
intel capital invests us $12.5m annual CEO Panel, a gathering of visionar-
Michael Franklin to its newly created
in Voltaix ies from the power, energy and related
position of president of Asian opera-
Voltaix, a provider of materials that sectors to discuss issues of top concern to
tions. Franklin is the USA consultant
enhance the performance of semiconduc- the solar industry.
for Impact Hong Kong and has thrived
tor chips and solar cells, recently received Panel one, Market Development,
in the Asian market for over 10 years.
US $12.5 million in financing from Intel includes Lyndon Rive of Solar City, Jim
Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Rogers of Duke Energy, Mike Ahearn of
solar Depot
Corporation. The company said that the First Solar and Santiago Seage of Abengoa.
Solar Depot, LLC, a wholly owned sub-
investment will accelerate its manufactur- Panel two, Driving Down Costs, includes
sidiary of ITOCHU Corporation, has
ing capacity expansion. Martin Heming of SCHOTT Solar, Erik
added seasoned solar industry member
Voltaix manufactures electronic chemi- Thorsen of REC, Jeannine Sargent of Oer-
Qudrat Delawari to its executive team
cals and gases used in “front-end” semicon- likon and Anton Milner of Q-Cells.
as the vice president of special projects.
ductor manufacturing processes at leading The CEO Panel is expected to attract
Mr. Delawari has 27 years of inter-
integrated circuit fabs worldwide. an audience of 3,000 registered conference
national and domestic photovoltaic
www.voltaix.com attendees. It takes place on Wednesday,
experience.
October 15, from 8 - 10 a.m.
spire enters multi-year contract
sunWize
with Trina solar
continued on page 30
Craig Shoots joins global solar electric
system integrator SunWize Technolo-
gies as vice president of its internation-
al division. Mr. Shoots has worked in
the solar industry managing interna-
tional sales and developing innovative
solutions in remote site power for 14
years.
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