Kyocera Expands Solar Cells
By Staff -- Purchasing, 5/17/2007 2:00:00 AM
Kyocera finally has the supplies it needs to triple annual solar cell capacity in the next four years to keep up with demand and competitors. After a two-year shortage of solar-grade silicon, Kyocera now has supply contracts for enough silicon to feed its expansion, including a $165 million expansion of production of raw solar cells at its Yakkaichi, Japan plant by early 2011.
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