MEMC Electronic Materials has said it plans to drop its name that has been in existence for decades and take on its subsidiary SunEdison as the corporate moniker.
The local court in Amberg, Germany court has appointed Dr Hubert Ampferl, partner of Nuremberg-based law firm Dr Beck & Partner, as supervisor of SiC Processing, which is operating as ‘debtor-in-possession’ during insolvency proceedings.
Spanish PV developer Isofotón and Lancaster Group, a Kazakhstan-based private company operating in several industries including energy, have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop PV projects in Kazakhstan.
Finland-based industrial automation specialists, Cencorp Corporation is expected to start its first deliveries of its conductive backsheet material to new PV module manufacturing customer based in China.
Less than six-months after Ferro put its conductive paste business up for grabs, major materials supplier, Heraeus has purchased the business for an undisclosed sum.
Silicon manufacturer Dow Corning and start-up Crystal Solar have announced a business relationship to develop high-performance silicon-based materials for PV cells and modules.
The Carinthian Tech Research centre (CTR) has begun research designed to enable a non-destructive technique for crosslinking of the typical potting material agents used in PV module assembly.
The dire business conditions within the solar wafering sector have forced slurry recycling specialist, SiC Processing to warn of over a €100 million in equity losses, or more than half the equity in the company as it deals with insolvency proceedings.
