Featured in Lean machines – 09-2011

Global ambitions

Taiwan: Export industries in the island economy have progressed since the 1960s from petrochemicals to semiconductors, then to electronics and now energy and PV. At least that is how the logical progression was set out in the 2008 SEMI Taiwan PV Industry Overview. But in a competitive PV market where rapidly falling prices have jolted the industry, Taiwanese players face a challenge in providing a genuine point of difference to their rivals over the Taiwan Strait and beyond.

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pv magazine

31 Aug 2011

The Taiwanese PV industry is ranked fourth in the world and prominent companies such as AUO Solar, Gintech Energy, Neo Solar Power, Motech, DelSolar and E-Ton Solar Tech feature in production right across the PV supply chain. EuPD Research believes Taiwanese PV manufacturing comprises 13 to 14 percent of global production, with particular strengths lying …

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