Featured in Changing face of PV – 12-2014

Fitting out the next generation of thin film

Thin film equipment supply: Supplying around 8% of the global market, thin film remains a small but not inconsequential part of the PV landscape. For some tool suppliers, thin film producers have played an important role in the growth of their business. And as a new year dawns, a new cycle of thin film production tool investment appears set to rise.

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Jonathan Gifford

03 Dec 2014

It has been a tough few years for PV equipment suppliers. This may come as a surprise to few in the industry, but there are signs that the cycle of low, or no, equipment investment is coming to an end and that orders books are beginning to fill. This is true of the thin film …

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