Featured in The quality issue – 04-2018

China’s monocrystalline boom

Polysilicon and wafer supply: Two large Chinese ingot and wafer makers have announced bold plans to expand their capacities beyond anything seen to date. In the process they could transform the entire upstream solar manufacturing landscape.

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Christian Roselund

06 Apr 2018

Image: Wacker Chemie

In late February, Zhonghuan Semiconductor Chair and General Manager Shen Haoping braved the bitter cold to personally inspect the installation of new ingot furnaces at the company’s factory in Inner Mongolia, nestled between the Blue Mountains and the Hetao Plateau.This is the fourth phase of the facility in Hohhot, where Zhonghuan has had a presence …

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