Washington Mills AS is one of the world's largest producers of high quality micro grits and sub-micron powders, and has been perfecting its processing technologies since 1962. With this distribution agreement, Targray now offers Taiwanese wafer manufacturers a complete line of high quality, tightly graded silicon carbide grains and precision-sized powders capable of slicing silicon into ultra thin wafers for better silicon yields and reduced costs.
Targray has well-established working relationships already in place with all our potential customers in Taiwan, said Stig R. Ofstad, General Sales Managerat Washington Mills AS. Their strong relationships with Taiwanese Wafer manufacturers and successful sales track record in the Taiwan PV industry will accelerate our penetration into that important market.
We are confident that working with a global company like Washington Mills, who is renowned for quality and innovation, will create tremendous value for the Taiwanese market and help our customers reduce total costs, said Cheong Wei Chua, Product Manager, Solar Consumables at Targray. This is an excellent product for wire slicing silicon wafers, and were very excited to bring it to our customer base in Taiwan.
Washington Mills' CARBOREX silicon carbide powders are produced with the highest quality raw materials, resulting in particles with added toughness and wear resistance. This high purity crystalized SiC provides customers with the ability to slice ultra-thin silicon wafers , achieve greater silicon yields and reduce total cost of wafer slicing.
