Optical component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro of San Jose, CA, USA has announced financial results for its fiscal second-quarter 2013 (ended 29 December 2012), which includes the first full quarter of operating results from Opnext ...
Tags: Optical component, interleaver product, communication market
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, says that Ahmed Nada will join it as ...
Tags: First Solar, PV, power industries
CertainTeed Corporation is proud to announce the introduction of Apollo® II, a next generation solar roofing system featuring integrated photovoltaic (PV) panels which combine greater efficiency and improved aesthetics with easier ...
Tags: Solar Roofing System, monocrystalline panels, solar panels
Solar demand from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to grow to 13.5GW in 2013, growing 50% on year, according to NPD Solarbuzz. China, Japan, India, and Australia remain dominant for solar demand in the APAC region, and they will ...
Philips Lumileds has reentered the market for blue LED die at SIL and also announced an expansion of the Luxeon S family of multi-emitter packaged LEDs at the Strategies in Light conference. Philips Lumileds has announced the ...
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DayStar Technologies Inc (DSTI) of Kelowna, BC, Canada, which was founded in California in 1998 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, says that it is negotiating the potential sale of its CIGS solar ...
NANEO Precision IBS Coatings GmbH of Rheinbreitbach, Germany, which produces custom-made precision optical coatings for high-end applications in the laser and photonics industry, recently ordered a SPECTOR ion beam deposition (IBD) system ...
Tags: Veeco IBD, ion beam deposition, Electronics
DayStar Technologies Inc (DSTI), founded in California in 1998 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, says that its board of directors has approved the acquisition of a 20% equity ownership in ...
Flisom AG of Duebendorf, Zurich, which was spun off from the Laboratory of Solid State Physics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) in 2005 to develop technologies for industrial roll-to-roll manufacturing of ...
Tags: Empa Flexible CIGS, Flisom, company news
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that Switzerland’s école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has ordered a NEXUS ion beam etch (IBE) system, ...
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UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), a division of Oxford Instruments, has been granted European patent EP1889946B1 in relation to high-density plasma-assisted thin film deposition. The ...
Tags: Oxford Instruments, Patent for High Density Plasma, Electronics
Laird Technologies Inc of Earth City, MO, USA, which designs and supplies customized performance-critical components and systems for electronics and wireless products, has acquired Nextreme Thermal Solutions of Durham, NC, USA, which ...
Taiwan-based solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) announced plans to sell all is Shihlien Energy shares, with the total transaction estimated at NT$334 million (US$11 million). GET will recognize an investment gain of NT$80 ...
Tags: solar wafer maker, Green Energy Technology, GET, Shihlien Energy shares
French automaker Renault has unveiled the Scenic XMOD, revamped version of the Scenic crossover with added features. The crossover will be launched at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show in France and will be manufactured at the ...
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In mid-January, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules -reached a basic agreement with the Development Bank of Japan Inc (DBJ) to establish a joint ...
Tags: Solar Frontier, CIS, photovoltaic, solar modules