More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
Tags: Automation, modular automation
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, and Germany-based solar EPC firm BELECTRIC GmbH ...
Tags: First Solar, photovoltaic modules
For third-quarter 2014, First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA - which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services - has reported net sales of ...
Tags: photovoltaic modules, First Solar
Tokyo-based Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – is installing newly enhanced proprietary CIS production lines at its ...
Tags: copper indium selenium, PV
At a ceremony at Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China, RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has received Huawei’s Supplier of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. The award recognizes RFMD as Huawei’s ...
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At its recent core partner convention in Shenzhen, China, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, one of the world’s largest telecom networking equipment manufacturers, granted JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA its Excellent Core Partner Award for a ...
Tags: JDSU, Huawei, telecom networking equipment
An increasing number of the top 20 solar photovoltaic (PV) module suppliers are shifting their strategic focus within the industry, by increasing shipments for dedicated in-house projects. Previously championed by First Solar, SunPower, and ...
Tags: PV Module, solar photovoltaic
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Big Sun Energy Technology has announced that it has signed with TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis, the largest China-based PV system EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor, for supply of 25 sets of ...
Tags: Crystalline silicon, solar cell
When Into Lighting started to design a lighting scheme for the French fashion house Jitrois on London’s Sloane Street, it knew it had to come up with a model that was as elegant, individual and impeccably executed as the clothes it ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lighting Design
Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar system maker Soitec of Bernin (Grenoble), France says that subsidiary Soitec Solar Development LLC has entered into a sales agreement with one of the largest providers of solar energy services in North ...
Tags: solar system, CPV
Renewable-energy power plant developer Focusic New Energy Holding Co Ltd of Zhengzhou, China and concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar system maker Soitec of Bernin (Grenoble), France, have announced that the second phase of the Hami ...
For third-quarter 2014, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported its third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, ...
Tags: GigOptix, analog semiconductor, optical communications
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications and its EnerPlex series of consumer products, ...
Tags: Ascent Solar, flexible copper
Neo Solar Power’s (NSP) N-type bifacial monocrystalline cell, recognized for its high efficiency, was launched at the PV Taiwan 2014 exhibition in Taipei last week. Taiwan is a key player in the manufacturing of high-efficiency solar ...
Tags: mono cell, solar energy
Keysight Technologies Inc of Santa Rosa, CA, USA (spun off as a subsidiary of Santa Clara-based Agilent Technologies Inc in August), which provides electronic measurement instruments and systems and related software, software design tools ...