INDUSTRY BRIEF: Polysilicon makers to set up company to absorb struggling smaller rivals
China’s major makers of polysilicon, one of the key components used to make solar panels, plan to set up a company to buy their Chinese smaller rivals, in an effort…
Fading revenue fails to cast shadow over Xinzi’s IPO ambitions
Despite reporting a net loss and falling revenue last year, the thin-film solar packaging firm has doubled the size of its Nasdaq share sale Key Takeaways: Xinzi Optoelectronics has filed…
Sinking SICC looks for lift from Hong Kong IPO
The maker of silicon carbide substrates has been cleared by China’s securities regulator to list in Hong Kong, even as its revenue began to contract in the first quarter Key…
INDUSTRY BRIEF: Polysilicon makers slash output to 30-40% of capacity
Chinese polysilicon makers have slashed their output and are currently operating at less than 40% of capacity, as they struggle to cut their losses from selling product at less below…
Janbon makes contrarian IPO application into solar storm
The maker of a key component for solar cells remained profitable last year, even as many of the industry’s more downstream players sank into the red Key Takeaways: Janbon High…
BRIEF: GCL continues to reduce granular polysilicon production costs
Solar materials producer GCL Technology Holdings Ltd. (3800.HK), said on Sunday its average external selling price for granular silicon was 36.15 yuan ($4.96) per kilogram in the first quarter of…
Waiting for new industry dawn, SolarSpace turns to IPO for warmth
The leading solar cell maker is looking for capital support from a Hong Kong listing to tide it over while it waits for recovery in its oversupplied sector Key Takeaways:…