Ulvac of Japan, a tech firm formerly know for its vacuum technology, announced plans to start providing turnkey thin-film (non-silicon) solar cell manufacturing equipment, according to a Nikkei Net article. The company is apparently betting heavily on the demand it expects, before it has many customers lined up, the article indicated. The company reportedly spent about 3 billion yen (about $30 million) on a thin film solar cell demonstration production line.
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