GET seeing strong demand for wafers from China

October 7, 2014
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Major Taiwan-based wafer producer, Green Energy Technology (GET) said sales in September reached US$43.1 million, up 3.1% from the prior month. 

GET noted that strong demand for high-efficiency solar wafers from China was driving sales, notably for distributed generation projects requiring higher efficiency modules that would extend through the fourth quarter. 

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The company was able to keep production utilisation rates above 95% in September.

Sales in the first nine months of 2014 reached US$362.7 million, up 20% year-on-year.

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