Order Focus: Comtec places €20.9 million wire saw order with Meyer Burger

April 9, 2010
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Mono-crystalline solar wafer producer, Shangahi Comtec Solar Technology has placed an order with Meyer Burger worth approximately €20.9 million for wire saws. Comtec is expanding capacity from 200MW to 400MW in 2010 and is a previous customer of Meyer Burger. The delivery is scheduled to start in April with completion until the end of 2010, Meyer Berger said.

According to Meyer Burger, Comtec is one of the first mono-crystalline wafer manufacturers in China to be able to mass produce 156mm x 156mm wafers with a thickness of approximately 170 microns.

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