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Shaanxi Province Ramps up Solar, LED Efforts

By Jeff Lin
Mar142011

During a recent trip to Applied Materials headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. China's Shaanxi Province Deputy Governor Wu Dengchang (center) and his team met with Applied Materials’ Mark Pinto, vice president, Energy and Environmental Solutions group (right of Wu) and Charlie Gay, president Applied Solar (left of Wu) and outlined the 5-years plan to quickly ramp up the total capacity of solar production as well as grow the domestic market for solar and LED applications.

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Solar Industry Delivering on Economic Growth

By Cathy Boone
Mar92011

Everyone in Washington is scrambling to understand how we jumpstart our economy and deliver long term economic growth – especially in the midst of rising oil prices which threaten our fragile economic recovery. One ray of sunshine – solar.

Last week, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, the President of the Solar Industry Association, Rhone Resch, delivered some good news on solar’s role in spurring economic growth. The US solar industry grew from $3.6 billion in 2009 to $6.0 billion in 2010, a growth rate of 67%. Today, there are over 100,000 American citizens employed by the solar industry – the industry is a robust, fully functioning ecosystem.

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Applied Materials #1 Supplier to Chinese Solar Industry

By Gang Zou
Mar22011

Last week, Applied Materials participated in the 5th SNEC PV Power Expo in Shanghai. Since this show began in 2007, China has become the world’s foremost supplier of solar cells and modules, and SNEC is now one of the industry’s largest, must-attend solar events.

In our exhibit booth, Applied Materials proudly articulated our leadership on the large centerpiece backboard — "#1 Solar PV Manufacturing Solutions." Visitors to our booth learned about what has driven our success: Applied’s Baccini systems for screen printing applications and our PWS wafering tools.

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Applied Materials CFO George Davis Discusses First Quarter Earnings on CNBC

By Matt Ceniceros
Feb252011

Applied Materials chief financial officer George Davis talks with CNBC's Martin Soong about the company's first quarter earnings results.

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Applied Materials at SNEC PV Power 2011

By Connie Duncan
Feb212011

Applied Materials and China are leaders in solar; Applied as a supplier and China as a manufacturer. This makes next week's SNEC PV Power Expo 2011 in Shanghai a significant event for the industry and for Applied. Not surprisingly, SNEC has grown into one of the most influential international PV shows in the world. More than 4,000 experts and scholars, 80,000 professionals, and 5000 companies, including buyers, suppliers, integrators, will gather in Shanghai for this occasion.

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China’s Role in the Global PV Industry

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Jul192010

Last week, I participated in the North American PV Fab Managers Forum, part of the Intersolar North America conference in San Francisco. One of the hot topics was the role of China in the photovoltaic (PV) industry. Asia in general and China in particular have come to be a major presence on the PV manufacturing scene.

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