For Immediate Release Press Release
Applied Materials Passes Centrotherm for PV Wafer Equipment.
Santa Clara, CA – May 27, 2009: Applied Materials has dealt a stunning defeat to Centrotherm in the Silicon Wafer Based PV Cell Manufacturing Equipment market with sales growth of several hundred percent, according to a recent report in SOLAR, a VLSIresearch subscription service. Risto Puhakka, President of VLSIresearch said, “It’s not surprising. Centrotherm has been a pretty sleepy company, so for Applied it was like stealing candy from a baby.”
Solar’s Silicon Wafer Based PV Cell
Manufacturing Equipment Supplier Ranking
2008
Rank Company
1st Applied Materials
2nd Centrotherm
3rd Roth & Rau
4th Schmid Gruppe Technology Systems
5th RENA Sondermaschinen
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