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Article: SunPower Inaugurates High-Volume Solar-Cell Factory in the Philippines; First 25-MW Line Installed For Production of High-Efficiency, Low-Cost A-300 Solar Cells.
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- March 17, 2004
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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2004
SunPower Corporation, a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., today announced the inauguration of its first high-volume manufacturing plant. SunPower Philippines Manufacturing Limited (SPML), located near Manila, is the first semiconductor fab in the Philippines and the first large-scale solar cell facility in Southeast Asia.
The plant will initially turn out 25-megawatts per year of high-efficiency silicon solar cells to meet the increasing worldwide demand for clean, reliable solar electric power systems. At this production rate, SPML will employ ...