Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit completes construction of a new Singapore facility

July 8, 2011 at 1:44 pm | Solar Blog | No comment

(08/07/2011)

Heraeus has more than tripled its technical staff, but aims to continue this expansion throughout 2011 as they look to hire additional employees this year.

The Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit has announced it has completed construction in Singapore of a new facility for the production of silver metallization paste used in crystalline solar cell applications. The site, which includes Manufacturing, RD, Sales and Technical Service, began operations in June 2011.

The RD lab in Singapore was recently completed in early July with qualification samples to be released to customers soon. An official opening ceremony for the Singapore facility is scheduled for November 2011.

In December 2010, RD personnel as well as Production personnel were hired and received full-time training at the U.S. facility. The qualified staff returned to Singapore to work at the new site located in Tuas.

‚ÄúThis new site was built primarily to expand production capacity into the Asian market, as well as to create our third leg of our global RD footprint,‚ÄĚ said Andy London, Vice President of Heraeus Materials Technology LLC in West Conshohocken. ‚ÄúIn the last three years the industry has moved to Asia and we want to remain dynamic and responsive to these industry changes.‚ÄĚ

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