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<title><![CDATA[First quarter 2013 reports slight decrease in silicon wafer shipments]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 May 2013 09:50:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments decreased during the first quarter 2013 when compared to fourth quarter 2012 area shipments, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) in its quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Semiconductor silicon demand grew in Q2, expect flat 2012]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:35:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased during Q2 2012, compared to Q1 and to Q2 2011, reports SEMI’s Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silicon wafer shipments up sequentially, down 11% Y/Y in Q1 2012]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 08 May 2012 11:38:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased slightly during Q1 2012 when compared to Q4 2011 area shipments, according to SEMI. Wafer shipments fell 11% from Q1 2011.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silicon Genesis wafering tool designed for solar, LED, packaging sectors]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:36:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SiGen developed its second-generation production system for fabricating thin-silicon solar wafers, as well as HB-LED, and 3D semiconductor packaging wafers. The system tailored for silicon, GaAs, germanium, SiC, GaN and sapphire materials.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[China's solar master plan sets goals for production, efficiency, pricing]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:52:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has posted a plan that calls for certain polysilicon producers to reach 50,000 tons of annual production capacity by 2015, and for solar cell makers to reach 5GW of annual capacity by the same time frame.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silicon wafer revenues increased, shipments tapered in 2011]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:52:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Worldwide silicon wafer revenues improved 2% YOY, shows the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group. Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments, however, decreased 3%, indicating a loss of momentum in H2 2011, said Kazuyo Heinink, SEMI SMG.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wacker Chemie trims silicon wafer production with Siltronic Hikari plant closure]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:57:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Siltronic, Wacker Chemie AG’s semiconductor division, will close its Hikari, Japan, 200mm wafer production site in a streamlining effort.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SCHOTT Solar grows monocrystalline silicon with VGF for better PV]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:53:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SCHOTT Solar's Quasimono combines mono and polycrystalline photovoltaics wafer manufacturing techniques to generate solar cell efficiency of 19.9%, confirmed by Fraunhofer ISE.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[300mm wafers buck soft silicon growth trend]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:54:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Silicon shipments for the most recent quarter are reflecting the general hesitancy of the market,” said Dr. Volker Braetsch, chairman of SEMI SMG and corporate vice president, Siltronic AG. “While total silicon shipments have softened, 300mm diameter wafers actually shipped in record volumes.”]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[c-Si, thin films vie for solar cell market]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:14:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the solar energy market continues to grow, crystalline silicon (c-Si) and thin film materials have emerged as leaders...]]></description>
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