The Japanese electronics giant says the vertically-integrated production facility will turn out wafers, cells and modules when it begins operation in December 2012.
The new factory will be built on a 70,000-square-metre site at the Kulim Hi-Tech Park in the Malaysian state of Kedah, employing 1,500 people.
Panasonic says the plant will help it meet anticipated growing demand for residential solar systems in Japan and elsewhere, and will produce its HIT (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer) modules at Kulim.
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