The
move
represents
another
heavy
blow
to
the
flagging
amorphous
silicon
(a-Si)
thin-film
sector,
and
further
underscores
the
challenges
facing
German
PV
manufacturers.
Although
Schüco
has
been
offering
PV
and
solar-thermal
products
since
the
late
1990s
as
part
of
its
broader
sustainable
construction
materials
business,
it
substantially
deepened
its
bet
on
PV
only
a
few
years
ago
as
the
building-integrated
PV
market
began
to
blossom.
In
2009
Schüco
opened
its
40MW
“Malibu”
module
factory
near
Magdeburg,
Saxony-Anhalt
in
conjunction
with
E.ON,
using
production
equipment
supplied
by
Applied
Materials.
The
following
year
it
acquired
a
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